Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - Social Studies Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart – Nunavut - ELA 8

Strand: Uqausiliriniq

Overall Expectations: 

1. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to access and explore prior knowledge and experiences of self and others.

Specific Expectations: 

1.1.1 Listen critically and discuss the differences in interpretations and understandings

1.2.1 Reflect on prior knowledge and experiences, and structure and restructure ideas and information in meaningful ways, in order to clarify, extend and revise understandings

New Brunswick - Personal Wellness 9

Strand: Wellness

Big Idea: Healthy Lifestyle

Skill Descriptor:

Demonstrate knowledge of health habits that have a positive impact on self.

Achievement Indicators:

Conduct an audit of personal health habits

Develop a personal plan for healthy living

Assess the effectiveness of various health habits to prevent the spread of communicable diseases

There's No Excuse

Almost half of youth who have taken and sent a sext say that the recipient then forwarded that image to other people without their consent. This culture of sharing among youth is a real concern and can have devastating consequences for the person in the picture and the person who forwards it.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum Grade 4-6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories - Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum Grade 4-6 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 571A/B (Grade 11)

Reading and Viewing

SCO 5: Use personal strategies after reading to interpret the meaning of text.

Students who have achieved this outcome should be able to:

a. describe personal reactions

b. retell and summarize events and/or information

d. distinguish main ideas and supporting details

e. make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections

h. generate questions for further reflection or research

i. reflect on meaning making-processes

Gone in Sixty Seconds: The Sociology of Snapchat

Snapchat, the mobile app that lets users send "self-destructing" photos, has the distinction of being the only digital tool that does not have a single redeeming feature. While the moral panic associated with blogs, cell phones, social networks and online games has largely faded in grudging recognition of their more positive uses (indeed, research shows that many parents have actually helped their children lie about their age register for Facebook accounts), Snapchat is seen as the Q-tip of the digital age: its sole function is to do the thing that you're warned not to do on the box.

Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - Health Education Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories Grade 8 Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.