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Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway?
This opening video to the Key Concepts of Media Literacy video series introduces students to the idea that the word media – which they may already know in the sense of the media industry (“the media”) – means channels of communication between a person or persons and their intended audience.
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Information Technology Literacy K-4
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Information Technology Literacy Continuum (Exploratory: K-4), with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Communication
Overall Expectations:
Communication involves receiving and expressing meaning (e.g., through reading and writing, viewing and creating, listening and speaking) in different contexts and with different audiences and purposes. Effective communication increasingly involves understanding local and global perspectives and societal and cultural contexts, and using a variety of media appropriately, responsibly, safely, and with a view to creating a positive digital footprint
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Cross Curricular Comptencies K-12
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Cross Curricular Competencies K-12, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Health Education K
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Health Education K
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts Kindergarten
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Kindergarten English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
In the elementary curriculum in Saskatchewan, learning objectives for media studies are included as a category within the supporting domain, Oracy and Literacy: Media. Media-related objectives can also be found within Speaking and Listening, Reading and Response to Literature, Writing, Educational Drama, Research and Presentation and Computer Applications.
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Arts Education 9
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Arts Education 9