Despite all of the concerns about what youth are doing with digital media, MediaSmarts’ study Young Canadians in a Wireless World (YCWW) has found that not only are most kids not getting in trouble online, they’re often being actively kind and thoughtful towards people they know.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Prince Edward Island Physical and Health Education 9PHEA curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
CIRA and MediaSmarts have partnered on a series of five tip sheets to educate Canadians about online security issues. The 5th tip sheet in the series, Socializing and Interacting Online, looks at negative issues that can come up when interacting with others through networked technologies including phishing scams and hoaxes, and strategies for dealing with them.
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts 2201
April 6, 2021
OTTAWA – A new Canadian report from MediaSmarts, Canada’s not-for-profit centre for digital literacy, calls for more algorithmic literacy tools and resources which will give youth the knowledge they need to protect themselves and their information online.
Sexting is most likely to have negative consequences when the person sending the sext has been pressured into doing it.
My middle daughter hates looking over my shoulder when I’m on my Instagram account and seeing that I have many, many unwatched “stories.”
This lesson helps students understand how self-image can influence lifestyle choices.