Q4 Safe and Smart
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Introduction
How involved should parents be in monitoring their children’s use of social media (social networks)? Parents want to feel their children are safe and making responsible decisions that are favorable to their future. Many students want privacy, or at least the ability to connect with their friends without having someone look over their shoulder. Is there a balance between these two positions? In this Quest, you are going to produce your own Social Networking Contract with guidelines you can share with your parents and with other students.
Key Vocabulary:
Reputation: how you are viewed by people and by your community and the way these people think of you
Social media contract: a list of guidelines for someone who posts content on a social network that a person uses when interacting with others in a social network
Steps:
Read this article about Social Media Contracts . After you read, discuss the three statements below with your partner and decide on a position using a 1-10 scale (1 = we totally disagree, 5 = we agree with some of it, but have some considerations, and 10 = we completely agree). You and your partner must defend the ranking by citing reasons for your position.
Copy these statements to a google document or bottom or your social media contract template.
STATEMENT ONE: Students should be at least 13 years of age to use social media sites such as Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram.
STATEMENT TWO: Parents should have knowledge of any social media site their children use, including access to the username and password.
STATEMENT THREE: A social media contract is a good way for parents to set guidelines for social media use by their children.
2. For your final activity in this Thing, you will create your own Social Media Contract using Canva to create an online poster. Follow your teacher's directions for creating an account in Canva, or use another tool as directed by your teacher.
Note: Canva also has an iPad app.
A. Watch the video below and take some notes in the "Thing 14 Social Network Reflections" template provided in Quest 2. Post-to-be Private (about oversharing information)
B. Using Canva (YouTube tutorial by Canva, Design School tutorials ) or another tool your teacher suggests, you are going to create a Social Media Contract poster in which you list the rules you agree to follow when using social media, either now or in the future.
Social Networking Contract Template (.doc , Google doc )
Review the notes you took as you watched the Do's and Dont's in the Introduction as well as Post-to-be Private, and think about the things you have learned from the various activities you did as you went through this Thing. Be sure to sign your contract! You may be asked to present this poster to your parents for consideration or share it with other students, so be thoughtful about what you feel are the most important rules to follow when using social networks.
Completing this Quest
Share the link for your social networking contract with your instructor at [email protected]
Take this Social Networking Quiz. The password for the quiz is social21. Do your best!
Take a screenshot of your quiz results to show your teacher.
Introduction
How involved should parents be in monitoring their children’s use of social media (social networks)? Parents want to feel their children are safe and making responsible decisions that are favorable to their future. Many students want privacy, or at least the ability to connect with their friends without having someone look over their shoulder. Is there a balance between these two positions? In this Quest, you are going to produce your own Social Networking Contract with guidelines you can share with your parents and with other students.
Key Vocabulary:
Reputation: how you are viewed by people and by your community and the way these people think of you
Social media contract: a list of guidelines for someone who posts content on a social network that a person uses when interacting with others in a social network
Steps:
Read this article about Social Media Contracts . After you read, discuss the three statements below with your partner and decide on a position using a 1-10 scale (1 = we totally disagree, 5 = we agree with some of it, but have some considerations, and 10 = we completely agree). You and your partner must defend the ranking by citing reasons for your position.
Copy these statements to a google document or bottom or your social media contract template.
STATEMENT ONE: Students should be at least 13 years of age to use social media sites such as Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram.
STATEMENT TWO: Parents should have knowledge of any social media site their children use, including access to the username and password.
STATEMENT THREE: A social media contract is a good way for parents to set guidelines for social media use by their children.
2. For your final activity in this Thing, you will create your own Social Media Contract using Canva to create an online poster. Follow your teacher's directions for creating an account in Canva, or use another tool as directed by your teacher.
Note: Canva also has an iPad app.
A. Watch the video below and take some notes in the "Thing 14 Social Network Reflections" template provided in Quest 2. Post-to-be Private (about oversharing information)
B. Using Canva (YouTube tutorial by Canva, Design School tutorials ) or another tool your teacher suggests, you are going to create a Social Media Contract poster in which you list the rules you agree to follow when using social media, either now or in the future.
Social Networking Contract Template (.doc , Google doc )
Review the notes you took as you watched the Do's and Dont's in the Introduction as well as Post-to-be Private, and think about the things you have learned from the various activities you did as you went through this Thing. Be sure to sign your contract! You may be asked to present this poster to your parents for consideration or share it with other students, so be thoughtful about what you feel are the most important rules to follow when using social networks.
Completing this Quest
Share the link for your social networking contract with your instructor at [email protected]
Take this Social Networking Quiz. The password for the quiz is social21. Do your best!
Take a screenshot of your quiz results to show your teacher.