In Prince Edward Island, “English language arts encompasses the experience, study, and appreciation of language, literature, media, and communication.” The curriculum defines a text as “any language event, whether oral, written, visual, or digital. In this sense, a conversation, a poem, a novel, an online exchange, a poster, a music video, or a multimedia production are all considered texts.
Specific Expectations:
identify and demonstrate perspective taking
demonstrate strategies to handle rejection, teasing, and bullying behaviour
identify and apply, when appropriate, strategies to handle rumors and gossip
identify and demonstrate appropriate ways to communicate with friends through phone calls, text messages and other social media
demonstrate understanding of, and strategies to manage emotion regulation
I have a post coming soon about New Year’s resolutions, but first I wanted to write a little about one of our own. This year, I’ve resolved to watch more films. (Yes, more!) It might sound a little strange at a time when many of us are struggling to convince our own children to put down their devices and consume less screen time, but there it is.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”
Hi there! I’m Lynn Jatania, the new MediaSmarts Parent Blogger.
The internet is one wild and woolly place. It sometimes astonishes me how far we’ve come from our own childhood – days when we wrote programs in BASIC on our TI-99 and saved them on cassette tapes, and our modem made a cool whoo-eee sound while preparing to tie up our single phone line for the next three hours. We were a long way from the connectivity and social media sites that are second nature to our own children.
Curriculum Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied Design
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Understanding context
Defining
May 18, 2022 – Ottawa
MediaSmarts announces today the release of My Voice is Louder Than Hate, a new resource that uses digital storytelling and meme-making tools to encourage youth to push back when they encounter hate online.