Outcome:
Investigate the importance of personal safety to health and well-being.
Indicators:
(a) Identify potential risks to personal health and security as a result of overreliance on personal devices (e.g., hearing loss due to overuse of audio devices, injury to self and others due to distracted driving).
Explore personal and creative ways to use multimedia tools for aesthetic expression based upon knowledge of the elements and principles of design
Overall Expectations:
Students are expected to:
Specific Expectations:
New Media 10 is a program of studies designed to reflect the changing role of technology in today’s society and the increasing importance of digital media in communicating and exchanging ideas. This course is intended to allow students and educators the flexibility to develop a program of study centred on students’ interests, needs, and abilities, while at the same time allowing for a range of local delivery methods. New Media 10 recognizes that digital literacy is an essential characteristic of the educated citizen.
Overall Expectations: Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Outcome:
Demonstrate effective communication skills
Indicators:
(b) Describe how professional communication differs from other types of communication (e.g., personal social media posts, personal cell phone use).
(h) Explain how messages can be misinterpreted when conveyed electronically.
(i) Practise using effective communication techniques for telephone conversations and text messages.
Media components are found in all three goals of the Saskatchewan Arts Education curriculum: Creative/Productive, Critical/Responsive strand and Cultural/Historical.
In the Saskatchewan elementary English Language Arts curriculum, media-related objectives are provided under foundational outcomes of Comprehend and Respond, Compose and Create, and Assess and Reflect.
Photo credits: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador