Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 2 (20S)
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 2 (20S)
Taking the Wheel
I’ve recently become the chauffeur for my son and his group of friends, as they go to for a weekly gaming afternoon/hangout at one boy’s house. It’s clear that my role as the driver is to be invisible – they talk and goof around with each other in the car as if I’m not there, and if I do interject in their conversation, there’s a moment when they all freeze, confused as to where this voice from above came from, before ignoring it and carrying on. I’m there to hover on the outside, not to get involved.
A Revolution of Text: Building a Bridge With New Media
I was recently asked by Jane Tallim to write a guest blog and seriously wondered what suggestions I could offer that would appeal to high school English and Media Studies teachers. We all know that teaching media is like trying to hit a moving target, and education lags behind revolutionary changes in new media forms. However, over the past decade of teaching both Media Studies and high school English, I have spent much time considering the intersection of new media forms with traditional English forms and have tried to build a bridge of understanding across time for my students regardless of the target. By focusing on the skills of deconstruction and construction, I believe the form of the text, or the new medium, becomes less relevant to comprehension.
Parenting Princesses
If you haven’t seen the story of the Hot Dog Princess that has been making the rounds of the Internet, I suggest you read this Buzzfeed article. To summarize: it was “Princess Week” at five-year-old Ainsley’s dance class and she decided to wear a hot dog costume. As a parent, this is the kind of youthful impertinence I can get behind. After all, THIS was a princess who really knew who she was, a princess that was not like other princesses, a #hotdogprincess.
Arts Education 8
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Arts Education 8
Outcome Chart – Nunavut - Reading 10
Strand: Uqausiliriniq
Overall Expectations: Concept A
1. The reader learns that reading can fulfill a variety of important purposes for the reader.
Specific Expectations:
2. becomes aware of the importance of reading for school success, for success in one’s business and social life, and for satisfaction as a leisure activity.
4. increases the level of attention to and active involvement in reading in order to accomplish a purpose.
Literacy, Digital Literacy or Media Literacy?
Emerging ideas and trends in the space of new literacies are indeed fluid and, through discussion, seem to always be in a state of constant flux. As teachers and learners engage with online content and media, strategies and pedagogies bounce between conventional and contemporary approaches. This ongoing conversation and discovery is representative of the media landscape itself - always shifting - suggesting that our strategies and approaches should be charged with being able to adapt and grow. A tall order indeed, so how do we build capacity that makes room for convention, innovation and redefinition in literacy?
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 4 (40S)
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 4 (40S)
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 3 (30S)
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Computer Science Senior 3 (30S)
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 12
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Senior 4 (Grade 12) English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.