Teens Losing Sleep to Tech
As a kid, did you ever hide a flashlight under your pillow? Then pull it out after you were supposed to be asleep, so you could sneak in another half-hour of reading?
I did that. A lot.
Advertising is changing – how is it affecting us and our kids?
Advertising has been constant for years even when it shows up in different media. But are people becoming more conscious of ads (especially with efforts to not target kids) or has the integration of ads into social media and influencer marketing made them harder to spot?
E-Commerce 12
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied Design
Understanding context
- Conduct research to understand design opportunities and barriers
Defining
Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English 10 First Peoples: Writing
Big Ideas
- The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
- Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.
Overall Expectations: Comprehending and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English 10 First Peoples: Spoken Language
Big Ideas
- The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
Overall Expectations: Comprehending and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Interpersonal and Family Relationships 11
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied Design
Understanding context
- Engage in research and empathetic observation to determine service design opportunities and barriers
Defining
Frequent tropes in news
Tropes in news function as shorthand for audiences, allowing for more efficient narrative construction and reducing cognitive load, often at the cost of flattening complex realities.
Talking to your kids about pornography
It is natural for adolescents to be curious about sex: MediaSmarts’ research suggests that one in six grade 7- 11 students use the Internet to look for information about sexual health. Twenty percent of kids that age look for pornography online, but a third see it without looking for it — and close to half take steps to keep from seeing it.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Crime in the News
Quebec Competencies Chart - Crime in the News
Book review: Packaging Girlhood
An alien anthropologist, studying North American culture, might wonder why it is that despite the increasing economic and political power of women over the last forty years, appearance and behaviour seem to be more gender-typed than ever. A walk through any department store would give this anthropologist a clear notion of gender roles in children and teens: boys are warriors and superheroes, clad in camouflage (the new blue); girls are princesses, dressed always in pink. Packaging Girlhood, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown, acts as a guide to parents and teachers who – perhaps remembering a time of boys and girls in t-shirts, jeans or unisex overalls – may be as perplexed by all this as our alien would be.