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Curated OER

Cbc News: How Social Media Is Affecting Teens

9th - 10th
How are teens being affected by social media? Research suggests the impact is an emotional one. [6:11]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Connected

9th - 10th
How can your friends -- and your friends' friends -- affect you?
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Can Social Networking Move Beyond Facebook?

9th - 10th
Can other social networks make users unfriend Facebook?
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Can Google Plus Compete With Facebook and Twitter?

9th - 10th
Search engine guru Danny Sullivan discusses how Google Plus compares to other social network titans.
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Common Craft

Common Craft: Social Media

9th - 10th
This video is a metaphor-rich explanation of Social Media. It tells a story of a town that changes as a result of democratization.
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Common Craft

Common Craft: Social Media and the Workplace

9th - 10th
This video reviews how social media sites like blogs, Twitter and Facebook are changing how companies think about external communication. It includes points on:
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Common Craft

Common Craft: Social Networking

9th - 10th
This video introduces the basic ideas behind Social Networking. It focuses on the role of social networking in solving real-world problems.
Instructional Video
Common Craft

Common Craft: Social Networking (Facebook)

9th - 10th
This video teaches the basic ideas behind social networking with sites like Facebook. It tells the story of a woman who discovered how social networking revealed a world that was formerly hidden from view.
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: On Social Media, the Kids Are All Right

9th - 10th
In It's Complicated, Internet scholar danah boyd debunks myths about teens' online lives.