Managing media in middle childhood (6-9 years old)

Helping Kids Build Safe and Smart Digital Habits

Parents can focus on helping kids this age explore safely by choosing high-quality experiences, setting clear boundaries, and teaching them how to recognize when something feels off.

There are four main strategies to help kids become resilient to online risks. We can:

Curate our kids’ media experiences;

Control who can access our kids and their data;

Co-view media with our kids;

and be our kids’ media Coaches.

The Basics of Verifying Information - Introduction

Canadians consider online misinformation one of the most serious threats facing the country, on a par with climate change and ahead of issues such as infectious disease, concerns about the global economy and cybersecurity.

Managing media with tweens (10-13 years old)

Helping Kids Build Safe and Smart Digital Habits

There are four main strategies to help kids become resilient to online risks. We can:

Curate our kids’ media experiences;

Control who can access our kids and their data;

Co-view media with our kids;

and be our kids’ media Coaches.

Launching and Leading a Business 20, Grade 10

Strand A: Business Leadership, Project Management, and Connections 

Overall Expectations: 

A2. Business Technologies 

demonstrate an understanding of business-related digital technologies and use them in a way that respects their own and others’ online safety and data security to complete a variety of business-related tasks and projects 

Specific Expectations: 

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 8

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

Outcome Chart – Nunavut - ELA 20-4: Knowledge & Employability

Strand: Uqausiliriniq

Overall Expectations:

1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.

Specific Expectations:

1.1 Discover possibilities

1.1.1 Form tentative understandings, interpretations and positions

1.1.2 Experiment with language, image and structure    

1.2 Extend awareness    

Manitoba - Introduction to Broadcast Media Technology 10