In the 2022 Elementary Physical Education and Wellness curriculum, digital media literacy is represented in several categories of knowledge, skills and procedures and understandings. Students learn about growth and development, safety, nutrition, mental health, healthy relationships and financial literacy.
Framed around key concepts of media literacy, the That’s Not Me tutorial examines how entertainment and news media represent diversity and the impact these media portrayals can have on the value we place on individuals and groups in society.
1. develop skills using production elements
1.1 use correct terminology in describing equipment, techniques, processes and procedures
1.2 demonstrate a variety of production elements through project work; e.g., camera framing and focusing, lighting, audio manipulation
1.3 demonstrate continuity and sequencing; e.g., costumes, lighting, location
1.4 identify and employ correct use of audio and video file formats
1. apply postproduction techniques to complete an audio and/or a video project according to a production plan
1.1 produce an audio and/or video project, using prepared production plans and storyboards
1.2 identify and employ appropriate use of file formats
1.3 investigate and explain emerging editing technologies and recording and editing methods
1.4 import audio and/or video
1.5 edit, manipulate and arrange imported audio and/or video in a time line
The holidays are a perfect time to cozy up as a family and watch festive movies and TV shows together. It’s also a time when kids are on the receiving end of a lot of marketing, and some kids will be given new tech devices as gifts.
We've compiled some of our best resources for managing tech at home during the holidays, from setting rules around digital devices, to teaching kids about consumerism, to engaging with your kids on the content you’re watching together.
TV, music and movies have been a central part of young people’s lives for generations, and the Internet has only intensified that by delivering all of those directly to our homes – legally and illegally.
In the Prince Edward Island Health Education Framework, media literacy outcomes are included under the broader categories of Self; Safety and Emergency, Nutrition; Healthy Body; Social Relationships and Decisions About Drugs. Prince Edward Island is currently creating a new Health curriculum.
Most of us have happy memories of watching television with our families when we were young. But what was once a simple shared pastime has become an increasingly complex—and sometimes problematic part of modern family life.
The Data Defenders game teaches children and pre-teens about personal information and its value, and introduces them to the different ways they can manage and protect their personal information on the websites and apps they enjoy.