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Social Media Literacy Connections

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I'm coming to the end of my graduate school journey, so this week I decided to have some fun. One of the best, most popular basic puzzle games on the internet right now is New York Times' Connections . I enjoy playing this game - I have the archive of all Connections boards on my phone to play anytime. I hadn't thought about making my own board until this week, but I've now done so using some of the topics I've discussed in previous posts.  Before I talk about the topics I used  I've included a screenshot of the board, so complete the puzzle here first if you don't want to be spoiled! Please let me know how you did in the comments! Screenshot by author of their  Social Media Literacy Connections Board , made with Swellgarfo's online tool. Level 1 - Yellow The first topic I pulled from is social media uses. This seems like a simple category (which is why it’s the yellow one), but the uses themselves can be overlooked. Social media is vilified by politici...