Ontario - Language 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario, Grade 7 Language curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English 10 First Peoples: New Media

Big Ideas

  • The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
  • Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed.
  • Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice.
  • Digital Citizens have rights and responsibilities in an increasingly globalized society.

Overall Expectations: Comprehending and Conn

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Leadership and Peer Support 11 Open GPP3O

Personal Knowledge and Management Skills

Overall Expectations:

By the end of this course, students will:

  • explain how their personal characteristics and acquired skills may affect their interactions with others in leadership and peer support roles
  • identify and apply the personal-management skills and characteristics required to succeed in leadership and peer support roles;

Specific Expectations:

Personal Knowledge

Digital Communications 11

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

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Ethics and Social Justice 2106

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Ethics and Social Justice 2106

Managing conversations about elections and the media as a parent

Ontario is currently in an election campaign and the entire country will have a federal election at some point this year as well (the exact date is yet to be determined).  As a parent, elections pose a valuable time to have discussions with kids about the privilege of voting, the ways democracy works, how the Canadian government functions, how political advertising works, why sharing accurate info about politics matters and more. 

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Parents

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts - Creative Writing 10

Curricular Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts - Spoken Language 10

Curricular Competencies

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

A parent’s take on Instagram’s new Teen Accounts 

Instagram just announced that they are introducing Teen Accounts - with security features built in, parental controls and more. They tell us it’s for parental peace of mind. Will these new features make it safer for kids? And will they help this parent with their peace of mind?

Parents, Social Networking

Balancing your family’s media consumption over the summer

Summer can feel very long sometimes. Heck, I’ve been there. I clearly remember the days when the kids seemed crazier than a pack of wild squirrels, leaving piles of household detritus in their wake while I followed them helplessly, longing for a hot cup of coffee and five minutes in the bathroom without someone knocking on the door.

Excessive Internet Use, Parents