MediaSmarts Tags - Digital Citizenship

Limit assignments to a few specific topics.Assign particular features, like "compare and contrast" or personal observation.Insist that students use both online and offline resources.Combine writing assignments with other related tasks; for example, ask students to keep a journal of the writing process in which they discuss their research, explore the topic and thesis, and even discuss any challenges they faced while completing the assignment.Set a schedule whereby students submit an outline, the introduction, portions of the text, research

Level: Grades 7 to 9

Duration: 1 1/2 hours

Author: MediaSmarts

Overview

Students will consider the use of the Internet as a research tool and learn how to use search engines more effectively. They then apply these new found skills to investigating popular myths about sexuality and contraception. Finally, they consider three websites they have used in the course of their research and evaluate them as sources of information.

Learning Outcomes

Students will:

In a hashtag, darkly: How #Ottawapiskat turned the tables on media coverage of native issues

Copyright

Public domain

What we usually mean by property – physical things which we own – is called real property to distinguish it from intellectual property. Real property – things that actually exist, like cars and sandwiches – is easy enough to understand, and we’re mostly familiar with the ways its ownership can be transferred: it can be sold outright, sold in part, rented or leased (you wouldn’t want to rent a sandwich, but legally there’s no reason why you couldn’t.) Intellectual property, on the other hand, is more complicated.

Level: Grades 5 and 6

Author: Emmanuelle Erny-Newton, Media Education Specialist, MediaSmarts

Production of this lesson has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Government of Canada

Duration: One hour per activity

Overview

CIRA and MediaSmarts have partnered on a series of five tip sheets to educate Canadians about online security issues. The 5th tip sheet in the series, Socializing and Interacting Online, looks at negative issues that can come up when interacting with others through networked technologies including phishing scams and hoaxes, and strategies for dealing with them.

Canadian Legislation and Regulation

The Criminal Code

Section 184: Interception of Communications

This tutorial aims to teach students essential digital literacy skills through simulating their favourite online experiences. The tutorial is divided into four chapters, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of digital literacy: researching and authenticating online information, managing privacy and reputation, dealing with online relationships and using digital media in an ethical manner.