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“Break the Fake”: Media Literacy Week starts today, promoting fact-checking and stopping the spread of misinformation

Ottawa, ON – October 7, 2019

MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) are today launching Media Literacy Week (October 7 to 11) with teachers and students, libraries and museums, and community groups across the country engaging in activities that encourage Canadians to “Break the Fake” and check information they see online before sharing it. 

Career-Life Connections 10-12

Curricular Competencies 

Students are expected to be able to do the following: 

Examine 

• Recognize personal worldviews and perspectives, and consider their influence on values, actions, and preferred futures
• Explore and evaluate personal strategies, including social, physical, and financial, to maintain well-being

Interact 

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 7 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Dealing with Marketing: What Parents Can Do

Educate your kids about advertising and how marketers target young people

The DIY Newsroom

Note: this is the fifth in a series of blogs looking at the history and future of Web 2.0. The user-participation culture of Web 2.0 has begun to change the worlds of music, movies, animation, games and even encyclopedias, but in no area does the change promise to be as deep and fundamental as in the world of news. While other aspects of user-created content blur the line between authors and audiences, the line remains there: it still takes tremendous skill and effort to make a mashup or a fan movie, even if Web 2.0 has made those things easier to distribute. Some have suggested, though, that it will change journalism in a much more radical way – perhaps altering our idea of what journalism is entirely.