K-12 Cyber
Awareness Month+
Social Media and Gaming
Social Media and Gaming: Your Online Community explores how students interact with others through platforms like social media, messaging apps, and online games. It emphasizes respectful digital communication, recognizing and responding to cyberbullying, and the importance of kindness and consent online.
Students also learn about digital citizenship, the risks of sharing personal information, and how to build safe, inclusive, and supportive online spaces.
Grades K-8
Social media and online gaming provide fun ways to stay connected and interact with friends and family. As a major part of our cyberheroes’ lives, knowing how to navigate the metaverse safely, respectfully and responsibly is essential.
Even the strongest heroes don’t always know who’s on the other side of the screen, so navigating the connected world is a battle. Defend yourself! Cyberheroes are aware of threats around them, knowing not to stand for villainous behaviour, abusive or threatening language, or letting strangers into their networks.
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Social Media
Learn more with additional resources
- How Will You Know If Your Child Is Being Bullied Online?
- Online Gaming Risks: Are Your Children Susceptible?
- Knowing how to use social media safely
- Learning to spot a cyber threat on social media
- Recognizing the risks of the metaverse and how to reduce them
- Social Media Quick Guides – Learn about the platforms your kids might use
- MediaSmarts – Video Games
Grades 9-12
Social Media and Gaming: Your Online Community explores privacy settings and data security as crucial for navigating social media, requiring regular reviews and updates, understanding data visibility and usage, protecting against breaches, and employing multifactor authentication.
Addresses deepfakes and the implications of allowing mic, camera, or location access, and how social media influencers and algorithms significantly affect behaviour and self-image. Includes safe online gaming practices such as protecting personal information, respectful interactions and recognizing harassment within gaming communities.
Watch and share the videos:
Download and use these handy posters:
Learn more with additional resources!
- How Will You Know If Your Child Is Being Bullied Online?
- Online Gaming Risks: Are Your Children Susceptible?
- Knowing how to use social media safely
- Learning to spot a cyber threat on social media
- Recognizing the risks of the metaverse and how to reduce them
- Social Media Quick Guides – Learn about the platforms your kids might use
- MediaSmarts – Video Games