Young gamers are itching to use Twitch! Learn more about a popular online gaming community website through a short digital citizenship video. Topics include Twitch content, following fellow gamers, and monitoring explicit language and violence within the website.

Concepts

the internet, internet safety, online gaming, video games, violence, privacy

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners that use Twitch to describe some of the things they like and dislike about the website
• Have pairs compare online games in terms of content and rank their favorites
  

Classroom Considerations

• Check with the school's online access policy before attempting to pull up the website for further study, as it may be blocked
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Enlightening do's and don'ts give pupils insight into being cautious while using the site
• The narrator provides helpful commentary on free versus subscription Twitch content
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.3.2 SL.4.2 SL.5.2 SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2