Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts - New Media 10

New Media 10 is a program of studies designed to reflect the changing role of technology in today’s society and the increasing importance of digital media in communicating and exchanging ideas. This course is intended to allow students and educators the flexibility to develop a program of study centred on students’ interests, needs, and abilities, while at the same time allowing for a range of local delivery methods. New Media 10 recognizes that digital literacy is an essential characteristic of the educated citizen.

Quebec Competencies Chart - Beyond Media Messages

Quebec Competencies Chart - Beyond Media Messages

Quebec Competencies Chart - Authentication Beyond the Classroom

Quebec Competencies Chart - Authentication Beyond the Classroom

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Career and Life Management Grade 11

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 11 Career and Life Management curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Career and Life Management Grade 12

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 12 Career and Life Management curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

 

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Social Studies K

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Social Studies K

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts 9

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Defeating Distraction

In this lesson, students learn how to manage distraction when using digital media tools and practice avoiding the “phone loop.” Students learn about the “phone loop” and simple strategies for avoiding it from a video, then rank those strategies based on how useful they think they will be in their own lives. They then think of different things they do with their phones, sort those into ones that have an obvious end point (like checking the weather) and those that don’t. Students try a number of different exercises designed to help them use their devices more mindfully, then write a reflection on the activity. They then identify ways in which apps’ and devices’ design features may make it easy to lose track of how much time we spend using them, then brainstorm ways they can change those features or their own habits to promote more mindful use. Finally, students design “paper prototypes” that show how they would change an app to encourage better habits and more mindful use.

Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile

Atlantic Provinces: English Language Arts K-6 Overview

Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.