Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 8

Reading and Viewing

GCO 4: Select, read, and view with understanding, a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

SCO 4: Respond literally, inferentially, and critically to the purpose, structure and characteristics of text, demonstrating increasing knowledge of genre and form (narrative, expository, persuasive, poetry/lyrics, and visual/multimedia).

Managing media with teens

While they’re not going through as much development as tweens, moving to high school at the beginning of this stage – and moving out of it at the end – can be stressful.

Concerns about Media Representation of Disability

Media Coverage of Disability Issues: Persons with disabilities receive similar treatment in the news.

What do teens really think about screen time?

Screen time is a common topic for parents to try and manage today. Are we allowing too much? How do we make it safe? We will ask our friends and fellow parents for their thoughts or advice or learn tips from resources (like MediaSmarts!) to help us navigate this new aspect of parenting. When I was my kids’ age, we were just loading Netscape 2.0 onto our computers, and we’d check our ICQ messages before putting in a VHS to watch a movie or playing some Super Mario RPG.  The online world is so different now.

Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Writing 110

Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Writing 110

Studio Arts 3D 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

• Explore artistic possibilities and take creative risks
• Intentionally select and combine materials, processes, and technologies to convey ideas
• Demonstrate active engagement in creating artistic works and resolving creative challenges

Reason and reflect

Manitoba - Video Post-Production for Broadcast Media 11B

Whac-A-Mole: Keeping up with your kids’ apps and websites

I’ve already written about YouTube and Instagram, but today I wanted to share some information about four other popular sites and apps that are on my radar right now: Snapchat, Vine, Tumblr and ask.fm.

How Do Canadian Teens Make Decisions When Sharing Photos?

Building on MediaSmarts’ findings on youth and privacy from our Young Canadians in a Wired World research, our new qualitative study, To Share or Not to Share: How Teens Make Privacy Decisions about Photos on Social Media examines the reasoning that teens apply when sharing photos online.

Alberta - Outcome Chart - Aboriginal Studies 30

Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Society

Overall Expectations

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of colonialism experienced by Aboriginal peoples in Alberta and Canada.

Specific Expectations

Students will:

demonstrate an understanding of how cultural differences, social pressures and common misunderstandings can foster negative stereotypes: