Connected to Learn: Teachers' Experiences with Networked Technologies in the Classroom

For more than twenty-five years, Canadian teachers have been at the forefront of getting students online and preparing them to use the Internet in safe, wise and responsible ways. Thanks to the SchoolNet program in the 1990s, many young Canadians had their first experiences with networked technologies in their classrooms and school libraries. However, MediaSmarts' recent Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase III study shows that even now, our so-called "digital natives" still need guidance from their teachers.

Parents’ Guide to Cyberbullying

For most youth, the Internet is all about socializing and while most of these social interactions are positive, increasing numbers of kids are using the technology to intimidate and harass others – a phenomenon known as cyberbullying.

Lights, Camera, Action! Making Media in the Classroom, Made Easy

For nearly thirty years, Canadian teachers have been at the forefront of getting students online and preparing them to use networked technologies safely, productively and responsibly. Many young Canadians have their first experiences with the internet in their classrooms and school libraries. Over the past decade, though, while digital tools have come to provide new opportunities for creating and distributing digital content, MediaSmarts’ research shows that most Canadian teachers aren’t making media in the classroom.

Saskatchewan – Life Decisions 20/30

Module 5: Personal Safety

Outcome:

Investigate the importance of personal safety to health and well-being.

Indicators:

a. Identify potential risks to personal health and security as a result of over-reliance on personal devices (e.g., hearing loss due to overuse of audio devices, injury to self and others due to distracted driving).

Outcome Chart - Prince Edward Island - Creative Multimedia 11: CMM801A

Design Principles

Explore personal and creative ways to use multimedia tools for aesthetic expression based upon knowledge of the elements and principles of design

Overall Expectations:

Students are expected to:

• DP1: identify the principles and elements of design
• DP 7.2: Perform a self and/or peer evaluation of works created using a rubric.
• DP 8: utilize software to produce a document

Specific Expectations:

Outcome Chart - Prince Edward Island - Creative Multimedia 12: CMM801A

Design Principles

Explore personal and creative ways to use multimedia tools for aesthetic expression based upon knowledge of the elements and principles of design

Overall Expectations:

Students are expected to:

• DP1: identify the principles and elements of design
• DP 7.2: Perform a self and/or peer evaluation of works created using a rubric.
• DP 8: utilize software to produce a document

Specific Expectations:

Managing Media: Back to School Tips for Parents

he beginning of another school year is here, and as it does many parents are beginning to wonder how they can help their kids ease out of summertime media habits. In addition to having to establish new rules for media use, parents may also face a barrage of requests and questions from their kids regarding digital technology, such as: Am I old enough to have a cell phone? Can I bring it to school? How about my iPod? What about Facebook or Twitter – all my friends are on them, I need to use them to talk about my homework!

Managing Media: Back to School Tips for Parents (2014)

he beginning of another school year is here, and as it does many parents are beginning to wonder how they can help their kids ease out of summertime media habits. In addition to having to establish new rules for media use, parents may also face a barrage of requests and questions from their kids regarding digital technology, such as: Am I old enough to have a cell phone? Can I bring it to school? How about my iPod? What about Facebook or Twitter – all my friends are on them, I need to use them to talk about my homework!

Diversity and Inclusion Online, Media Literacy Week 2017

Cyberbullying tweets from the President of the United States. Sexism in Silicon Valley. Fake news from social media feeds fuelling online hate.

It’s been a rough year so far on the digital media landscape.

Become Aware of Your Own Biases

One of the hardest things about being a responsible sharer is to be aware of your own biases, the reasons why you might be more likely to believe something without evidence. These are aspects of the way we think that can lead us to accept false statements, reject true ones, or simply not ask enough questions.