Outcome Chart - Alberta - Art Grade 7
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Art Grade 7 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Prince Edward Island - Health Education Grade 5
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Prince Edward Island Grade 5 Health Education with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts 2201
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts 2201
Kids learn to defend their data with new privacy game
OTTAWA, March 28, 2018 – A new game is coming to Canadian classrooms and homes, designed not just to entertain children but also to teach them how to protect their privacy. Data Defenders, produced by the not-for-profit digital literacy organization MediaSmarts, shows kids how ad brokers try to collect their personal information and offers strategies to keep that information private.
Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 471A/B (Grade 10)
Reading and Viewing
SCO 5: Use personal strategies after reading to interpret the meaning of text.
Students who have achieved this outcome should be able to:
a. describe personal reactions
b. retell and summarize events and/or information
d. distinguish main ideas and supporting details
e. make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections
h. generate questions for further reflection or research
i. reflect on meaning making-processes
"Wait... What?” Media Literacy Week highlights growing concern over AI-driven misinformation
Nationwide campaign launches October 27-31 to teach critical thinking skills for navigating rapidly changing online content
Where do we get information about health and science?
While many of us strongly prefer online sources when seeking out health and science information, a majority first encounter health or science stories through traditional news outlets.
Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Foundations of Mathematics 120
Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Foundations of Mathematics 120
Media and Girls
They have ads of how you should dress and what you should look like and this and that, and then they say, 'but respect people for what they choose to be like.' Okay, so which do we do first?"
Kelsey, 16, quoted in Girl Talk