Victoria ISD Common Sense Media Grade 8: Online Identities Slide
2 What are the outcomes of presenting yourself in different ways
online? Slide 3 Students will be able to... * reflect on the
benefits and risks of presenting their identities in different ways
online. * evaluate from an ethical point of view the feelings,
motivations, contexts, and possible outcomes associated with
adopting different roles online. * judge whether certain ways
people present themselves online are harmless or harmful. Slide 4 *
Identity all of the factors that make up who you are Do people ever
express parts of their identities online that they might not
express offline? Slide 5 * exaggerate: to say something is more or
greater than it actually is Have you ever heard of people who
exaggerated something about themselves online? Slide 6 * deceive:
to mislead or falsely persuade others Have you ever heard about
people who deceive others by pretending to be someone else while
they were on the Internet? Why do you think they did this? Slide 7
* motivate: to have a reason or purpose to do something *
consequences: results; something that happens as an effect of a
certain cause * anonymous: having an unknown identity Slide 8 Slide
9 What do you think motivates Henry to hide his age? Slide 10 What
were the consequences of Henry hiding his age? Slide 11 Slide 12
What motivates people to present themselves differently online than
in person? Slide 13 What consequences positive or negative might
people experience if they present themselves differently online?
Slide 14 How can presenting oneself differently online impact other
people? Slide 15 Slide 16 All materials (handouts, videos) are used
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