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WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA AS EXPLAINED TO KIDS

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This video explains the basis of cyberbullying and what kids need to recognize about other peoples behavior and their own to make sure that cyberbullying does not occur or is reported.

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While listening to this catchy toon students will begin to understand that social media is an engaging place but that balance is needed and one should not spend all their time on these platforms.

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In these Google Slides, this lesson found on common sense teaching website is a great resource for students to learn about making sure their actions online are respectful to others. This lesson gives students scenarios about cyberbullying and how they should handle if they come across a situation where they see cyberbullying occur. It also focuses on giving students the tools to slow down before they post and think about how what they say can effect someone else.

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Putting a STOP to Online Meanness - Lesson Slides

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This resource is an activity from common sense learning that is extremely beneficial for students to think about how they interact with one another while playing online games. Kids these days all play games with each other over head sets and words that are exchanged can get pretty intense at times. This activity allows students to analyze a scenario of students playing a video game together and then answer questions to think about what went well, what didn't, and what actions could be changed to make the interaction between gamers more positive.

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Grade 4-Keeping Games Fun and Friendly-Quick Activity Guide 

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These Google slides focus solely on understanding cyberbullying and being able to recognize it online. Students will start to see the differences between making an innocent joke, being mean, and cyberbullying. It is important for students to recognize these different levels because they need to understand whether the words that they are saying are being taken too far and are hurting the feelings of someone else.

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These games help students to recognize multiple important things about social media. Making a strong password, the dangers of multitasking with social media, deciding what to share online, cyberbullying, etc. These games are an engaging way for students to learn about the different aspects of social media and how to stay safe.

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We're retiring Digital Passport in June 2024.

Heads up! Digital Passport will be retired on June 30, 2024. But don't worry-we still have you covered! Elementary school students can watch our Meet the Digital Citizens and Device Advice videos.

Until then, introduce students in grades 3-5 to Digital Passport™ by Common Sense Education. The award-winning suite of six interactive games addresses key issues kids face in today's digital world. Each engaging game teaches critical digital citizenship skills that help students learn to use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate. Games are available in Spanish.

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Digital Passport by Common Sense Education

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Teach your students the ins and outs of online safety and communication with Digital Passport™, Common Sense's award-winning suite of digital citizenship learning games for elementary students.

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This video touches on he different choices that one can make in order to life a more balanced life when it comes to participating in social media and staying off social media.

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Students learn a framework for making informed media choices and to help them find healthy media balance in their lives.

(To view subtitles, click on the white box at the bottom right of the video.)

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My Media Balance | Common Sense Education

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My Media Balance is a video from Common Sense Education. Use this video to help your students learn and thrive in our connected world.

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This letter is a great resources for students to take home to their families and read together. This activity focuses on cyberbullying, digital drama and hate speech and is important for kids and parents to be aware of. This activity allows parents to be an active part in their students gaming/social media life. The activity asks for parents to sit down with their child and log onto popular games/platforms such as Roblox, Minecraft and TikTok and show kids how to report or block someone on social media that is cyberbullying them or someone else. These safety measures are important for all parents and students to know in order to keep them safe.

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Family Activity - Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech - Grades 3-5

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This video shows students how they can be super digital citizens and the proper actions to keep themselves and others safe. This cartoon is informative and engaging so that students remember what they have learned.

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Students put themselves into the shoes of the Digital Citizen characters, who play superheroes that are able to solve digital dilemmas in responsible ways.

(To view subtitles in Spanish and English, click on the white box at the bottom right of the video.)

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Super Digital Citizen | Common Sense Education

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Super Digital Citizen is a video from Common Sense Education. Use this video to help your students learn and thrive in our connected world.

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When is the write time to start social media?

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When is the write time to start social media?

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This video explains the age of which one should start using social media and the pros and cons. This video also explores that if one is going to use social media, they need to be sure they are keeping themselves and others safe

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This pledge is used to challenge families to have device free time to focus on each other and connections. When devices are turned off and conversations are had, people can really listen and appreciate one another. This pledge encourages families to to turn off devices at dinner and truly listen.

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Drive Home Digital Citizenship with #DeviceFreeDinner | Common Sense Education

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Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.

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This video explains some examples of bad netiquette and how they can be improved to make social media and the internet a more positive place for interacting with others. These tips and tricks will help keep our students aware of the impact they have on others.

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In this video students will see the negative aspects of social media and the dangers of falling into the trap of fake news!

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Social Media: Is Your Breaking News Broken?

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Students will explore how to stay safe on these different social media platforms.

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Social Media Test Drive | Common Sense Education

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Social media is central to how young people communicate and socialize with each other. Learn more about Social Media TestDrive, an immersive simulator that prepares students to deal with the challenges of being on social media, from cyberbullying to misinformation. This tool was co-developed by the Social Media Lab at Cornell University and Common Sense Education.

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This clever story by Ann Droyd draws readers in and shows the dangers of giving young children cellphones through the eyes of a mouse. Children get consumed by social media and games and get quite upset when these devices are taken away. This book shows first hand why boundaries with social media and electronics need to be in place.

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This poster shows what a good digital media citizen looks like and emulates the expectations for how students should act on social media.

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This is an example of a poster that a teacher can hang that allows the class to make the digital media pledge about how to act respectfully.

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This is a poster that can be hung up and referred back to when asking students to research and decipher which information and websites can be trusted.

