Ottawa, January 14, 2013 – MediaSmarts (formerly known as Media Awareness Network) is pleased to announce that Rogers has joined the organization’s team of supporters as a Gold Sponsor.
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIA4U: Analysing Current Economic Issues, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Explore and create
December 12, 2024 – MediaSmarts is pleased to announce the renewal of Canada’s Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) program for a second year, continuing its mission to promote digital media literacy and fact-checking among youth.
Design for the life cycle includes consideration of social and environmental impacts.
Personal design interests require the evaluation and refinement of skills.
Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes.
Students are expected to be able to do the following
Applied design:
The internet is like a giant library that catalogues millions of new publications every second. But how do you know if what you’re reading is fiction or non-fiction?
At its core, news is defined by what’s considered newsworthy, a criterion that has evolved over time. Traditionally, a story is deemed newsworthy if it’s unusual, as encapsulated by Jesse Lynch Williams’ adage "a dog bites a man, that's a story; a man bites a dog, that's a good story.”