Outcome Chart - Ontario - Media Arts 12 University/College Prep

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Media Arts 12 University/College Prep

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Communications Technology 10

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Curriculum for Communications Technology, Grade 10, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Geography CGW4C: World Issues: A Geographic Analysis

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Geography CGW4C: World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Career Development 9: Half Credit

Unit 1: Personal Management

Overall Expectations

GLO A: Build and maintain a positive self-image.

Specific Expectations

1.A.1 Recognize how positive characteristics are the basis of a positive self-image.

1.A.2 Describe and practise how self-image influences behaviour.

1.A.3 Describe and recognize how personal behaviours influence the feelings and behaviours of others.

1.A.4 Demonstrate behaviours that will build self-esteem in self and others.

More than Just Disasters: Shedding Light on Global Development and the Media

Media Awareness Network creates new educational resources on media and global issues

Ottawa, May 21, 2008 - Media Awareness Network (MNet) is marking World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development with the release of a new series of lessons for students in Grades 7-12. The lessons, which were funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and are available free on MNet's Web site, offer young people a better understanding of how media portrayals affect our view of global development issues.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Dealing with fear and media

Research has found that these things are most likely to be scary to children:

That’s Not Me: Addressing diversity in media

Teachers who include media literacy in their classrooms often face issues that don’t arise in other subjects. Nothing illustrates this better than the issue of diversity in media. It’s not unreasonable for teachers to see the topic as a can of worms and be concerned about offending students and their parents – not to mention worrying about what the students themselves might say. At the same time, it’s a topic that is simply too important to be ignored: what we see in media hugely influences how we see others, ourselves and the world. As a result, an ability to analyze media depictions of diversity is not only a key element of being media literate, it’s essential to understanding many of the social issues and concerns that we face as citizens. That’s why Media Awareness Network has developed That’s Not Me – a new online tutorial for professional development to help educators and community leaders approach this issue through key concepts of media literacy.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - World Cultures 12 HSC4M

Outcome Chart - Ontario - World Cultures 12 HSC4M

Working for a living

One of the most unusual things about Internet-based businesses is that few of them try very hard to make money. Of course, with a very few exceptions (such as Wikipedia) making money is certainly in the business plan, or there wouldn't be all that venture capital floating around, but in general the approach has been to come up with a good product or service first, and only look for ways to make it profitable after it's acquired a steady clientele. Hugely important and successful ventures like Google, YouTube and Facebook all started out operating at a significant loss. This pattern continues today: it's already hard to imagine the Internet without Twitter, but so far that service isn't earning its makers much money (though you can be sure they're looking for ways to do that.)