General Information

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Welcome to our digital and media literacy section. This is where you will find information on various topics relating to media, youth, and the Internet. Feel free to brows these sections or use the navigation bar at the top to find a specific topic.

Resources for Parents

Kids on the Net: Fifteen- to Seventeen-Year-Olds

Backgrounder

Are you Web aware? A checklist for kids ages 13-17

Tip Sheet

Cyber Security Consumer Tip Sheet: Protecting yourself from Malware

Tip Sheet

Family Online Rules - Tip Sheet

Tip Sheet

New Resources

Parent Tip Sheet: Surviving the Gimme Season

Tip Sheet

Forensic Science Crime Dramas

Lesson Plan

Up, Up and Away? (TM)

Lesson Plan

Daily Headlines

Movie tie-in books like 'Gatsby' can influence sales but also imagination

www.canada.com

Canadian couples like to ‘television show cheat’ on each other

http://o.canada.com

US movie industry launches website to promote legal access to movies, TV shows

www.latimes.com

Study: More Teens Killed Texting While Driving than by Drunk Driving

http://techland.time.com

For politicians, Twitter remains a learning process

www.csmonitor.com

Digital & Media Literacy Fundamentals

Welcome to the “fundamentals” section of our website, where we bring together the various concepts and competencies that define what it is to be literate in today’s complex media culture. Here we explore digital literacy and media...

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Internet & Mobile

From blogging to file sharing to instant messaging to online commerce, there’s no doubt that youth have embraced digital life -- which has opened up new worries for parents and teachers. This section explores some of the issues related to Internet and...

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Television

Television is a fairly inescapable part of contemporary culture. This section has useful tips and strategies for parents and teachers who are trying to establish appropriate rules and boundaries for children and youth of all ages.

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Movies

Always popular with young people for decades now, films carry with them their own set of concerns such as representations of violence, diversity and stereotyping. The following section explores movies and the related issues that are relevant for...

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Music

Music is one of the most popular and powerful forms of media that kids and teens consume. In this section we tackle issues such as access to questionable content in music and file sharing.

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Video Games

Concerns about video games include the time children and teens spend playing them, the physical effects of an inactive lifestyle, and the violent or sexist content of many games. Playing video games can be a positive experience if we understand the...

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