Financial and economic literacy promotes the financial and economic well-being of both individuals and businesses.
Business creates opportunities to enable change.
Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes.
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied skills:
Evaluate safety issues for themselves, co-workers, and users in both physical and digital environments
The Nova Scotia Entrepreneurship curriculum has numerous connections to media and digital literacy in the areas of digital ethics and technology.
Role of probability in society (SP4)
It’s been almost fifteen years since Mark Prensky coined the term “digital native” to describe young people who have grown up with the Internet and digital media. In fact, the children who were born the year Prensky’s book was published are now in high school. While for many, the public perception of young people taking to digital platforms like ducks to water persists – accompanied by the image of adults, particularly parents, who are seen (often by themselves) as hopelessly out of their depth – the question remains how close that image is to reality. Are Canadian youth truly digitally literate? And if they are not "digital natives" who effortlessly acquire their skills on their own or from peers, are students learning what they need from their parents or teachers?
The Prince Edward Island Mathematics curriculum includes curriculum expectations relating to recognizing and correcting for bias and the portrayal of probability and statistics in media.
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Mathematics Essentials Grade 10
The YouTube video “Ultimate Dog Tease” has jumped from 15 million to 37 million views since the beginning of May 2011. The “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” has hit 67 million views since it was launched on YouTube. These two videos have more followers than some TV shows. They're fun, they're silly and, like YouTube as a medium, they are worth celebrating.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 4 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
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]
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3. Assess textual, numerical, aural, and visual information, as well as the source of the media, to determine context, perspective, bias, and/or motive. (G-3.2)
4. Self-assess ICT representations and go beyond established criteria by enhancing meaning and/or artistry, according to topic, audience, purpose, and occasion. (Pr-3.2)