Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island – Geography 11: 521

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

• GCO 3: Analyse patterns of interdependence between humans and their environments.

Specific Expectations:

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island – Geography 10: 521

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

• GCO 3: Analyse patterns of interdependence between humans and their environments.

Specific Expectations:

Reporting Platforms and Changing the Vibe

Written by Dr. Samantha McAleese

Here at MediaSmarts, we’ve just wrapped up another research project called Reporting Platforms: Young Canadians Evaluate Efforts to Counter Disinformation. This project created space for youth from across Canada to examine and assess reporting processes on popular social media apps (like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube). We wanted to learn more about how young people feel about current efforts to counter misinformation and disinformation and what solutions they might have to address this particular online harm. To do this, we facilitated three focus groups with 36 participants ages 16 to 29, talked to them about how often they see misinformation and disinformation online and what they do about it, and asked them to comment on whether they trust platforms to keep them safe and informed while scrolling and sharing.  

Computer Science

“The use of information technology will help enable all students to solve problems, improve their personal performance, and gain the critical and abstract thinking skills necessary to become lifelong learners and contributing members of their communities” (Manitoba Education and Training, Technology As a Foundation Skill Area).

Saskatchewan – Media Studies 20

This outcome chart features links to MediaSmarts lessons and activities that support the learning objectives for Media Studies 20.

Outcome Chart – Ontario – Expressions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures Grade 9  

C: Foundations 

Overall Expectations:  

C2. Themes and Influences 

C3. Conventions and Responsible Practices  

Know the Deal: The Value of Privacy

In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea that privacy is a fundamental human right and that their personal information is valuable. The lesson focuses on the “economics” of personal information and that most "free" apps and online services make some or all of their revenue by collecting (and in some cases reselling) users' personal information. Students will watch a video that illustrates the idea that they may be paying with their privacy and then discuss some of the ramifications of this. They will learn about tools and techniques for minimizing the personal information they share and create a public service announcement that helps them and their peers "know the deal" about the value of privacy.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Computer Studies 20

Computing and Society

CS20-CS1 Explore the underlying technology of computing devices and the Internet, and their impacts on society.

a. Investigate how computing devices function and how the Internet allows connected devices to communicate.

b. Research the history of computing devices and the Internet, including key milestones and contributors

f. Explore the societal impacts of ubiquitous Internet access, cloud computing and connected devices.