Why That Video Showed Up: teacher key

How Video Sites Pick Your Videos, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Learn how a video site picks what you see next, what a watch history does and how families can set limits.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What are recommended videos based on?
   • What a child watches and searches for (answer)
   • What a child eats
   • How old a child is
2. What does a recommendation system suggest?
   • Only new toys
   • Videos similar to ones a person watched (answer)
   • Videos with no link to what you watched
3. What does watch history let a video site do?
   • Delete the videos
   • Turn off the screen
   • Give relevant recommendations (answer)
4. What is autoplay?
   • A switch for videos that keep playing on their own (answer)
   • A kind of ad
   • A watch history
5. Why might a child still see something a parent did not want?
   • The screen is too big
   • Video controls made for kids are not perfect (answer)
   • Autoplay is always on
6. What does the word relevant mean in relevant recommendations?
   • Very loud
   • Very old
   • Fits what you like (answer)

Words

• autoplay: plays by itself
• relevant: fits well
• history: past views
• huge: very big
• settings: choices to set