Outcome Chart - Alberta - English Language Arts 10 (10-2)

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 10 English Language Arts curriculum (ELA 10-2), with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Newfoundland and Labrador English Language Arts curriculum, Grade 7, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Science Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 4 Science curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Saskatchewan – Media Studies 20

This outcome chart features links to MediaSmarts lessons and activities that support the learning objectives for Media Studies 20.

New online resources for teachers

The Web is full of great online resources for teachers and students, with new material appearing every day. With the approach of the most-anticipated American election in recent history, social studies teachers can be excused for turning their eyes south of the border. Here's a quick overview of recently created (or recently discovered) resources for social studies classes to help them and their students make the most of election season:

Raising a Generation of Data Defenders

How can you help pre-teens understand the value of their personal information and empower them to take steps to manage and protect it? Data Defenders, an educational game for children ages 10 to12, lifts the curtain on data collection by showing how apps and games can find out all kinds of things about them and by providing steps they can take to control the collection of personal information online.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Information and Communication Technology: (BTA3O) The Digital Environment, Grade 11, Open

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Information and Communication Technology: (BTA3O) The Digital Environment, Grade 11, Open curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Are you needing a break from your phone? Same.

Was “digital detox” or “reduce screen time” on your New Year’s resolution list, but it’s not really happening? Maybe you’ve been glued to recent world events or news happening right in Canada and feel like you can’t put the phone down? You aren’t alone. 

The Family That Plays Together… 

It’s the summertime and if you have older kids and teens, you may be balancing a variety of schedules. Older kids make plans with friends by themselves, have jobs (and usually require some parental driving), stay up later than little ones do, and may be asleep long after your first cup of coffee or work email is done.  

Quebec Competencies Chart - Reality Check: Authentication and Citizenship   

Author: Matthew Johnson, Director of Education, MediaSmarts
Level: Secondary Cycle Two
Lesson Length: 1-1.5 Hours, plus time for the assessment/evaluation activity
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/reality-check-authentication-citizenship