This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Newfoundland and Labrador Kindergarten curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Grade 8 Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for History CHT3O: World History Since 1900: Global and Regional Interactions, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Recently, my youngest got a new phone that has data and the ability to text anyone. We’ve been texting with my eldest for some time now too. But after years of communicating this way, it finally happened: We, the parents, were invited into a family group chat.
That’s why it’s important to talk to kids about casual prejudice which is the use of words or phrases that are negative towards a particular group - and help them learn how to push back in situations where they’re not sure if the person meant to be hurtful.
Here are some tips on how to help your kids respond to casual prejudice online:
Media educators base their teaching on key concepts for digital media literacy, which provide an effective foundation for examining mass media and popular culture. As media education pioneer Len Masterman put it, “You can teach the media most effectively, not through a content-centered approach, but through the application of a conceptual framework which can help pupils to make sense of any media text.”[1]
An interesting thing happened the other day. My husband was talking about some recent political events in the United States, and my kids and I didn’t know what he was talking about.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Grade 12 Psychology 40S curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
A: Research and Inquiry Skills
B: Understanding and Respecting World Views and Cultural Diversity
A2. Investigating
A3. Processing Information