9th Grade Digital Thinking
Digital Footprint
Social Media
Apps
Misc
100

The phrase that R U P stands for. This is the first item reviewed in 9th Grade Digital Thinking.

What is the Responsible Use Policy?

100

Provides a framework for interacting with friends and strangers digitally in ways that benefit both them and us.

What is Digital Kindness?

100

The average social media user is on approximately this many platforms regularly: 

3

7

5

10

What is 7?

100

Which of these apps was NOT in the Top 10 for most downloaded in 2023: 

Capcut
TEMU
WhatsApp
YouTube


What is YouTube?

100

Lea is on Instagram and gets a follow request from a boy she doesn't know. What is the BEST thing for her to do? 

Accept the friend request. It’s rude to ignore him.
Deny the friend request.
Send him a message and ask him how he knows her.
Let it sit in her requests inbox and do nothing.

What is 

Deny the friend request?
200

Method that uses a timer to focus your mind and completion of work, generally in 20-25 minute increments. 

What is the Pomodoro Method?

200

True or False. A person's digital footprint is only determined by their OWN posts, likes, and shares.

What is FALSE? ANYone that saves, shares, or likes an image or post of yours deepens your footprint.

200

How many snaps are sent on SnapChat each day?

500 million
3 billion
2 million
5 billion


What is 4 billion?

200

There are 195 countries in the world. In how many countries is Netflix available? 

What is 190?

200

Many times requiring a phone, with this action you can add an extra layer or STEP of security to your account so you password will not be stolen.

What is 2 Step Verification (or two factor authentication)?

300

Small computer text files placed in your device by the sites you visit that collect information about your system and the web pages you view.

What is a cookie?

300

What percentage of companies have formal policies that require their recruiters to do online research when screening candidates for a position?

What is 75%

300

15 years ago only 7% of the world's population had social media. What is that percentage now?

What is 60%?

300

What was the most downloaded app in 2023?

What is Instagram?

300

On the Upper School's Digital Kindness Week BINGO board, how many tasks are seen using the QR code?

three

five

seven

nine

What is five?
400

Requires people to get permission before they copy, rework, or share what someone made.

What is Copyright Law

400

America is responsible for what percentage of the 20 billion text messages sent each day?

What is 45%?

400

What is the most popular hashtag on Instagram?

What is #love? 1.2 billion

400

What is the most popular category on Pinterest?

Fashion
Food and Drink
Travel
Crafts/DIY

What is Food and Drink?

400

On average, teens viewing TikTok at a given time for this long:

A) 20 - 30 minutes
B) 40 - 50 minutes
C) 60 - 70 minutes
D) 80 - 90 minutes

What is 

B) 40 - 50 minutes (45.8 minutes according to Oberlo)

500

Name of the NPR program we here at GFS model our podcast scripts after.

What is, "This I Believe"?

500

What percentage of all college applicants were negatively affected when colleges looked at their digital footprint?

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70



What is 61-70? 58% of college admissions officers found something online that had a negative impact on their evaluation of a student.

500

On Snapchat your post can show up on a "Snap Map" unless you do what? 

What is go into "Ghost Mode?"

500

The first text message said "Merry Christmas." What year was this in?

What is 1992?

500

What is the most geotagged location on earth?

Times Square, New York
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Disneyland, California
Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE


What is Disneyland, CA?

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