We need to talk about “KPop Demon Hunters”.
Partly because everyone else is, but more importantly because your kids are likely talking about it, which invites a special opportunity for parents and caregivers to get involved in the media kids are consuming.
The Super Bowl has long been seen as the “tent pole” of American consumer culture: an annual game that routinely pulls in viewers at a scale otherwise achieved only by one-off events like series finales and celebrity car chases. It actually drives sales of TVs: the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association reports that 2.5 million people plan to buy a new TV for the express purpose of watching the game, part of an overall $8.7 billion in Super Bowl-related consumer spending.
I remember when the iPad was first released back in 2010. Shortly after it came out, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were spotted at a restaurant letting their daughter Suri, who was four years old at the time, play on their iPad while they waited for their food.
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Overall Expectations:
Graduates will be able to assess social, cultural, economic and environmental interdependence in a local and global context
Specific Expectations:
Students will be expected to
5.3 explore and analyze content credibility of websites
Skill Descriptor:
Select and experiment with materials and techniques to support decisions about art making practice.
Achievement Indicators:
Apply elements of art and principles of design through artwork created.
Demonstrate increasing complexity in use of elements of art and principles of design through artwork created.
Manipulate art materials to express ideas.
Online resource addresses issues of cyberbullying and privacy
November 14, 2011 (Ottawa) – Alberta Education has licensed MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students for all secondary schools in the province. The interactive tutorial –developed by Media Awareness Network (MNet) – offers students simulations of popular online sites to teach them about cyberbullying, hate speech, online marketing ploys and privacy protection.
Overall Expectations
GLO B: Interact positively and effectively with others.
Specific Expectations
1.B.4 Demonstrate openness to the diversity (of lifestyles, abilities, etc.) in the world.
1.B.5. Identify various communication skills, and adopt those that are culturally appropriate.
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