Visual Arts 10

Overall Expectations:
CP10.2 Demonstrate, through practice, a variety of drawing/mark making techniques, skills and compositional strategies using a range of media, to communicate ideas.

British Columbia - Engineering 11

Big Ideas

Design for the life cycle includes consideration of social and environmental impacts.

Personal design interests require the evaluation and refinement of skills.

Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes.

Curricular Competency

Students are expected to be able to do the following

Applied design:

My phone can do what? How my kids are teaching me about technology

I got my first smart phone in 2009. The iPhone 4 (with a home button and boxy, heavy feel) was a favourite of mine. Even after all these years, there’s something that I miss about that phone model. 

Cell Phones and Texting, Parents, Young Canadians In A Wired World

Don’t show them the money, talk about it

As part of digital media literacy, I think it is important to learn about financial literacy too. As our kids get older and we open bank accounts for them, they get jobs, buy their own items etc., having a sense of financial literacy is a must.

Cyber Security, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Marketing, Parents

CIRA and Media Awareness Network help keep consumers safe online

Ottawa, February 7, 2012 – To mark Safer Internet Day, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and Media Awareness Network (MNet) are launching the first in a series of cyber security tip sheets to help consumers stay safe when using the Internet.

While surfing the Web is fun and can present a wide variety of opportunities, you can also encounter unexpected problems. Today's release focuses on Safe Surfing, which explores the different types of risk relating to using the Web and ways Internet users can protect themselves.

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – English Language Arts: Literary Studies 11

Big Ideas

  • People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
  • Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
  • Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Curricular Competencies

Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – English Language Arts: Literary Studies 12

Big Ideas

  • People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
  • Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
  • Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Curricular Competencies

Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Information Sorting

This is the second lesson in the Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum series, though it can also be delivered independently. In it, students are introduced to the idea of using information sorting to determine whether sources are worth their attention and then to do critical close readings of those that are. After learning and identifying the differences and similarities between the two steps, they learn the characteristics of a reliable source and make a list of companion texts that can be used to determine if a source has those characteristics. After practicing that process, they learn some examples of critical close reading skills and use a possibility grid to do a close reading of a news article. Finally they plan, carry out, and reflect on an information sorting process to make sure they are getting a full and accurate picture of the news story’s topic.

Authenticating Information

Learning with AI

In this lesson, students in grades 4 through 6 explore the capabilities and limitations of AI. They learn to verify AI-generated answers using search engines and reliable sources while collaborating to build a model that explains how AI tools actually function. They evaluate the ethics of various AI uses and establish a set of responsible rules for its application in their studies. Finally, students design a visual "Learning Loop" that illustrates the distinct roles of humans and AI, reinforcing the concept that the student must remain the "boss" of the machine.

Artificial intelligence

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