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.
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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.
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
Skills Descriptor:
Take age-appropriate actions that demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (local, national, and global).
Achievement Indicators:
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;
The classic 1985 science fiction novel Ender's Game is one of several books of that period that foresaw both the advent of the Internet and its eventual importance in society. While certain aspects of its portrayal seem dated – in particular, it more resembles the text-based bulletin board systems of the time than today's graphic Web – one element stands out as being particularly prescient: the use of the Internet to allow youth to participate fully in society. While today's young people aren't using the Internet to take over the world, as the characters in the novel do, they are increasingly using it to change the world, and more and more teachers are using the Internet to bring civic engagement into the classroom.
1.2 participate collaboratively and cooperatively.
2.3 present and produce relevant and engaging news.
3.2 analyze the impact of amateur and professional journalists.
3.3 recognizes the impact of economic, social, historical, and political forces on journalism.
March 11, 2024 - MediaWise, the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative, is partnering with MediaSmarts, a Canadian non-profit organization, to launch North America’s second
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March 29, 2011 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet) today launched MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students. This engaging interactive resource helps teens develop critical thinking skills that can be applied to their online lives.