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Objectives completed:

  1. Scouts investigated various internet safety pledges and critiqued them. They shared what they would add and why they chose one over the other.
  2. Scouts read recent real-life examples of "oops" and "hooray" moments in social media use.
  3. Scouts shared how they personally related with these good and bad moments. They discovered how mental health and safety can be affected by social media.
  4. Through 2 online games, scouts learned and tested their netiquette knowledge.
    Scouts also brainstormed what to do in 5 different online scenarios to practice their netiquette and safety knowledge.
  5. Scouts investigated the term digital footprint and learned why it is important to monitor it. They engaged in an online activity to determine their password strength and measure their digital footprint.
  6. Scouts created a personal tip sheet to summarize what rules of netiquette and online safety they thought were most important.

Other websites to visit for more information:
commonsensemedia.org
NetSmartz.org
carnegiecyberacademy.com

Works referenced:
http://www.socialschool101.com/images/10-Dangerous-Mistakes-Kids-Make-On-Social-Media.pdf
http://www.t3.com/features/email-fails
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2463809,00.asp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/11255597/Top-ten-Twitter-fails-of-all-time.html
http://www.oddee.com/item_97984.aspx
http://time.com/money/3019899/10-facebook-twitter-mistakes-lost-job-millennials-viral/
http://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/social-media-brings-positive-message-youth-three-examples
http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/funStuff/netiquette/netiquette.html