This is a lesson plan from Google Education's Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students will research a topic related to technology safety, create a project, and present their findings. As they complete the lesson, students will explore all sides of the topic they choose related to technology, ethics, and security. Students will explain technology's risks and dangers, and consider solutions to keep users safe. They will plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits. Students will publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
What does it actually mean to "be yourself" or to "be "real"? Those are deep thoughts for any middle-schooler. For kids today, these questions matter online, too. Help your students explore why some people create different or alternate personas for themselves online and on social media.
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Start a conversation about fake news and media literacy with this collection of links to fake, real (but surprising or hard to believe), and problematic (where truth and error or spin combine) news stories. Since bogus stories often disappear from the internet (and sometimes real stories, too), you’ll also find an archived link for each story that will remain usable even if the original link breaks.
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Welcome! There are eight main Quests that are separated into two parts for this Basics adventure and three Gold Quests that are included for those wishing additional resources.
Learning Objectives
When you have completed this activity you will:
Games, social media, and other online spaces give kids opportunities to meet and chat with others outside the confines of their real-life communities. But how well do kids actually know the people they're meeting and interacting with? Help students consider whom they're talking to and the types of information they're sharing online.
Students will be able to:
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