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My Digital Life is Like...

• Explore the role that digital media plays in my life. 

• Use the Digital Habits Checkup to reflect on the positive and negative impacts of digital media. 

• Create a personal challenge to improve my digital well-being. 

Protecting Online Reputations

• Define "digital reputation," and identify examples of social media posts that can have a positive or negative effect.

• Use the 1-2-3-1 Perspectives activity to consider the causes and effects of posting about others online.

• Generate a list of questions to ask themselves before posting pictures or information about someone else.

Hoaxes and Fakes

• Define "misinformation" and explore the consequences of spreading misinformation online.

• Learn how to use lateral reading as a strategy to verify the accuracy of information online.

• Apply lateral reading to examples of questionable videos to determine their accuracy.

The Health Effects of Screen Time

• Identify research trends related to the health impact of screen time.

• Reflect on the nature of their own screen time and how it compares to that of parents and teens generally.

• Identify specific steps to be taken and potential challenges to making their screen time more healthy.

Challenging Confirmation Bias

• Define confirmation bias and identify why it occurs.

  Explore examples of confirmation bias, particularly related to news and online information.

  Identify strategies for challenging their own confirmation biases.

Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint

• Learn that they have a public presence online called a digital footprint.

• Recognize that any information they post online can help or hurt their future opportunities (college admission, employment, etc.).