Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Advanced English 11

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Advanced English Grade 11

New Brunswick - English Language Arts 7

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Describe and contribute thoughts, feelings, and experiences and compare to those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

    Describe observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives

    Compare and contrast observations, understandings, viewpoints, and perspectives that have been shared by others

Navigating parenting advice in the digital age

I became a parent before we all had access to smartphones. That makes me sound (and maybe) feel old, but I share that to set the stage for my personal parenting experience.

Authenticating Information, Cell Phones and Texting, Parents, Social Networking

This AI Literacy Day is a timely reminder for parents

As a parent, and an entrepreneur, there isn’t a day that goes by that AI somehow doesn’t show up in my spaces. I’ve shared before how it’s a conversation that I’m having to have with my own kids, and that is showing up in creative spaces too. 

Artificial intelligence, Parents

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles 11

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles 11

Outcome Chart – Ontario – Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures Grade 10 

A: Historical Inquiry and Skill Development 

Overall Expectations: 

A1. Historical Inquiry  

Specific Expectations: 

A1.4 select and organize relevant evidence and information on aspects of the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including Indigenous knowledge sources  

Facing the Music

I feel like such an old lady when I’m listening to the radio sometimes. When I’m in the car with my husband we often find ourselves having the I Can’t Believe What Kids Are Listening to These Days conversation, one that often ends with me hitting the OFF button in disgust.

Music, Parents, Resources

Why is Violent Media so Pervasive?

Representations of violence aren’t new. In fact, violence has been a key part of media since the birth of literature: Ancient Greek poetry and drama often portrayed murder, suicide and self-mutilation; many of Shakespeare’s plays revel in violence, torture, maiming, rape, revenge and psychological terror; and some of the most popular books of the 19th century were “penny dreadfuls” that delivered blood, gore and other shocks to the lowest common denominator.

Violence