MediaSmarts and Ontario Library Association partner to make digital literacy workshops available across the province

Ottawa, July 24, 2012 – MediaSmarts (formerly known as Media Awareness Network) is today announcing that all public library members of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) will now have access to its Web Awareness Workshop Series through a one-year licence agreement funded by a grant through Google Canada.

Media Awareness Network and Canadian Teachers' Federation Partner to Promote Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Ottawa, June 8, 2009 – Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) are joining together to host Canada's fourth annual Media Literacy Week, November 2-6, 2009.

This year's theme – Media Literacy in the Digital Age – will emphasize the multiple literacy skills needed by today's youth for accessing, evaluating, repurposing, creating and distributing media content.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Information and Communication Technology: (BTA3O) The Digital Environment, Grade 11, Open

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Information and Communication Technology: (BTA3O) The Digital Environment, Grade 11, Open curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart – Manitoba – Exploration of Interactive Digital Media (15S/15E/15M, 10S/10E/10M)

Goal 1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices

General Learning Outcome:

GLO 1.1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices

Specific Learning Outcomes:

SLO 9.1.1.1 Describe and practice online safety. 

Media Awareness Network and Canadian Teachers' Federation to Focus on Digital Citizenship for Media Literacy Week 2011

May 25, 2011 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) today unveiled the theme for this year's annual Media Literacy Week– Digital Citizenship – calling on Canadians to encourage young people to reflect on their online lives, and their rights and responsibilities as they navigate the digital world.

Quebec Competencies Chart – Digital Skills for Democracy: Assessing online information to make civic choices

Author: MediaSmarts
Level: Grades 9-12
Lesson Length: 60 minutes
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/digital-skills-democracy-assessing-online-information-make-civic-choices

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 11 – Media and Digital Communication

Big Ideas

  • The life experience, culture, and current context of the audience influence the interpretation of a text.
  • The media plays a key role in social, civic, and cultural life, influencing the principles and values of a society.
  • Digital citizenship implies recognizing the impact that new media have on ourselves, others, and the world.

Curricular Competencies

Explore and Reflect

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 12 – Media and Digital Communication

Big Ideas

  • The life experience, culture, and current context of the audience influence the interpretation of a text.
  • The media plays a key role in social, civic, and cultural life, influencing the principles and values of a society.
  • Digital citizenship implies recognizing the impact that new media have on ourselves, others, and the world.

Curricular Competencies

Explore and Reflect

See you on the flip side: Is your family going back to analog or are you digital all the way?

When I was a teen, I listened to CDs. I’m not sure when I made the switch from cassette tapes (which I played in the cutest, smallest little pink tape player while listening to Pop Goes the World) to CDs, but by the time I was in my early teens it was all CDs. That was the early nineties.  

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