{"id":254,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/feeling-pictures-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:19:33","slug":"feeling-pictures-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/feeling-pictures-2\/","title":{"raw":"Feeling Pictures","rendered":"Feeling Pictures"},"content":{"raw":"Show students the <strong>first slide<\/strong> of the Course Presentation in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocksstudentwrdsb\/chapter\/feeling-pictures\/\">Feeling Pictures<\/a>, or have them access it.\r\n\r\nAsk:\r\n\r\nHow is the girl feeling? Try making the same face as her to see how it feels.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>She's scared or upset. You can tell from the look on her face and her arms are raised in surprise.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ask: How else can we tell how someone is feeling?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWhy does she feel that way?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The most likely answer is that she was scared by the monster she saw on the screen.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nHow could you help?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>There are no right or wrong answers here - what's important is to help students think about and articulate the ways they can help someone else who is upset.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNow show the <strong>second slide <\/strong>and ask the same questions.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>This child's emotion is not as clear, but we can tell he is angry, upset or sad.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>We don't know for sure why he is feeling that way, but it seems like it's from something he saw on the screen.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nUse this as a springboard to ask: What are some things that might make us sad, angry or upset when we're using devices like computers, tablets, phones or game consoles?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Prompting questions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nHave you ever seen anything on a device that made you <strong>scared<\/strong>?\r\n\r\nHas anything ever happened while using a device that made you <strong>upset<\/strong>?\r\n\r\nDo things sometimes <strong>go wrong<\/strong> when you're using a device?\r\n\r\nIs it sometimes hard to<strong> stop playing<\/strong> a game or watching something?\r\n\r\nHas anyone ever done anything while you were using a device that made you <strong>sad <\/strong>or <strong>angry?<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHow does it feel when you <strong>lose<\/strong> a game you're playing?\r\n\r\nIs it sometimes hard to <strong>share<\/strong> devices?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext, have students suggest things that they could do if something happened that upset them.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>If I got upset, I could...\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMake sure the following points come up:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTalking to a parent, a teacher or another trusted adult\r\n\r\nTaking a break from what you're doing\r\n\r\nTalking to a friend about what happened\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow ask what you could do to help <strong>someone else<\/strong> who's upset because of something that happened when using a screen device.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>To help someone, I could...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen students have provided a few examples, go on to the <strong>third slide <\/strong>and ask:\r\n\r\nDoes an app or a device have feelings?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Make sure students understand that devices and apps, even \"AI\",\u00a0 <strong>do not <\/strong>have feelings, even if some of them are made to <strong>seem <\/strong>like they have feelings.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDo characters in apps sometimes act like they're sad if you want to stop playing, or if you don't buy something?\r\n\r\nWhy do you think they do that?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Explain that we naturally <strong>want <\/strong>to help someone who is sad, especially if it's someone who feels like a friend. 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