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10 Things to Think About Before You Post

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10 Things to Think About Before You Post

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This picture stresses the importance of slowing down before you post on social media. Thinking about what you post on social media is a huge part of staying safe and teaching this to students is a life long lesson.

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This picture can help students analyze what information is real and what is fake! Students can refer back to this and complete activities to challenge themselves about whether what they read is real or fake.

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This mini activity found on common sense shows students the importance of deciding what to share on social media and the dangers of sharing too much personal information. This lesson is important because it teaches students what information should be kept private and other information that can be safely shared.

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Grade 4-Private and Personal Information-Quick Activity Guide 

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Netiquette is internet etiquette and this picture teaches students what type of etiquette they need to have online, also meaning how they should act online in order to respect themselves and others.

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Positive and Negative Impacts of Social Media

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Positive and Negative Impacts of Social Media

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This part of an article from circlebizz.com shows that there can be positive and negative impacts of social media. Some positives are that it builds a sense of community, grows businesses and enhances learning. Some negatives include cyberbullying, addiction to social media and the drama that surrounds these platforms.

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This article highlights one positive aspect of social media which is being able to spread the word fast! GoFundMe is a platform used to spread the word about different organization, families in need, or sudden disasters that people can donate to and spread awareness about. These are just a few of the major success stories that GoFundMe has had over the past few years. This will help students see the positives of social media when used in a way to help others.

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GoFundMe is a platform built on the generosity of individuals around the world. Together, the GoFundMe community has changed the lives of millions of people. With over $9 billion raised from more than 120 million donations, we're just getting started. Below are a few GoFundMe success stories to help inspire you to start a fundraiser of your own.

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GoFundMe is a platform built on the generosity of individuals around the world. Together, the GoFundMe community has changed the lives of millions of people. With over $9 billion raised from more than 120 million donations, we're just getting started. Below are a few GoFundMe success stories to help inspire you to start a fundraiser of your own.

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This book follows the journey of these fairy tale characters exploring the positives and negative experiences of being online. These characters learn about the different habits, good and bad, that come with being online too much and this book cleverly challenges students look at the different sides and impacts that social media has on our society.

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This book by Aaron Reynolds is a great read aloud for students when teaching about being respectful to one another online. This book highlights that you may not always agree with someone else's opinions, but you should learn to respect others thoughts and ideas and respond in a positive way rather than using social media in a negative and hurtful way.

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Curtis and Cornell truly focus on the dangers of being too addicted to social media in this adorable read. The main characters mother becomes a bit too invested in her selfies rather than spending time with her family, this little girl decides to teach her a lesson so that she can be a much more present person.

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This book by Sandy Horsley also focuses on the idea that now a days, kids start wit social media very early on in life. This book makes sure to highlight that although selfies and social media can be fun, it's important to life in the moment with your friends and not be constantly glued to an electronic screen.

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This video explains the social media platforms and how although there can be negatives to social media, that there are also some true positives by joining these social media platforms.

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Examples of the Positive Impact of Social Media (Smart Social)

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This book by Jillian Roberts offers unique perspectives to students about first using social media. This book creates scenarios that are very common for students, such as exploring social media through the lense of having an older sibling. This book touches on topics such as how to stay safe on the internet, cyberbullying and also on the positive side, how one can use social media to make the world a better place.

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This story by Julia Cook is a great book to teach the lesson to students that what they post on social media will impact other people and will also follow them forever. When this young girl is acting negatively on the internet, her tail that follows her becomes uglier and she doesn't like feeling like she is an ugly person. When her actions on social media improve and she makes people feel good about themselves, it also makes her feel more positive and the tail that follows her becomes prettier.

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Jeanne Willis created a great read for students to focus on the dangers that social media and the internet can have with online shopping and meeting up with people you think you know. This story about a chicken that gets addicted to online shopping shows students the lesson that social media can consume you if boundaries are not set. This chicken also decides to meet up with someone and when they arrive, this new "friend" is not who Chicken thought they were. This book gently reminds students about being safe on the internet and to not meet up with people on the internet without supervision.

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This clever read by Tony Buzzeo focuses on the idea that just because you read something on the internet or social media...doesn't mean it's true. Kids will explore the ways one must fact check their sources and to be careful not to believe everything they hear or read on these social media platforms.

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This book by Matthew Cordell shows students the importance of being present in society and not allowing social media to consume your life. This book teaches students about balancing ones priorities when it comes to social media and the real world.

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Count Me In! by Varsha Bajaj is a great story that highlights the positive impacts that social media can have on society. This refreshing story focuses on how a group of people band together to spread the word of injustice that impacted a central character. The racist actions of a person that wronged this character were not gone unnoticed and students spread the word of these terrible actions so that people are aware of these injustices and to hopefully make the world a better place in the future.

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This graph shows the number of people that use each social media platform. These numbers are in the billions and truly show just how many people are on social media which is why it is important for students to know how to stay safe.

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This pie chart and graph show the mixed feelings people have about social media and also the different reasons for why people think social media can be negative.

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This imagine reminds students that when using the internet, there is indeed fake information out there and one must do the research to dig through and actually find the facts.

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This picture reminds students that at the center of all of these social media platforms there should be netiquette in order to keep everyone safe and provide a positive experience for all.

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This book by Beatrice Alemanga reminds students and parents alike about the times when social media was not around to distract us from the wonders that the society around us has to offer. This book encourages children and families to get off their phones and go exploring!