In collaboration with Dr Linda Papadopoulos and ASKfm, this pack for school staff and educators and includes a lesson plan which encourage students to reflect on their online and offline identities. There are four lesson plans to choose from. The first gives an overview of the topic and explores how social media can have an impact on our sense of self. The following three lesson plans can be delivered as add-on sessions, delving further into issues such as conforming to societal expectations online, the difference between how we present ourselves online vs offline and gender inequalities and expectations online.

This resource is supported by ASKfm.

1. Gain an understanding of the way social media and the online world can have an impact on the way we develop our identities

2. Understand the way many people conform and follow social expectations online

3. Identify the different ways in which we represent ourselves online and offline and why these might be different

4. Develop strategies to cope with online pressure and ensure social media doesn’t have a negative impact on the way we feel about ourselves

5. Develop strategies to make sure our online experiences are positive

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