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Online peer intervention

One of the biggest changes in our understanding of bullying over the past few years has been our increased awareness of the important role that witnesses, or bystanders, play in any bullying situation. Research on offline bullying has shown that witnesses can be just as important as targets or perpetrators in determining how a bullying scenario plays out. This is especially relevant in the case of electronic bullying, where witnesses have many more choices in how they might engage: they can choose to be invisible, to join in anonymously, to re-victimize someone by forwarding bullying material – or they can choose to intervene, to offer support to the person being targeted and to bear witness to what they have seen

Cyberbullying, Internet & Mobile, Parents

Quebec Competencies Chart - Authentication Beyond the Classroom

Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts Grade 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

English Language Arts 10-12 Overview

Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.

Fair Dealing for Educators

To teach students to be media literate, they -- and their teachers -- need to be able to critically engage with media. That may seem obvious, but until last year teachers' ability to use media texts in the classroom was extremely limited by the Copyright Act.

Intellectual Property, Resources

INTERNET EDUCATION INITIATIVE FOR CANADIAN GIRLS LAUNCHED BY GIRL GUIDES AND MEDIA AWARENESS NETWORK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TORONTO, October 17, 2002 - Girl Guides of Canada and the Media Awareness Network today launched You Go Girl in Technology - an innovative new Internet literacy initiative designed specifically to help Canadian girls learn to be safe, wise and responsible Internet users.

Excessive media consumption may lead to sedentary lifestyle and risky sexual behaviour

Doctors urged to educate parents and children about healthy media habits

CALGARY (June 19, 2003) - Media today play a powerful role in the lives of young Canadians. And health care professionals now know that in addition to positive implications, media consumption may also be linked to health issues such as sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition, obesity, poor body image and low self-esteem, and even risky sexual behaviour.

Managing Your Family’s Media Time in a World of Screens

This year marks the 20^th anniversary of Screen-Free Week (May 4^th to 10^th), and it’s striking to consider just how our relationship with screen media has changed in that time.

Digital Health, Events, Parents