This year, Canada’s 15th annual Media Literacy Week runs from October 26th to 30th. Co-hosted by MediaSmarts, Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE), the annual event invites all Canadians - teachers, students of all ages kindergarten to seniors and community groups, libraries, museums, to celebrate by engaging in media and digital literacy activities.
Module 1: Values and Valuing
5. understand what values are and identify a set of personal values.
6. understand that there are diverse values in our society. They will be able to articulate the process of cultural conflict and values clarification as outside influences that impact on an individual or cultural group.
February 11, 2020 - A series of videos and resources from MediaSmarts and TELUS Wise are launching for Safer Internet Day with the message that it’s never okay to share someone’s sext without their consent.
GLO 1.1: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking
10.1.1.2 Evaluate information and perspectives related to the thinking process.
10.1.1.3 Evaluate patterns and connections related to critical, creative, and innovative thinking
Skill Descriptor:
Assess personal health habits and their relationship to wellness.
Achievement Indicators:
Assess the effects of personal screen time
Connect personal habits to health and well-being
Big Idea: Cybersecurity
Skill Descriptor:
Create plans to mitigate risks to systems through code and coding practices
Achievement Indicators:
Science courses in the High School Block “prepare students to hypothesize; inquire, pursue, acquire, and apply knowledge about the physical and natural world; be curious; plan, create and action change; apply a systematic methodology based on scientific evidence and grounded in observation and experimentation; [and] find problems and make decisions by critical evaluation of evidence and applying knowledge and evidence to novel situations.”
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Understanding context
Defining
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied Design
Understanding context
Defining
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 7 Science curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.