A Day in the Life of the Jos

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 15 Apr 2019.

A Day in the Life of the Jos is a comprehensive digital citizenship tutorial that prepares students in grades six to eight to deal with all of the issues they face when using digital technology – from online privacy, to cyberbullying, to recognizing what’s real and what’s fake online.

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Authenticating Information, Cell Phones and Texting, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Intellectual Property, Internet & Mobile, Online Ethics, Online Marketing, Resources, Social Networking, Video Games

Raising a Generation of Data Defenders

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 28 Mar 2018.

How can you help pre-teens understand the value of their personal information and empower them to take steps to manage and protect it? Data Defenders, an educational game for children ages 10 to12, lifts the curtain on data collection by showing how apps and games can find out all kinds of things about them and by providing steps they can take to control the collection of personal information online.

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Internet & Mobile, Online Marketing, Parents, Privacy

MediaSmarts and CIRA release cyber security tip sheet for online commerce

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 18 Jun 2012.

MediaSmarts has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to develop the Online Commerce Cyber Security Consumer Tip Sheet – the fourth in a series of tip sheets on cyber security issues.

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Cyber Security, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Marketing