February 11, 2020 - A series of videos and resources from MediaSmarts and TELUS Wise are launching for Safer Internet Day with the message that it’s never okay to share someone’s sext without their consent.
It’s looking more and more like social distancing could go on for several months. Our school board has announced that computer-based learning from home will be introduced shortly; other provinces have announced school closures running through to the end of the year and we expect ours to follow suit soon.
GLO 1.1: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking
10.1.1.2 Evaluate information and perspectives related to the thinking process.
10.1.1.3 Evaluate patterns and connections related to critical, creative, and innovative thinking
In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of online advertising and look at the ways that marketers create immersive and appealing online environments that draw and hold children’s attention. After studying common advertising techniques, students play an educational online game that lets them put their learning into action by “creating” a site advertising a fictitious cereal, Co-Co Crunch.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Visual Arts 11 University/College Preparation
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan Grade 7 Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Understanding Brands is the third in this series and is intended as a stepping stone to Lesson 4, Interpreting Media Messages. In this lesson, students learn about the importance of branding for developing customer loyalty and recognition of products.
In this lesson, students decode and explain the relevance of editorial cartoons. The class begins with a teacher-led deconstruction of a political cartoon, after which students decode editorial cartoons that they have selected.