Character Day

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 22 Sep 2016.

September 22 is Character Day, an international day that fosters a conversation around developing character strengths (resilience, grit, empathy, courage, kindness) – all rooted in evidence-based research. We’d like to share some resources that can help youth think about, and develop, their character.

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Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Online Ethics

From Ethics and Empathy to Making and Remixing: Extending Digital Literacy to the Secondary Grades

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 25 May 2016.

For more than a decade, MediaSmarts has been a leader in defining digital literacy in Canada. This is reflected in the elementary digital literacy framework we launched in 2015. The Use, Understand & Create framework is based on a holistic approach which recognizes that the different skills that make up digital literacy cannot be fully separated. 

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Authenticating Information, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Online Ethics, Resources

Connected to Learn: Teachers' Experiences with Networked Technologies in the Classroom

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 05 Apr 2016.

For more than twenty-five years, Canadian teachers have been at the forefront of getting students online and preparing them to use the Internet in safe, wise and responsible ways. Thanks to the SchoolNet program in the 1990s, many young Canadians had their first experiences with networked technologies in their classrooms and school libraries. However, MediaSmarts’ recent Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase III study shows that even now, our so-called “digital natives” still need guidance from their teachers.

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Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Media Production, Professional Development, Resources, Social Networking

Click If You Agree

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 31 Mar 2016.

When you sign up for a service on a website or use an application for the first time, do you read the privacy policy and terms of use thoroughly? Or, like most of us, do you click “I Agree” as fast as you can?

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Cyber Security, Digital Citizenship, Intellectual Property, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Music, Privacy, Social Networking, Video Games

10 Tiny Ways You Can Make the World a Better Place Today

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 24 Feb 2016.

Today is Pink Shirt Day, a national initiative to end bullying both offline and online. Since 2007, Canadians have been donning pink shirts to show their commitment to ending bullying in all forms.

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