South+America

You have entered the cyber-region of South America and your job, //if you accept it//, is to locate and complete enough activities within the cyber-countries listed below to solve the mystery surrounding Digital Life within South America. You will earn **American Dollars** for each activity you complete on your mission.

Below you will find a image of the three cyber-countries within South America. Click on an image and begin your journey to solve the mystery and complete as many activites as you can so you can move on to the next cyber-region and earn big American Bucks.

Don't forget to complete the "**Covert Opersations**" that may be available and **log** your travels within your page under the discussion forum for each topic.


 * **Digital Media:** Electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, video, social networking sites, the Internet, and video games that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself
 * **Simile:** A figure of speech in which a comparison is made to show a similarity between two different things. A simile resembles a metaphor, but in a simile the word like or as is used to make the comparison
 * **Digital Citizenship:** Navigating the digital world safely, responsibly, and ethically

**Find a Gaming Partner! **

This **extra Op** will **earn** you and your partner **$5 extra American Do**llars to complete before you head to your cyber-country missions.

You and your gaming partner are to fill out the quiz, and then tally your scores and compare your responses with your partner’s. Work in pairs to discuss the following questions and post the question and your answers to your "**Travel Logs**" under the discussion tab titled; "**Team Wo**rk" with a title of "**Digital Quiz**".


 * 1) Which one or two answers surprised you the most?
 * 2) Which one or two statistics most closely reflected how you use digital media in your own life?
 * 3) Which were the farthest from your own personal experience? //(Recognize that the same kinds of principles apply in both places, but they play out in different ways.)//

Are you **ready** to continue this journey to **earn** American $$ as you learn how to be a "**Good Digital Citizen**"?


 * Let's go ! **

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Alignment with Standards -- National Educational Technology Standards for Students © 2007

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Source: International Society for Technology in Education, 2007

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Creativity and Innovation <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Communication and Collaboration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Research and Information Literacy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. Digital Citizenship
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processesd.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">identify trends and forecast possibilities
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity

and distribute the Got Media Smarts? Student Handout. Let students know that the purpose of the quiz is to make them more familiar with some statistics on how people – and especially teens – use digital media in their daily lives.