Responses and Solutions in the Classroom
There are two main strategies for addressing online hate and cultures of hatred in the classroom: teaching youth to recognize and deconstruct it, and empowering them to intervene by answering back to it.
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English 10 / English 10 Plus
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English 10 / English 10 Plus
Being a positive digital citizen
Now is a good time to think about how we are creating, curating and engaging with online content.
Digital Citizen Day is October 25, 2023, and Media Literacy Week is October 23-27, 2023. MediaSmarts is focusing on spreading positivity online as a part of their campaign.
Citizenship 9
Engaged Citizenship
Overall Expectations:
Learners will construct a collaboratively-designed service learning project which addresses a need in the school or larger community.
Specific Expectations:
As Tech Evolves, Why Am I Stepping Away More?
Technology has changed and often improved the way we work, live, shop and play, but it can feel overwhelming at times. I think I’m at the age where new technology feels like too much and I hate change and I don’t want to learn something new. This is why I’m still not really using TikTok I guess.
Encountering Racist and Sexist Content Online
Bigotry, in its various forms, has been with us for a long time – at least since the Greeks coined the word “barbarian” to mean “anyone who isn’t us,” and likely longer – so it’s not surprising that racism, sexism and other prejudices have found a home on the Internet. MediaSmarts’ new report Young Canadians in a Wired World: Encountering Racist and Sexist Content Online looks at how often Canadian youth are exposed to prejudice, how it makes them feel and how they respond to it.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Collaboration
Overall Expectations:
Collaboration involves the interplay of the cognitive (thinking and reasoning), interpersonal, and intrapersonal competencies needed to work with others effectively and ethically. These skills deepen as they are applied, with increasing versatility, to co-construct knowledge, meaning, and content with others in diverse situations, both physical and virtual, that involve a variety of roles, groups, and perspectives.
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Aboriginal Languages and Studies 9-10
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Aboriginal Languages and Studies 9-10 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Alberta - Career and Technology 9
Outcome Chart - Alberta - Career and Technology 9
What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital citizenship is the ability to navigate our digital environments in a way that's safe and responsible and to actively and respectfully engage in these spaces.