Help youth navigate the digital world

Like a driving simulator for young people learning to drive a car for the first time, Social Media TestDrive provides a simulated experience of realistic digital dilemmas and scenarios, along with key concepts and strategies for navigating them.

Learn how to create an account on social media and practice how to protect your privacy online by creating a safe username and a strong password. Click here to start the module.

The Ups and Downs of Social Media

Reflect on how social media can make you feel and learn how to use social media in a positive and balanced way. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: My Social Media Life. Learn more...

Responding to Breaking News!

Learn how to react to breaking news on social media and practice strategies for identifying reliable news online. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: This Just In! Learn more...

Is It Private Information?

Learn what is safe to share with different social media audiences and what kind of information is inappropriate to share on social media. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Chatting Safely Online. Learn more...

Shaping Your Digital Footprint

Explore how actions on social media create a digital footprint and learn skills to positively shape digital footprints. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Social Media and Digital Footprints. Learn more...

How to Be an Upstander

Identify signs of cyberbullying and practice how to respond when you see cyberbullying happening to others. Click here to start the module.

Aligned Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship Lesson: Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying. Learn more...

Healthy Social Media Habits

Explore how social media platforms are designed to keep your attention and practice healthy media habits to achieve media balance. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Digital Media and Your Brain. Learn more...

Online Identities

Learn how to manage self-presentation and how online identities can change with different audiences on social media. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Who Are You Online? Learn more...

Social Media Privacy

Understand how social media sites collect information about users and learn strategies for protecting privacy on social media. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Being Aware of What You Share. Learn more...

Ads on Social Media

Explore how companies collect user data to display targeted ads on social media and learn how to identify ads and sponsored posts within your feed. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Big, Big Data. Learn more...

Scams and Phishing

Understand the consequences of identity theft and learn how to identify and take action against phishing scams on social media. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Don’t Feed the Phish. Learn more...

News in Social Media

Understand why fake news exists and how to identify the telltale signs of fake news on social media. Click here to start the module.

Aligned with Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship lesson: Finding Credible News. Learn more...

Help youth navigate the digital world

Like a driving simulator for young people learning to drive a car for the first time, Social Media TestDrive provides a simulated experience of realistic digital dilemmas and scenarios, along with key concepts and strategies for navigating them.

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