Understanding AI: Online Content

Generative AI is a new and evolving technology. It has many productive uses like acting as a research aid for homework or an assistant when planning an event. But like most technology that came before, generative AI can also be used for harmful purposes; for instance, it can be used to create fake websites, voice recordings, videos, images, and social media posts that mislead, embarrass or hurt people. What used to require a lot of technical skill to create, can now be done easily: most people who make fake content use widely-available AI tools.

Digital media literacy workshop delivery

MediaSmarts’ experts are available to facilitate virtual and in-person workshops in school and community settings for parents/guardians, educators, youth, older adults and the general public. Our workshops cover topics such as AI literacy online safety, misinformation, digital well-being, managing tech in the home, diversity and representation in media, digital citizenship, critical thinking, online hate and more.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Literacy 1204

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to:

• interpret and understand information
• use inquiry to think critically about information
• Effectively use oral communication.
• create information

Specific Expectations

Students will be expected to:

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Consumer Studies 1202

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Consumer Studies 1202

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Physical Education/Health Education Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Grade 8 Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Videos: 2026

The following fact-checking videos have been produced by teens for teens. The viral claims they chose to fact-check touch on a range of topics from the environment, health, science and food to beauty products, social media trends and even presumed “weird” local bylaws that caught their attention.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Foundations for College Mathematics 12 MAP4C

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Foundations for College Mathematics 12 MAP4C

Movies - Copyright

The Internet has revolutionized how young people watch movies: half of Canadian teens say that they download movies without paying for them at least once a week. ^[1]

Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Goals, Growth and Grit: Skills for Success 120 (Grade 9)

Goals, Growth, and Grit: Skills for Success 120 will provide students with skills in three main areas - positive and productive mindsets and behaviours, organizational patterns, as well as functional and critical literacy. Within the broad learning expectations of the course, specific success skills, strategies, and practices will be explored. Students will be supported to apply and transfer these skills, strategies, and practices to other courses and real-life situations. Students will learn how these support postgraduate pursuits