Schools are supposed to be public spaces, but more and more advertisers are using them to target youth. Corporations know just how much time kids spend at school, whether in class, in after-school activities or just hanging out with their friends, and they don’t want to pass up a chance to reach them there. A school setting delivers a captive youth audience and implies the endorsement of teachers and the education system.
Data literacy: manage, analyse, and use data to make convincing arguments and informed decisions, in various contexts drawn from real life
Data Visualization
D1.4 create an infographic about a data set, representing the data in appropriate ways, including in tables and scatter plots, and incorporating any other relevant information that helps to tell a story about the data
1.0 explain how democratic principles and civic engagement can influence the human experience
2.0 analyze information, events, ideas, issues, places, and trends to understand how they influence the human experience
3.0 respond to significant issues influencing the human experience
1.2 collaborate to achieve a common goal
Ottawa (March 31, 2016) –To help young people make informed decisions when going online, MediaSmarts, Canada's centre for digital and media literacy, has launched a new educational game, Click if You Agree. The game teaches teens and preteens the skills they need to read and understand the legal policies on websites and in software they use.
1.0 explain how democratic principles and civic engagement can influence the human experience
2.0 analyze information, events, ideas, issues, places, and trends to understand how they influence the human experience
3.0 respond to significant issues influencing the human experience
1.2 collaborate to achieve a common goal
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 7 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Quebec Competencies Chart - The Constructed World of TV Families
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 8 Health and Physical Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Skill Descriptor:
Describe the impacts of food, substance, and screen time use/misuse on health and well-being.
Achievement Indicators:
Use decision-making and refusal skills to deal with pressures around food choice, harmful substance, and screen time.