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"Something you may not know about us here at Common Sense Media, is that quite a few of us are former classroom teachers! When we develop new materials, we always have our favorite memories to guide us. One thing we remember fondly is being amazed by how music transformed a classroom – kids would jump to their feet, whatever the song, to sing and sway while the teacher subtly wove word play and pattern recognition into the mix."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Here is a new resource to help teach elementary students about digital citizenship. Thanks to Common Sense Media for putting together a song and video with lyrics that teach students that they should "Pause and Think" before they go online. The website states that this song "stresses the connection of safe, respectful, and responsible behavior online and offline." The website provides a the song (downloadable or viewable on YouTube) as well as a file that includes posters that you may post and has each lyric. Common Sense Media also has a poster about digital citizenship for elementary school students. This poster "illustrates how kids can use their heads, hearts, guts, arms, and legs to be a good digital citizen" as does the song. Young children love to sing and need to learn about digital citizenship. Take a few minutes to check out these resources and share with others whom teach the younger grades. You may hear a new song in your school! 
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"Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives is the latest research report from Common Sense Media's Program for the Study of Children and Media. We surveyed over 1,000 13- to 17-year-olds nationally to understand how they perceive social media (like Facebook and Twitter) affects their relationships and feelings about themselves."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Common Sense Media published this resear.ch in June 2012. Some of the information may suprise you. The link is to the research paper. To view the infographic click on this link: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/teen-social-media-infographic.
Steph Alexandra's curator insight,
August 25, 2014 7:28 PM
"For the vast majority of teens, social and other digital communications media are a daily part of life."
Again, this statistic report shows the popularity of public profiling among teens from 13-17 years. 91% of teens have experience using social media, and 51% of teens use a social networking site daily. With such statistics we can consider the social pressures and influence that virtual communication and public profiling has on the younger generation. Though this article doesn't look at the positives and negatives of social media interaction for this particular age group, it is clear to see that having an active public profile on the web is common, if not expected of the younger generation, for the purpose of communication and web literacy.
In understanding how a younger generation operates and interprets public profiling, is to gain a better understanding of web systems, their function and purpose, and of the direction of today's society. 
Amethyst Mayer's curator insight,
December 27, 2014 3:50 AM
This article provides insight obtained by research, on how teenagers in America perceive and use the internet regarding social media. 
Erica Laing's curator insight,
December 29, 2014 1:21 AM
Very interesting study on how teens view their social media accounts and online identity. |
Really cute with a great message!
This is what we were covering in class.