Be the solution to the problems you see in the world! Middle schoolers watch a short video from Google and learn the importance of contributing to a positive Internet community, rather than being a part of the negativity.

Concepts

Digital Citizenship, online communication, internet safety, cyberbullying, Social Media

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video and accompanying lesson plans in a unit on staying safe online in a social studies classroom, health curriculum, or computer lab
• Have class members write a journal entry about their own experiences with negative or positive comments on the Internet
• Prompt class members to create posters with encouraging messages and distribute them around campus to further spread positivity

Classroom Considerations

• Video is short and is most effective as the introduction to a longer lesson
• The final part of a five-video series on digital citizenship

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Versatile for many different contexts
• Presents an important and understandable message for learners before they enter high school

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2