Learners are expected to:
Specific Expectations:
Learners who have achieved this outcome should be able to…
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Ottawa, November 23, 2006 – Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Home and School Federation today announced a partnership to present a national school-based Internet literacy and safety program designed to help parents deal with their children’s online activities. The program, Parenting the Net Generation, addresses issues that arise when young people go online and provides tools and solutions to help parents positively manage Internet use in the home.
Overall Expectations:
GCO 1: Students will be expected to develop inquiry skills through a process of initiating and planning, investigating and exploring, analyzing and interpreting, and communicating the results of an inquiry.
Specific Expectations:
IS 1.1 initiate and plan an inquiry.
IS 1.2 investigate and explore in an inquiry.
IS 1.3 analyze and interpret the results of their inquiry.
IS 1.4 effectively communicate the results of their inquiry.
While tech has become integrated in the lives of parents and teens, there are positives and negatives that come with it. One problem? When our handheld devices affect our sleep – and this is a particular issue for teens.
Digital literacy is a vital tool for education, employment and economic participation, civic engagement, and even health and wellness. It reinforces existing inequalities based on socioeconomic status, ethnicity, education, immigration status and gender. Given the importance of digital literacy skills to under-represented populations, MediaSmarts and YWCA Canada have partnered to develop and deliver DigitalSmarts, a digital literacy skills program.