Witnessing cyberbullying: Teaching kids how to respond to make things better (not worse)

Parenting is a tough gig. We know it’s going to be hard going into it, but no one really explains how it’s going to all work when we finally get there. 

Quebec Competencies Chart - Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Quebec Competencies Chart - Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Changing the World, Online and Off

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.

Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Journalism 120

Overall Expectations: Accountability

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.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Law CLN4C: Legal Studies

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Law CLN4C: Legal Studies, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Poynter partners with MediaSmarts to launch the Teen Fact-Checking Network in Canada

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 

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island – Social Studies 10: Civics and Citizenship 421A

Overall Expectations:

GCO 1: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the origins, functions, and sources of power, authority, and governance

GCO 3: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and worldview, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives

The gift of art in the age of AI

Original digital art takes patience and skill. While yes, you could ask ChatGPT to recreate something similar with the right prompt, it doesn’t come close to the heart or care that was put into this original artwork and it doesn’t quite look the same.