Plagiarism is a media issue

It's nearly time to go back to school, and for teachers that means back to one of the profession's most frustrating tasks -- preventing, detecting and dealing with plagiarism. Plagiarism, academic and otherwise, is an old problem; Newton and Leibnitz accused each other of it, and Helen Keller was so shaken by an accusation of having stolen her story "The Frost King" that she turned from fiction to writing the autobiography for which she is remembered. Still, comparing today's lifting of information to the sort of plagiarism that took place as recently as ten years ago is like comparing home cassette taping to online file-sharing

Arts Education

Media components are found in all three goals of the Saskatchewan Arts Education curriculum: Creative/Productive, Critical/Responsive strand and Cultural/Historical.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Communications Technology 11 University/College

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

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Computer Technology, Grade 12 Workplace Preparation (TEJ4E)

Technology, The Environment, and Society

Overall Expectations

C2. analyse societal issues related to the widespread use of computer technology

Specific Expectations

C2.1 analyse the benefits of computer technology for society (e.g., improved access to technology for economically disadvantaged people and nations, greater efficiency and lower costs for information services, development of a “global village”, use of computers to help monitor and predict long-term environmental changes);

Guidance and Career Education

According to the document Vision of the Revised Career Studies Course (2020), "with the rapid pace of technological, social, and cultural change in today’s global economy and with new understandings of what a career looks like in this context, it is more important than ever that students be supported in their transition from secondary school to their initial postsecondary d

Outcome Chart – Newfoundland & Labrador - Computer Science 8

Overall Expectations:

GCO 5: Technological Responsibility: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the consequences of their technological choices.

Specific Expectations:

3.0 practice safe use of technology
4.0 apply legal and ethical practices when using technology

Common tropes in crime news

Crime news employs specific narrative frameworks to simplify complex issues, often resulting in biased and stigmatizing portrayals.

The COVID-19 Letdown

I feel like I should knock wood when I say this, but it feels like maybe, someday, this lockdown might be over.

We’re still in rocky days as I write this, with active cases not dropping off as much as we all would like, and shops and attractions not as open as we would hope. But the vaccine is getting out there, albeit slowly, and some of the people we know have even received it already. Progress is being made, and we can start to dream of a time when life opens up again and we feel safer and more able to do the things we love to do.

Life online for young Canadians is more connected, more mobile, and more social

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Ottawa, ON (January 22, 2014) – Canadian children and teens are more connected to the online world than ever through a variety of portable devices, and more connected to others through social networking, according to new research released today by MediaSmarts. Although boys and girls have different experiences online, the Internet is an important source for seeking information, entertainment and socializing for all young Canadians.

History's Mirror: Media education and the teaching of history

On November 5, 2009, MNet Media Education Specialist Matthew Johnson participated in the Association of Canadian Studies' conference Knowing Ourselves: The Challenge of Teaching History of Canadian Official Minority Language Communities, speaking on the topic Media, Diversity and Our History. What follows is an expanded version of his remarks.