What Can I do About Privilege?

First of all, you can’t choose to give up privilege – privilege is by definition an unearned advantage and you cannot choose to not have it. Guilt and shame are not, however, productive ways to deal with this.

Diversity in Media, Privilege in the Media, Stereotyping

Your child’s first phone: how old should they be?

Lynn JataniaI remember when the iPad was first released back in 2010. Shortly after it came out, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were spotted at a restaurant letting their daughter Suri, who was four years old at the time, play on their iPad while they waited for their food.

Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Resources

Saskatchewan Government committed to teaching students to be safe and ethical online

Ottawa, ON (July 7, 2014) – MediaSmarts is pleased to announce that the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education has licensed its series of digital literacy resources for all teachers and classrooms in the province.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles 11

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles 11

British Columbia - Economics 12

Big Ideas

Financial and economic literacy promotes the financial and economic well-being of both individuals and businesses.

Business creates opportunities to enable change.

Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes.

Curricular Competency

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied skills:

Evaluate safety issues for themselves, co-workers, and users in both physical and digital environments

New Brunswick - Social Studies 9

Civics

Big Idea: Civic Engagement

Skills Descriptor:

Take age-appropriate actions that demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (local, national, and global).

Achievement Indicators:

Outcome Chart – Ontario – English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices – University Preparation Grade 11

Strand A. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives and text forms in Canada 

Overall Expectations: 

A2. Deconstructing: demonstrate an understanding of how representations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, communities, and cultures in text forms created in Canada are influenced by perspectives related to or shaped by historical period, cultural background, and social and political conditions and events, including perspectives related to gender and the role of women; 

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles Grade 12

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Active Healthy Lifestyles Grade 12