This printable activity sheet introduces basic media literacy skills and concepts and is suitable for use in homes, schools and libraries. It can be completed independently, but children will learn more if you discuss the activity with them. Younger children may need help reading the instructions and completing the activity.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
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This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 12 English First Peoples curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Strand A: Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development
Overall Expectations:
A1. Geographic Inquiry
use the geographic inquiry process and the concepts of geographic thinking when investigating issues relating to Canadian geography
Specific Expectations:
A1.2 select and organize relevant data and information on geographic issues from a variety of primary and secondary sources, ensuring that their sources reflect multiple and diverse perspectives
As a parent, and an entrepreneur, there isn’t a day that goes by that AI somehow doesn’t show up in my spaces. I’ve shared before how it’s a conversation that I’m having to have with my own kids, and that is showing up in creative spaces too.
In Canada, consumers have certain rights to use copyrighted material without permission or license from the owner of the copyright. These rights are defined in the Copyright Act as Fair Dealing exemptions and were redefined in the 2012 changes to the Act. A good knowledge of Fair Dealing can be extremely helpful in understanding what you and your students can do with media in class. It's important to note that the Copyright Act provides very little definition for many of these terms; instead, most of the specifics of Fair Dealing have come from court rulings, and the new exemptions and other changes done in 2012 will likely also be further defined in the same way.
Once you’ve found information online – or someone has shared it with you – how do you know if it’s true, or at least credible? In other words, how do you verify the information? The internet is a unique medium in that it allows anyone – not just experts – to write on any topic and to broadcast it to a wide audience.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Nunavut curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.