Managing Your Family’s Media Time in a World of Screens
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Screen-Free Week (May 4th to 10th), and it’s striking to consider just how our relationship with screen media has changed in that time.
Privacy education goes mobile
Ottawa, ON (May 21, 2015) – To assist parents and teachers in helping kids manage their online privacy, MediaSmarts is bringing its popular educational game Privacy Pirates to mobile platforms. Privacy Pirates teaches children ages seven to nine about the value of their personal information and how to know when it’s okay to share information online and when it’s best to keep things private.
Privacy Pirates
When we think about the privacy risks that youth face online, we tend to think in terms of teens and tweens oversharing on cell phones and social networks. Increasingly, though, children are facing privacy issues younger and younger: according to a 2014 study from the UK, kids aged 13-14 said they were eight and a half years old when they first went online, kids aged 11-12 said they were eight and kids aged nine to ten said they had gone online when they were just six years old.[1]
Digital literacy workshops made available to all libraries across Quebec
Ottawa (May 25, 2015) – MediaSmarts, a leading Canadian centre for digital and media literacy, is pleased to announce that all public libraries in Quebec now have free access to its licensed digital literacy program, Web Awareness Workshop Series.
New tool from Twitter for combatting trolls
One of the challenges of being a parent in a digital age is (a) keeping up with all the new tools and websites and social media channels our kids may or may not be using and (b) keeping track of new developments and updates within existing tools. Honestly, sometimes it feels like I’m trapped inside a 21st century hamster wheel!
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Kindergarten
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Kindergarten
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Economics CIE3M: The Individual and the Economy
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIE3M: The Individual and the Economy, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Economics CIA4U: Analysing Current Economic Issues
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIA4U: Analysing Current Economic Issues, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Economics CIC4E: Making Personal Economic Choices
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIC4E: Making Personal Economic Choices, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.