Finding a Balance in a Digital World
Something that allows people to communicate over the internet (text, audio, video, images, etc)
What is Digital Media?
When someone poses as an institution like a school or a bank, and sends you a message asking for private information.
What is Phishing?
Potentially harmful to one's emotional or physical well-being.
What is Risky?
When people use devices, apps, or websites to start a further conflict between people.
What is Digital drama?
Able to be believed; trustworthy.
What is credible?
To do activities that does not use the internet or devices.
What is "Unplug"?
A crime where your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity.
What is identity theft?
When something on Digital media makes you sad, anxious, or worried.
What is Red flag feeling?
To lessen the intensity or anger in a conflict.
What is De-escalate?
To carefully examine something to figure out its value.
What is evaluate?
Going outside, spending time with family, playing with your toys, play sports, etc.
What are ways to Unplug?
An attempt to trick someone online trying to steal money or private information.
What is an internet scam.
Full name, address, credit card number, birthday, etc.
What is private information?
Watching an argument online.
What is being a bystander?
Having preference for one thing over another in an unfair way.
What is Bias?
Using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities.
What is media balance?
Short URL, sense of urgency, spelling and grammar errors, "friend" in trouble, alert! alert!, too good to be true, or Generic or missing greeting.
What is Phishing clues?
How the message makes you Feel. How you Identify what happened. How you Reflect on ways to respond to the situation. How you Enact or take steps to act to the message.
What is F.I.R.E?
Respect others viewpoints, don't interrupt, assume positive intent, disagree respectfully.
What are ways to not start a fight online?
Fake, Questionable, Credible.
What is types of news?
Able to share information immediately, being able to talk to people quicker, able to post images, etc.
What are benefits of being connected?
Cyberbully someone, create false documents, buy things with others money, get loans, or a driver's licenses.
What are things thieves use others information for?
Log off or quit, unfriend the person or block them, ask a trusted adult for advice.
What are ways to respond to a red flag feeling?
To not get into the fight,to ignore the fight,to not say any comments and turn off the phone, to try to de-escalate the fight.
What are ways to not get involved in digital drama?
Looking for website awards, looking for corroboration, analyzing the source, and reading carefully.
What are ways to look if a website is credible?