Young people talk back on sex ed

A contest asks young people to make videos showing their vision of what sex education should be.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - English 11 College Preparation

This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the Ontario, Curriculum for English, Grade 11, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Become a donor

Your donation will support: classroom resources that address digital issues affecting youth, research on Canadian children and teens’ Internet use; community resources, and parent workshops and tutorials to help manage family Internet use.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Communications Technology Broadcast and Print Production 11

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Curriculum for Communications Technology Broadcast and Print Production, Grade 11, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Creative Promotions 20S/20E/20M

Overall Expectations: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking

Cyberbullying: The Role of Witnesses

Witnesses play a critical role when they witness acts and forms of bullying” and may suffer negative effects that are as bad as or worse than those suffered by the target. At the same time, there is evidence that youth who witness some kinds of cyberbullying may actually be more likely to perpetrate it themselves later.

Defining Digital Citizenship

If the key concepts are what students must understand, the core competencies are what they have to be able to do, and the framework topics  are what they need to know, then digital citizenship may be imagined as the ideal outcome of media education. Digital citizenship is, therefore, realized when people have developed the ability to access, use, understand and engage with media, including online communities; apply critical thinking to media and networked tools; and possess the content knowledge needed to do all these things ethically and effectively.

Raising the next generation of digital creators

When we were approached by the team at MediaSmarts about getting involved in this year’s Media Literacy Week, we immediately jumped at the chance to participate in this important initiative. Why? Because we are in a new era.

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Health Education Grade 7

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Health Education Grade 7

An Incident at School

I admit I was hoping to never get an email like this from the school:

“Some students in your child’s class have been involved in inappropriate online behaviour. Our Student Resource Officer will be doing a presentation on cyberbullying and leading a discussion about responsible actions on the internet. Please speak to your child about his/her activity online.”