Level: Grades 7-9
About the the Author: Mathew Johnson, Director of Education, MediaSmarts
Duration: 1 1/2 to 2 hours, plus time for the assessment task
This lesson was produced with the financial support of Digital Public Square.
Skill Descriptor:
Identify a need or problem to innovate or solve a sector-specific challenge or project and develop technical drawings of possible solutions.
Achievement Indicators:
Identify the need or problem, project goal(s), and date required
Identify any other attempts to solve the need or problem and develop a unique solution
In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea that “hot” emotional states can make it harder for them to control how they act. They also discuss the concept of empathy and look at how digital communication can make it harder to feel empathy for other people. Students then read scenarios that portray two sides of an online conflict and consider how to resolve them, using their discussion to build a list of tools for emotional management and conflict resolution online. Finally, students create their own scenario and explain how it could be resolved.
November 1, 2010 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) marked the launch of Canada's Media Literacy Week today by highlighting the need for parents, educators and youth to talk about the ways that gender is portrayed in media and how this can influence young people's perceptions of themselves and others.
June 30, 2010 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) are joining to mark the fifth anniversary of Media Literacy Week, November 1-5, 2010, by encouraging youth, parents, educators, community leaders, governments and media industries from across the country to participate in and support media and digital literacy initiatives in their regions.
In a new survey, Vogue uncovered Gen Z’s current approach and expectations for consumerism, influencing and marketing. This is a generation that has grown up with ads in the palm of their hands. While we had to see them on television or in magazines, or hear ads on the radio when we were kids, our children are getting clips in between favourite YouTube videos or even while playing a game on an iPad.
Modules
2. Rights, Responsibilities and Justice
3. Governance and Leadership
Overall Expectations:
Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes
4. recognize the importance of their continued participation in the political and electoral processes (1)
6. recognize that all humans are born with inalienable rights as set out by the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and supported by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (2)
Toronto, ON (November 3, 2014) High school students from the GTA – joined virtually by youth from across Canada – came together this morning to learn how to leverage the power of social media platforms for advocacy, activism and peer support.
GLO 1.1: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking.
10.2.1.4 Assess the value of emerging trends in technology
GCO 1: explore, challenge, develop and express ideas using the skills, language, techniques and processes of the arts
1.3 Assess and utilize the properties of various art media and their ability to convey messages and meaning
1.6 Create artworks, integrating themes found through direct observation, personal experience and imagination