In 2016, British Columbia rolled out a redesigned English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum, one that is centered on teaching that “questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens".
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIA4U: Analysing Current Economic Issues, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Whether you’re looking at a website, photo, video or news story, what really matters is whether or not the people who originally created it are trustworthy. Even when it has been shared with you by someone you trust, like a friend or family member, you can’t know if they checked the facts. So it’s up to you!
10.1 demonstrate an understanding of self and others, the similarities and differences that exist among people, and apply their understandings in a variety of learning situations
10.1.5 identify and use a variety of strategies to enhance social competence and digital citizenship
10.1.6 demonstrate an understanding, respect, and recognition of the value of diversity
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Psychology 30 – Human Development (Grade 12)
As the Internet has become more and more central to our lives, our online and offline identities have become less and less separate. Where the Internet was once a place where nobody knew we were dogs and we lived Second Lives as customizable avatars, today we mostly surf the Web as ourselves.
Part of stereotyping is the attitude that all members of a particular group are the same, or else fall into a very small number of types. This is particularly true in the few cases where persons with a disability appear in media
The new movie Zero Dark Thirty, which tells the story of the tracking and eventual killing of Osama Bin Laden, has received several Oscar nominations (including Best Picture), but it's attracting another kind of attention as well: several writers, including Jane Meyer at The New Yorker and Peter Maass at The Atlantic, have accused it of condoning or even glorifying the use of torture by US intelligence agencies.