Media literacy key concepts Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning

In this lesson, students watch a video introducing the media literacy key concept that audiences negotiate meaning.

Media Literacy 101

Transferable Skills

Starting in 2018-2019, Ontario students are assessed on Transferrable Skills such as critical thinking, global citizenship, communication and collaboration. According to the document Transferable Skills (n.d.),

Family films part one – What we’re watching

I have a post coming soon about New Year’s resolutions, but first I wanted to write a little about one of our own. This year, I’ve resolved to watch more films. (Yes, more!) It might sound a little strange at a time when many of us are struggling to convince our own children to put down their devices and consume less screen time, but there it is.

File Sharing, Movies, Parents

Saskatchewan - Arts Education - Drama 10

Overall Expectations:

CP10.1 Investigate inspiration and departure points for dramatic work.

Specific Expectations:

a. Use personal narratives to explore concepts of memory, history and experiences relating to identity (e.g., cultural, gender expression, urban or rural perspectives, pop culture influences, sexual orientation, social status, youth or elder, immigrant). 

b. Generate ideas for exploration through improvisation and devised scene-work.

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – English 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

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Social TV and Togetherness

Is technology drawing us closer together, or pulling us apart? When it comes to TV and digital media, the answer may well be "yes" to both.

Social Networking, Television

Intellectual Property Ethics

Some of the most common ethical decisions youth face online revolve around intellectual property, but teaching kids to respect intellectual property can be particularly challenging because they may not see this as an ethical issue.

Online Ethics