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.
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:
General Learning Outcome:
GLO 1.1: Describe and apply appropriate health and safety practices
Specific Learning Outcomes:
SLO 10.1.1.1 Describe and practice online safety.
I 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.
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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;
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.