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Social Media Savvy

Teen Self-Expression and 
 Communication in a Digital Era

How has access to mobile technology
 changed student learning?

Sage on the Stage Guide on the Side

The Heart of Social Media Influence

• The Need for Acceptance
• Extend their net of search
• Categorize their friends
• Temptation to trust this online platform

• The Need for Acceptance
• Answers to Life's Questions
• Searching for answers to their troubles
• Relief from their emotional and mental pain
• Easier to ask the hard questions

• The Need for Acceptance
• Answers to Life's Questions
• Looking for an Identity
• Learn more about who they want to be
• Social media becomes an influential teacher
• Moral, ethical and intellectual values are

formed by what they read and experience

• The Need for Acceptance
• Answers to Life's Questions
• Looking for an Identity
• The Popularity Contest
• Earn money and fame

• The Need for Acceptance
• Answers to Life's Questions
• Looking for an Identity
• The Popularity Contest
• Sharing of Face and Body
• Selfies to enlist responses and comments
• Boost attractiveness in search of GF/BF

How to Shine Online

Light Bright Polite

= Positive and Fun = Smart
 Think First = You’re Proud of It

Your posts are like buttons on an elevator… …they take 
 you up…


• r they take 


you down.

How to Upset Your Teacher

• OMG. This class

is SOOO lame. I’d rather be watching TV. I’m ready for 
 the weekend

How to Upset Your Coach

The other football team sucks! I hope they lose. We’re up by 
 24 points! 
 Go Warhawks!

How to Be Dramatic

My boyfriend 
 just broke up with me. 
 Crying now. 
 He was a waste

• f my time.

So lucky that I have friends to support me! :)

How to Upset Your Cheer Team

Our cheer team needs help. They’re not 
 very good :( I think next year I’m trying out for the cheer team :)

How to Get Fired

Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the fat paycheck against the daily commute and hating the work. Who is the hiring manager? I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web.

Print Out Your Profile

Do you feel comfortable printing

• ut your Instagram or Twitter

page for a college application?

Volunteer Ideas

• Animal Shelter
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hospital
• Walking a Neighbor’s Dog
• Senior Home
• Red Cross

Social Media Message Formula

Classy Group Photo
 +
 Thank You
 +
 Organization Name
 +
 Activity
 +
 Outcome


Hottest Apps

Facebook - The Grandfather Twitter - 140 Character updates Instagram - Picture and video with filters Vine - 6 second looping videos SnapChat - Temporary video and pictures Tumblr - Micro-blogging site

TWITTER

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

• Safe place to share thoughts and 


feelings away from parents

• Public tweets are the norm
• No age restrictions
• Promotional tool for celebs

Twitter for Teens

• Tweets can be deleted, but retweets

from others won’t be removed

• Anyone can contact your kid publicly
• Kids use direct messages to talk

privately to each other

• To find kids on Twitter, you need to

know their @usernames

What to Know

• Check their tweets
• Don’t reply or retweet their tweets
• Suggest setting their profile to private
• Report offensive content

What You Can Do

INSTAGRAM

CAPTURE AND SHARE THE WORLD'S MOMENTS. AGE 13+

• Users snap, edit, and share square

photos and 15-second videos -- either publicly or with a network of followers

• Unites popular features of sharing 


and commenting on photos/videos

• Public photos are the default

Instagram (Insta)

• Teens work hard to get more followers

and collect as many likes as possible

• Self worth is based on how many likes

and comments they get

• Private messaging is now an option
• Mature content can slip in

What to Know

• Follow your kids
• Don’t comment or like their posts
• ifttt.com: get an email every time

your kid posts on Instagram

What You Can Do

VINE

EXPLORE A WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL, LOOPING VIDEOS

• 6 second looping videos
• Shared directly with FB or Twitter
• Collect views and ‘revines’
• Some show and promote their talents

Vine

• Full of inappropriate videos
• Public accounts and videos visible for

everyone (even without registration)

• Vines show up in Google results
• Age limit was raised from 12 to 17+

What to Know

• To see videos or to follow your child,

you need to know their username

• Suggest to setting page as private
• If they don’t want you (their parent) to

see it, they shouldn’t post it

What You Can Do

SNAPCHAT

AGE 13+

Snapchat

• Lets users put a time limit (1-10

sec) on the pictures and videos they send before they disappear

• Recently added live video chat
• Snapchat Stories: live for 24 hours

and can be viewed again and again

Interesting Facts

• 70% of all users are female
• 32% of all teens in US at the age 13

to 17 years old use snapchat

• Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel

recently turned 24

• Most popular feature is Stories

What to Know

• Data is data: Whenever anything is

sent online, it never truly goes away

• It can make sexting seem OK
• Photos/videos can be saved using

a screenshot or 3rd party app

• Introduced Snapcash this week

What You Can Do

• Emphasize respect toward self 


and others

• Have the conversation about what

is appropriate

TUMBLR

MICROBLOGGING PLATFORM AND SOCIAL NETWORK

Tumblr

A cross between a blog and Twitter: it's a stream of text, photos, and/or videos and audio clips

What to Know

• Porn is easy to find
• Privacy can be guarded, but only

through an awkward workaround

• Posts are often copied and shared.

Kids want their posts reblogged

Current Trends

Anonymous Apps

Anonymous Apps

Self-expression in ways not able in the real world VS Inappropriate content 
 and bullying behavior

Anonymous Apps

Yik Yak - Local community bulletin board Ask.fm - Ask and answer questions posted

ask.fm

A social site that lets kids ask questions and answer those posted 
 by other users anonymously

ask.fm

ask.fm

What to Know

• Q&As can appear on FB & Twitter

• You can view your child’s profile

• Inappropriate questions should be

reported and deleted


• If you threaten someone else you 


can get caught by the police

Yik Yak

Local bulletin board (1.5-mile radius) showing the most recent posts from

• ther users around you

– Yik Yak Some students have compared it to
 a virtual bathroom wall where users post vitriol and hate – CNN

Yik Yak

Popular at Universities

Yik Yak

Yik Yak

What to Know

• Requires access to your location
• Yik Yak has 17+ age restriction 


(you can restrict app download)

• Doesn’t require creating an account 

• r access to your contact list
• Anonymous posts end up public and

police can still find them

DIRECT MESSAGING APPS

WhatsApp and Kik Messenger help kids bypass text messaging and communicate with their friends using the app

VS

Kik - Uses usernames WhatsApp - Uses contacts Messages sent via Wi-Fi or phone data plan.

Direct Messaging

WhatApp Vs Kik

WhatsApp Rated 16+

• No user names, instead you verify

by using your phone number

• Users can share location and share

contacts with other users

• Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19

billion in February 2014

Kik Rated 17+

• Keep usernames private
• Use different usernames for Kik,

Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr accounts

• Allows users to ignore new contacts

and block unwanted contacts

• Deleted messages stay on the

recipient’s phone

Cyberbullying

43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 had it happen more than once. 70% of students report seeing frequent bullying online. 68% of teens agree that cyber bullying is a serious problem. Only 1 in 10 victims will inform a parent

• r trusted adult.

Tips to Promote Safe Social Networking

Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

Wrap Up

Keep posts Light, Bright, and Polite Give kids space on social media Private profiles are preferred Where Should You Be? LinkedIn, Google Plus, YourDomain.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram