Responses

Parents, schools and law enforcement agencies are grappling with how best to respond to this issue.

Sexting

Family films part one – What we’re watching

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.

File Sharing, Movies, Parents

Helping kids authenticate information online

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”

Authenticating Information, Parents

Welcome to the Jungle

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.

Business Computer Applications 12

Curriculum Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Design

Computer Information Systems 12

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Design

Understanding context

  • Conduct user-centred research to understand design opportunities and barriers

Defining

New platform helps youth push back when they see hate online 

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. 

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Physical Education/Health Education Senior 2

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Senior 2 (Grade 10) Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.