What Can I do About Privilege?
First of all, you can’t choose to give up privilege – privilege is by definition an unearned advantage and you cannot choose to not have it. Guilt and shame are not, however, productive ways to deal with this.
Alberta
This section comprises a curricular overview, as well as information about professional development for media education.
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts 4
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 4 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Film and Video Production 12
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Film and Video Production 12
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Marketing and Digital Commerce 40S/40E/40M
Overall Expectations:
GLO 1.1: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking
Specific Expectations:
10.1.1.2 Evaluate information and perspectives related to the thinking process.
10.1.1.3 Evaluate patterns and connections related to critical, creative, and innovative thinking
Sex and Relationships in the Media
The pressure put on teens through ads, television, film and new media to be sexually attractive—and sexually active—is profound. Not only that, but media representations of relationships often teach unhealthy lessons.
From Ethics and Empathy to Making and Remixing: Extending Digital Literacy to the Secondary Grades
For more than a decade, MediaSmarts has been a leader in defining digital literacy in Canada. This is reflected in the elementary digital literacy framework we launched in 2015. The Use, Understand & Create framework is based on a holistic approach which recognizes that the different skills that make up digital literacy cannot be fully separated.
Managing your privacy when using smart devices
Whether it’s a video doorbell, a speaker with a built-in voice assistant, or even “smart socks” for your baby, these things all have one thing in common: they collect information about you and your family.
How much information they collect, though, is at least partially up to you. Here are some steps you can take to manage your privacy when using smart devices.
Common Stereotypes of Men in Media
Various media analysts and researchers argue that media portrayals of male characters fall within a range of stereotypes.
Ethical Development
As we grow, we pass through distinct stages of moral development in which our ethical thinking is based on different principles: the desire to avoid punishment (Stage I) and the desire to obtain rewards (Stage II), which are then followed by a wish to fit in and conform in order please others (Stage III) and a duty to follow rules, laws and social codes (Stage IV). Last comes the sense of participating in a social contract (Stage V) and, finally, a morality that looks to universal ethical principles of justice and the equality and dignity of all people (Stage VI).