Career and Work Exploration 10/20/A30/B30

Overall Expectations: Investigate the career/life development process.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Geography CGW4U: World Issues: A Geographic Analysis

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Geography CGW4U: World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - History CHE3O: Origins and Citizenship: The History of a Canadian Ethnic Group

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for History CHE3O: Origins and Citizenship: The History of a Canadian Ethnic Group, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Law CLN4U: Canadian and International Law

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Law CLN4U: Canadian and International Law, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

New Brunswick - Personal Wellness 9

Strand: Wellness

Big Idea: Healthy Lifestyle

Skill Descriptor:

Demonstrate knowledge of health habits that have a positive impact on self.

Achievement Indicators:

Conduct an audit of personal health habits

Develop a personal plan for healthy living

Assess the effectiveness of various health habits to prevent the spread of communicable diseases

Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway?

This opening video to the Key Concepts of Media Literacy video series introduces students to the idea that the word media – which they may already know in the sense of the media industry (“the media”) – means channels of communication between a person or persons and their intended audience.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - COM2105: AV Preproduction 1

COM2105: AV Preproduction 1

1. describe various media preproduction considerations

1.1 describe the different types of production work flow; e.g., storyboard, script, shot list, flowchart

1.2 consider final output and the criteria that it dictates

1.3 describe the characteristics of a plan; e.g., beginning, middle, end; appropriate length; audience needs

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons

Media Literacy Week

Media Literacy Week is an annual national campaign to promote digital media literacy, with activities and events taking place in classrooms, libraries, museums and community groups from coast to coast to coast. Find out how you can get involved!

TELUS Wise Digital Literacy Program - Portal Page

TELUS is a platinum sponsor of MediaSmarts and we are proud to have been working together since 2013. TELUS Wise is a free of charge, digital literacy program, and is a testament to their commitment to empower Canadians to stay safe online. This page showcases some of the TELUS Wise resources we’ve produced together, to help ensure youth have a positive experience in our digital world. 

Television Broadcast Ratings - Lesson

This lesson introduces students to the theory behind television ratings and encourages them to explore the commercial pressures driving the medium.