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Find resources on screen time, misinformation, AI, responsible social media use and more to use this Media Literacy Week.
Ever catch yourself thinking, 'Wait… what?' about what your kids are seeing online? This Media Literacy Week, we’ve gathered free tools and tips to help your family make sense of the digital world—and keep your kids safe, smart, and responsible online.
Learn
Self-guided tutorials
Designed to be completed at your own pace, our tutorials will help you become an expert on important digital media literacy issues in as little as 60 minutes!
Guides
Looking to support your children through digital issues? Our guides provide important information and practical strategies for navigating these complex topics.
Tip sheets
These quick reference guides are here to give you confidence in parenting in the digital age.
Blog
With a mixture of content from the expert staff at MediaSmarts and parents like you, our blog provides insights into what it’s like to raise kids in a digital world. Check out our newest posts today!
Engage
Videos
Designed to be completed at your own pace, our tutorials will help you become an expert on important digital media literacy issues in as little as 60 minutes!
Hands-on activities
Looking to support your children through digital issues? Our guides provide important information and practical strategies for navigating these complex topics.
Games
These quick reference guides are here to give you confidence in parenting in the digital age.
Connect
With a mixture of content from the expert staff at MediaSmarts and parents like you, our blog provides insights into what it’s like to raise kids in a digital world. Check out our newest posts today!
Engage
Videos
Designed to be completed at your own pace, our tutorials will help you become an expert on important digital media literacy issues in as little as 60 minutes!
Hands-on activities
Looking to support your children through digital issues? Our guides provide important information and practical strategies for navigating these complex topics.
Games
These quick reference guides are here to give you confidence in parenting in the digital age.
Connect
With a mixture of content from the expert staff at MediaSmarts and parents like you, our blog provides insights into what it’s like to raise kids in a digital world. Check out our newest posts today!
October 28
Break the Fake: Verifying online information
Plug and Play Video Lesson: Break the Fake: What’s real online? (Grades 3-5)
Printable Activity: Spot the house hippos
Grades K-3: Break the Fake: What’s in the frame?
Grades 7-9: Do sharks love ice cream?
Grades 10-12: Break the Fake: Becoming a fact-checker
More resources:
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum – workshop, lessons and videos
October 29
Digital Citizen Day: Teaching digital citizenship
Plug and Play Video Lesson: Thinking about Hate (Grades 8-10)
Printable Activity: Just a Joke? (Grades 3-7)
Grades K to 3: Wacky Media Songs: Ethics and Empathy (English only)
Grades 4-6: Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy
Grades 7-9: Impact! How to Make a Difference When You Witness Bullying Online (Plug and Play Video Lesson)
Grades 9-12: Introduction to Online Community Engagement
More resources
October 30
Media-making and creating
Plug and Play Lesson: Put Your Best Face Forward (Grades 7-9)
Grades K-3: Wacky Media Songs: Making and Remixing (English only)
October 31
Representation in media + Halloween!
Printable Activity: A Princess Story (Grades 2-6)
Grades K-3: What do Halloween costumes say?
Grades 4-6: Avatars and body image
Grades 5-7: Comic Books Characters
Looking for more resources?
USE, UNDERSTAND & CREATE: A Digital Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools
USE, UNDERSTAND & CREATE provides a road map for teaching digital literacy skills in Canadian schools. The framework draws on seven key aspects of digital literacy – ethics and empathy, privacy and security, community engagement, digital health, consumer awareness, finding and verifying and making and remixing – and provides teachers with supporting lessons and interactive resources that are linked to curriculum outcomes for every province and territory.
Digital and Media Literacy Outcomes by Province & Territory
This web section provides detailed information on media education for each province and territory, information on provincial/territorial media education organizations, and a listing of media education curricular outcomes, by grade, with links to supporting MediaSmarts resources.