This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Geography CGF3M: Forces of Nature: Physical Processes and Disasters, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIE3M: The Individual and the Economy, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
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Young people today spend large amounts of time sharing parts of their personal lives online playing games, “checking in” with geolocation apps, posting photos and catching up with friends through social media. But despite this openness, privacy does indeed matter to youth, especially with their online actions being increasingly monitored by parents, educators, and corporations.
Skill Descriptor:
Describe and communicate thoughts, feelings, and experiences as well as personal strengths
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Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints and perspectives
If you’ve found that the source is reliable enough to be worth your attention, you can now read it more critically.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Senior 2 (Grade 10) Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
The Boston Marathon tragedy has raised questions about the role the Internet plays in radicalizing youth and, more generally, how it may be used to perpetuate hatred. In Canada, similar questions are being asked about the radicalization of four London Ontario students in the wake of last January’s attack on an Algerian gas plant.
Whether it’s a video doorbell, a speaker with a built-in voice assistant, or even “smart socks” for your baby, these things all have one thing in common: they collect information about you and your family.
How much information they collect, though, is at least partially up to you. Here are some steps you can take to manage your privacy when using smart devices.
What is intellectual property?: A novel? A film script? A joke? A cook book? A character in a TV show? A painting? The lyrics to a song? All of these are intellectual property.