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Cyber Choices
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 12 Apr 2021.

Meet Sasha. At age 8, she’s a real social butterfly, both online and off, and is very concerned with how the world sees her: she spends a lot of time making sure she looks good in photos online but doesn’t always think twice about who might see them. Violet is Sasha’s older sister and her polar opposite: she’s a hardcore gamer, and just as tough as her Level 65 Barbarian. Though she despairs of her sister sometimes, she’s also fiercely protective of her and will unleash her considerable wrath on anyone she thinks is picking on Sasha.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile, Online Ethics, Privacy, Resources, Social Networking, Video Games
Lights, Camera, Action! Making Media in the Classroom, Made Easy
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 20 Nov 2020.

For nearly thirty years, Canadian teachers have been at the forefront of getting students online and preparing them to use networked technologies safely, productively and responsibly. Many young Canadians have their first experiences with the internet in their classrooms and school libraries. Over the past decade, though, while digital tools have come to provide new opportunities for creating and distributing digital content, MediaSmarts’ research shows that most Canadian teachers aren’t making media in the classroom.

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Comics, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Media Literacy 101, Media Production, Movies, Professional Development, Resources, Video Games
Media Literacy Should Start Early – And Last A Lifetime
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 23 Oct 2020.

Parents could be forgiven for thinking that our children are born media literate. They are mediatized, certainly, even before they are born: it’s a rare baby shower that doesn’t feature Elsa or Elmo in one form or another. As for digital literacy, kids take to devices like the proverbial ducks to water, quickly becoming expert at finding the videos and games they want.
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Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Ethics, Parents
Digital Literacy 101 For Teachers
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 17 Oct 2018.

How can teachers equip their students to successfully and ethically navigate the digital world?

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Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Professional Development, Resources
Sexting: Shifting the Focus from Victim-Blaming to Respect and Consent
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 06 Feb 2018.

Few issues capture our anxiety about young people and digital media so perfectly as sexting. As with technologies at least as far back as the telegraph, much of this anxiety has focused specifically on girls and women.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, Gender Representation, Internet & Mobile, Sexting, Sexual Exploitation, Social Networking

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