Assembly: YouTube for good
We'll meet Marcelo in Brazil and find out how he uses social media for good.
Teacher notes
This assembly introduces Marcelo, a YouTuber in Brazil streaming educational content to the masses. It is also a good introduction to how content creators like Marcelo produce or appear in videos, which is a career goal for some young people. It is most suitable for KS2 and above. Younger pupils might not have used YouTube but will likely be aware of it and perhaps know family members who use it. **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Equality and Human Rights, Learning and Growth, Professions and Entrepreneurship, Technology and Engineering. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Active Citizenship & Political Awareness, Communication, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Taking Initiative, Work Ethic. **SDGs:** 4, 10, 11. **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 PSHE L11. recognise ways in which the internet and social media can be used both positively and negatively L13. about some of the different ways information is shared and used online. KS3 PSHE L22. the benefits and positive use of social media, including how it can offer opportunities to engage with a wide variety of views on different issues L24. to understand how the way people present themselves online can have positive and negative impacts on them (and others). KS4 PSHE L22. that there are positive and safe ways to create and share content online and the opportunities this offers.
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