Quebec Competencies Chart - The Girl in the Mirror
Quebec Competencies Chart - The Girl in the Mirror
Quebec Competencies Chart - The Impact of Gender Role Stereotypes
Quebec Competencies Chart - The Impact of Gender Role Stereotypes
Quebec Competencies Chart - Violence and Video Games
Quebec Competencies Chart - Violence and Video Games
Online Sexual Predators
The nature of online sexual exploitation is widely misunderstood: “Instead of pedophiles (ie individuals with sexual interests in children) preying on young children, most Internet-initiated sex crimes involve young adults (mostly men) who target and seduce teenagers into sexual encounters.” Similarly, child sexual abuse material is most frequently produced by victims’ family members, with fathers being the single most common perpetrators. Even in cases of sextortion, 60 percent of youth who are victims know the perpetrators offline.
Tweets from Birmingham jail
Malcolm Gladwell's recent New Yorker article “Small Change” has set the blogosphere buzzing with its strongly stated argument that social networks such as Facebook and Twitter will not usher in a new age of social activism, as some digital evangelists have proposed, but that they and the relationships they foster are actually detrimental to real social change. As Gladwell puts it, "The instruments of social media are well suited to making the existing social order more efficient. They are not a natural enemy of the status quo."
Quebec Competencies Chart - Selling Tobacco
Quebec Competencies Chart - Selling Tobacco
Introducing #ForYou: A Game About Algorithms
Not many words have had a rise as meteoric as the term “algorithm.” Once only familiar to mathematicians or computer scientists, today algorithms are the subject of warnings from scholars and activists, protested by students whose future lives and careers are increasingly determined by algorithmic decision-making, personified and catered to by would-be YouTube stars, and seen as the almost magical element that is vital to the success of newer platforms such as TikTok.
Outcome Chart – Manitoba – Interactive Digital Media Design (30S/30E/30M)
Goal 1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices
General Learning Outcome:
GLO 1.1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO 11A.1.1.1 Describe and practice online safety.
Outcome Chart – Manitoba – Advanced Interactive Digital Asset Creation (40S/40E/40M)
Goal 1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices
General Learning Outcome:
GLO 1.1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO 12A.1.1.1 Describe and practice online safety.