We’ve been organizing old toys now that our kids are older, and I’ve come to accept that I don’t need to keep every Hot Wheel, My Little Pony and Playmobil we have. So, closets and storage boxes are getting cleared out and donated.
Students in the Elementary Block discuss “topics such as diversity, empathy, conflict, and relationships [and] develop a stronger sense of global citizenship.” Concepts addressed include use and misuses of substances, food, and screen time; personal safety; digital citizenship; emotions and decision-making; diversity; friendships and bullying, and career pathways.
For nearly thirty years, Canadian teachers have been at the forefront of getting students online and preparing them to use networked technologies safely, productively and responsibly. Many young Canadians have their first experiences with the internet in their classrooms and school libraries. Over the past decade, though, while digital tools have come to provide new opportunities for creating and distributing digital content, MediaSmarts’ research shows that most Canadian teachers aren’t making media in the classroom.
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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.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 3 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Explore and create
Reason and reflect
Explore and create
Reason and reflect