Overall Expectations

Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the history and evolution of technology, and of its social and cultural implications
• demonstrate an understanding of their personal responsibility in determining the future

Specific Expectations

Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the social and environmental impacts of communications technology
• demonstrate safe practices when using communications technology tools and equipment
• edit video using a digital format
• practice journalism story form to broadcast a message

Lessons that meet Grade 11  expectations

Challenging Hate Online

Crime in the News

Cyberbullying and the Law

Deconstructing Web Pages

Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues

First Person

Free Speech and the Internet

Hate 2.0

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

How to Analyze the News

Magazine Production

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

News Journalism: Definitions and Comments about the News

News Journalism: Radio News

Online Gambling and Youth

Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate

Scapegoating and Othering

The Citizen Reporter

The Front Page

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

Thinking about Hate

Who Knows? Your Privacy in the Information Age

You Be the Editor

Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)

MyWorld