Doing Good with Social Media

My teens are still young and new to social media, so until now, we’ve mostly been focusing on the risks. Our main message to them has been to be careful, and that less time online is always better.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology 11 HSP 3U

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology 11 HSP 3U

Kids are using their phones to do everything: Is this a good thing? 

“Can you please send that link to my email?” I ask, innocently. I prefer to open the link and order whatever it is my teen needs on my desktop rather than my phone.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Media Arts 10 (Open)

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario - Media Arts 10 (Open) curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Literacy 1204

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to:

• interpret and understand information
• use inquiry to think critically about information
• Effectively use oral communication.
• create information

Specific Expectations

Students will be expected to:

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Family and Society 10

Applied Technologies

• Choose, adapt, and if necessary learn more about appropriate tools and technologies to use for tasks
• Evaluate impacts, including unintended negative consequences, of choices made about technology use
• Evaluate the influences of social, cultural, and environmental conditions on the development and use of tools and technologies

MediaSmarts Resources

Outcome Chart - Nunavut - Grade 12

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Nunavut curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts - New Media 11

Big Ideas:

• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.  
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
• Digital citizenship requires both knowledge of digital technology and awareness of its impact on individuals and society.

Overall Expectations: Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - English Language Arts Levels 30-A

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 12 English Language Arts curriculum (ELA 30-A), with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.