Social Media and How �You Feel

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP | GRADE 10

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Essential Question

How does your social media use affect how you feel?

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Reflect on how their social media use makes them feel and how it compares to other teenagers'.

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Describe how active and passive social media use can lead to positive and negative feelings.

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Identify action steps to increase their positive feelings when using social media.

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Learning Objectives

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READ: "STUPID BLUE SCREEN" BY VANESSA RAMON-IBARRA

I've become so attached

that it is starting to feel like I've become addicted.

I'm always on social media.

Constantly texting, liking, commenting.

There are days I cry, stressing about

how many followers I have

and how many likes I receive.

It's like a job, keeping the data of

every single notification sent to me.

I'm lost behind this stupid blue screen.

I'm done with these stupid blue screens.

They don't let me think.

I've become so attached to my phone

that the sun no longer provides light.

I've become so attached to my phone

that I don't know how to talk to my best friend

face to face.

It's hard to socialize in person but

behind a screen I am powerful.

I have a voice that is bright red

that can scream at these

stupid blue screens.

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REFLECT: THINK-PAIR-SHARE

How happy do you feel when using social media?

Directions:

Take a moment to think silently and then hold up a number between �1 and 5, with 5 being very happy and 1 being not at all happy.

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REFLECT: THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Reflect:

• What conclusions can you draw from these statistics?
• How do they compare to your personal experience?

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% of U.S. teens who say the following about social media

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ACTIVITY: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

Directions: Part 1

As you watch the video, capture your thoughts in the notes tracker below. You should identify a minimum of three key takeaways and one comment in each of the other sections.

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Reflect:

• What are the key takeaways from the video?
• How does this compare to your personal experience?

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WATCH + DISCUSS

To watch this video on KQED's site, click here.

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ACTIVITY: CLASS DISCUSSION

What are the key takeaways from the video? How are they similar or dissimilar from your own experiences?

Directions:

1. Close your computer halfway.
2. Track the speaker and practice active listening.
3. If you need to refer to your notes, check your screen quickly and then close it halfway again.

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Contributing online via posts, comments, or other forms of communication and expression

Active use

KEY VOCABULARY

Scrolling through online content without reacting to the content

Passive use

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