Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis

“Advertising has always sold anxiety, and it certainly sells anxiety to the young. It’s always telling them they’re losers unless they’re cool.” (Mark Crispin Miller, The Merchants of Cool, 2000)

Talking to kids about media violence

Talking to kids about violence in the media they consume – television, movies, video games, music and the Internet – can help them put media violence into perspective and perhaps diffuse some of its power. 

Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 9

Reading and Viewing

GCO 4: Select, read, and view with understanding, a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

SCO 4: Respond literally, inferentially, and critically to the purpose, structure and characteristics of texts (narrative, expository, persuasive, poetry/lyrics, and visual/multimedia).

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Creative Promotions 20S/20E/20M

Overall Expectations: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking

With a little help from my friends

Third entry in a series looks at sites that help users create content. In the last instalment of this series we looked at some of examples of user-created media such as mashups, fan movies and machinima.

Authentication 101 – tip sheet

Did you know that almost a quarter of adults have shared a false news story, and that we’re least likely to fact-check news and other things that come to us through people we know and trust on social networks (even though for many people these are their most common sources of news)?  

New Brunswick - English Language Arts 7

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences and compare to those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives

    Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others

What parents need to know about YouTube

YouTube is a window into a world of wonder. There is so much great material to be found there, whether it’s for education, entertainment, or inspiration.  But there’s also a lot of inappropriate stuff in amongst the cat videos and Kid President. Question is, how do we, as parents, help our kids safely navigate YouTube?

Resources for families and educators staying home during COVID-19

We’ve put together some of our best resources to help you and your family manage during these uncertain times.

Marketing violence (and fear of it)

No one knows better than the media industry that children and youth represent a huge market, due to both their own spending power and their influence on family spending decisions.