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: "It's complicated" can describe many of our relationships with others, both romantic and otherwise. Add digital devices and social media to the mix, and things get complicated even further. Help students take the first step toward building healthy and rewarding friendships and romantic relationships, both online and off. Students will be able to: - Reflect on how their relationships are affected by devices and the internet. -Identify the qualities of healthy and rewarding relationships. - Use IDENTIFY | FEEL | IMAGINE | SUGGEST to brainstorm strategies for navigating challenging relationships
1. Rewarding Relationships (relationships & communication) - Required Lesson
: Our brains are great at using past experiences to make quick decisions, but these shortcuts can also lead to bias. "Confirmation bias" is our brain's tendency to seek out information that confirms things we already think we know. Help students learn to recognize this when they encounter news online, as a way to examine competing opinions and ideas & to avoid drawing questionable conclusions. Students will be able to: - Define confirmation bias & identify why it occurs. - Explore examples, particularly related to news and online information. - Identify strategies to challenge the bias
2. Challenging Confirmation Bias (news & media literacy) - Highly Recommended Optional Lesson
: Social media plays a big role in most teens' lives, and research shows that it causes intense feelings (positive & negative). Not all media use is the same. There are many benefits that come w/ both active & passive use. For better social and emotional well-being, encourage students to become creators, not just consumers. Students will be able to: - Reflect on how social media use makes them feel & how it compares to others. - Describe how active & passive social media use can lead to positive & negative feelings. - Identify action steps to increase positive feelings when on social media
3. Social Media & How You Feel (media balance & well-being) - Recommended optional lesson
: New tech, like location services and smart devices, helps make our lives easier and opens opportunities that didn't exist before. But these innovations also come with a cost -- especially to our privacy. Help students consider the benefits and drawbacks of these new technologies -- and decide whether they're ultimately worth it. Students will be able to: - Identify important benefits and privacy risks that new technologies present - Decide whether or not the benefits of new technologies outweigh their privacy risks - Create a compelling video that argues for or against using a new technology.
4. Risk Check for New Tech