Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts 5

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 5 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 6 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 - Health Education Grade 5

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan Health Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site. The foundational and learning objectives of the elementary health curriculum are not categorized by grade level, as it is intended that these objectives will be attained over the entire period from grade 1 to grade 5.

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Health Education Grade 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan Grade 6 Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Physical and Health Education Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia Grade 8 Physical and Health Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 7 Health and Physical Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Digital Media Experiences are Shaped by the Tools We Use: The Disconnection Challenge

In this lesson, students consider the role of technology and media in their lives and then spend a week either tracking or limiting their media use. They then share their experiences and discuss how the ways that digital media tools are made may cause us to use them differently (or simply more often). Finally, students draw on those insights to create a mindful media use plan. In an optional extension activity, they interview other students for a video exploring their experiences and reflections over the course of the project.

The Invisible Machine: Big Data and You

In this lesson, students examine a fictional social network profile to learn how online platforms collect data about their users. They then read an article that explains how platforms use this data and explores some of the issues this raises. Finally, they create a mind map of their own online data profile and reflect on how the data they post may be collected and used by others.

Summertime and the screens are easy

I am lucky enough to work from home and have a flexible work schedule, so my kids have always been stay-at-home kids in the summer. They have some daily chores and other special work to do over the summer, but in general they have a lot of free time on their hands.

What do you meme it’s not legal?

My daughter – age 14 – is all about Instagram. It’s her primary source of entertainment: if she’s on her phone, she’s likely looking at memes or laughing at silly posts made by her friends. It’s also the main way she communicates with them, as they use its messaging service much more than things like texting or video chat.