Plagiarism
Closely associated with intellectual property – but slightly different – is plagiarism.
Privacy Pirates
When we think about the privacy risks that youth face online, we tend to think in terms of teens and tweens oversharing on cell phones and social networks. Increasingly, though, children are facing privacy issues younger and younger: according to a 2014 study from the UK, kids aged 13-14 said they were eight and a half years old when they first went online, kids aged 11-12 said they were eight and kids aged nine to ten said they had gone online when they were just six years old.[1]
Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 421A/B (Grade 10)
Reading and Viewing
GCO 4: Select, read, and view with understanding, a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.
SCO 4: Critically analyse the purpose, structure, and characteristics of a variety of texts (fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry/lyrics, and visual/multimedia)
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts 9
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
In the elementary curriculum in Saskatchewan, learning objectives for media studies are included as a category within the supporting domain, Oracy and Literacy: Media. Media-related objectives can also be found within Speaking and Listening, Reading and Response to Literature, Writing, Educational Drama, Research and Presentation and Computer Applications.
Children and advertising
Kids are a highly desirable market for advertising: they control almost 150 billion dollars of spending in the U.S. alone and have a lifetime of spending ahead of them.
Communicating Safely Online: Tip Sheet for Youth
For most of us, digital devices like phones, tablets and computers are a big part of how we keep in touch with our friends and families. It’s important to know that some relationships we have online may not be good for us.
Media Awareness Network receives $1.5 million in CRTC tangible benefits
May 29, 2008 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet), Canada’s leading not-for-profit media education organization, is pleased to announce $1.5 million in new funding over the next seven years, from two of the country’s largest broadcast companies.
Think Before You Share: New resource from Facebook and MediaSmarts
Today, Facebook and MediaSmarts would like to announce a new guide for teens, Think Before You Share, that provides tips about sharing and making decisions online.
North American Gapmil: London Declaration, Sept 20-21, 2016
A group of media and information literacy educators and organizations representing a broad range of sectors met in London, Ontario at Western University on Sept. 20 and 21, 2016 to form the North American Sub-Chapter of the UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) network.