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Other People’s Pictures: How to Play

Welcome to A Day in the Life of the Jos! Join our brother and sister duo, Jo and Josie, as they tackle the ups and downs of a typical day online. You’ll get to help them make some fun decisions along the way!

In this lesson, you’ll help Jo and Josie to figure out the right thing to do to stand up for their friends and keep from starting drama. To play the game, you can either go to the next chapter or follow this link to go directly to the game.

Either way, tap or click “October 22” for this lesson’s featured game.

You can always return to the main calendar screen by clicking “A Day in the Life of the Jos” in the top-left corner of the screen: image

To play, click on the button that displays the time in red. This will take you through a short scenario where Jo or Josie are presented with a dilemma relating to the internet or social media and you are asked to decide what Jo or Josie should do about it.

image You have the option to mute, pause or replay the audio narration. The two buttons to control these features are at the top of the screen in the middle for most parts of the game or on the side of certain dialog boxes.

image After a decision is made, consequences will appear in Jo or Josie’s social media feed. Scroll back and forth through the feed at any time to review what’s happened so far!

Based on your answers, each decision is scored from zero to two. Accumulate points for each day, and do your best to get all ten!

Important note!

You may repeat a day if you wish, but if you do, your previous actions and scores will be erased
The game can be restarted at any time by closing the browser, reopening it and clicking on the game link above. However, when you close the browser, all progress is lost. Make sure that you remember to take a screenshot of your progress before closing the browser!

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