My daughter – age 14 – is all about Instagram. It’s her primary source of entertainment: if she’s on her phone, she’s likely looking at memes or laughing at silly posts made by her friends. It’s also the main way she communicates with them, as they use its messaging service much more than things like texting or video chat.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Computer Science 12 University ICS 4U curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 10 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Overall Expectations
GCO 1: Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
Specific Expectations
1.1 examine others’ ideas and synthesize what is helpful to clarify and expand on their own understanding
1.2 ask discriminating questions to acquire, interpret, analyse, and evaluate ideas and information
2SLGBTQ+ people have been involved in producing their own media for as long as alternative media has existed, but with the advent of the electronic age and cheaper and more accessible electronic devices for production, there has been an explosion of 2SLGBTQ+-produced media of all kinds. The following section explores the ways that 2SLGBTQ+ people have sought to claim space for themselves within media and culture.
Students will…
3. Assess textual, numerical, aural, and visual information, as well as the source of the media, to determine context, perspective, bias, and/or motive. (G-3.2)
4. Self-assess ICT representations and go beyond established criteria by enhancing meaning and/or artistry, according to topic, audience, purpose, and occasion. (Pr-3.2)
Overall Expectations:
Graduates will be able to respond with critical awareness to various forms of the arts and be able to express themselves through the arts
Specific Expectations:
Students will be expected to
By the end of this course, students will:
Planning for Learning
By the end of this course, students will:
Learners are expected to:
Specific Expectations:
Learners who have achieved this outcome should be able to…