Resources for Teachers - Pornography

I Heard It ‘Round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information - Lesson

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.

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Pornography

Talking to your kids about pornography

It is natural for adolescents to be curious about sex: MediaSmarts’ research suggests that one in six grade 7- 11 students use the Internet to look for information about sexual health. Twenty percent of kids that age look for pornography online, but a third see it without looking for it — and close to half take steps to keep from seeing it.

Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Pornography, Sexual Exploitation, Social Networking, Young Canadians In A Wired World