TekSavvy
We were extremely pleased to welcome TekSavvy as a Silver Sponsor in 2017. This partnership has supported the creation of resources that teach young Canadians how to be ethical users of digital media.
English Language Arts 7-9 Overview
In Prince Edward Island, “English language arts encompasses the experience, study, and appreciation of language, literature, media, and communication.” The curriculum defines a text as “any language event, whether oral, written, visual, or digital. In this sense, a conversation, a poem, a novel, an online exchange, a poster, a music video, or a multimedia production are all considered texts.
Senior Years Information and Communication Technology
Manitoba’s Senior Years Information and Communication Technology courses “focus on analyzing information, communicating messages, and using technology to create products such as print documents, web pages, and video recordings. Students have the opportunity to reinforce and extend the ICT knowledge, attitudes, and skills that they have developed in K-8 and to explore new topics that will support their learning across the curriculum.”
Science
According to the Newfoundland Elementary Science curriculum guide, “the aim of science education in the Atlantic provinces is to develop scientific literacy. Scientific literacy is an evolving combination of the science-related attitudes, skills, and knowledge students need to develop inquiry, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities; to become lifelong learners; and to maintain a sense of wonder about the world around them.
Become a MediaSmarts Teacher Champion
We are always looking for teachers to help test resources and be the first to give feedback on our new materials. We truly value the opportunity to work with educators to make our resources better and to learn more about the kinds of materials that would support digital media literacy programming in the classroom.
MediaSmarts works with Teacher Champions in the following ways:
Understanding the Internet Lesson Series - Portal Page
In this lesson, students will explore their own experiences with online activities, build a common vocabulary of online-related terminology and identify purposes and methods of online interactions from the user’s perspective.
Become a donor
Your donation will support: classroom resources that address digital issues affecting youth, research on Canadian children and teens’ Internet use; community resources, and parent workshops and tutorials to help manage family Internet use.
Computer Science
“The use of information technology will help enable all students to solve problems, improve their personal performance, and gain the critical and abstract thinking skills necessary to become lifelong learners and contributing members of their communities” (Manitoba Education and Training, Technology As a Foundation Skill Area).