Reality Check
This public awareness program, created in partnership between MediaSmarts and the Facebook Canadian Election Integrity Initiative, focuses on authentication of online information.
Election and Political News
Journalism has been described as the lifeblood of democracy, and elections, likewise, have long been journalism’s bread and butter. The relationship between the two, however, has always been fraught. ”
Quebec Competencies Chart – Technology Facilitated Violence: Criminal Case Law Lesson Plan
Author: The eQuality Project
Level: Grades 11-12
Lesson Length: 1.5-2 hours
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/technology-facilitated-violence-criminal-case-law-lesson-plan
New Brunswick - English Language Arts K
Strand: Interactions
Big Idea: Expression
Skill Descriptor:
Express feelings and opinions and give simple descriptions of experiences.
Achievement Indicators:
Use descriptive language to express a feeling, opinion, or emotion
Use new words to describe everyday events and personal experiences
Use simple sentences and/or full thoughts
Movies - The Concerns
In this section, we examine some concerns related to the movies kids enjoy and we offer tips for talking about problematic film content such as violence and gender and racial stereotyping.
That’s Not Me: Addressing diversity in media
Teachers who include media literacy in their classrooms often face issues that don’t arise in other subjects. Nothing illustrates this better than the issue of diversity in media. It’s not unreasonable for teachers to see the topic as a can of worms and be concerned about offending students and their parents – not to mention worrying about what the students themselves might say. At the same time, it’s a topic that is simply too important to be ignored: what we see in media hugely influences how we see others, ourselves and the world. As a result, an ability to analyze media depictions of diversity is not only a key element of being media literate, it’s essential to understanding many of the social issues and concerns that we face as citizens. That’s why Media Awareness Network has developed That’s Not Me – a new online tutorial for professional development to help educators and community leaders approach this issue through key concepts of media literacy.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Dealing with Digital Stress
Quebec Competencies Chart - Dealing with Digital Stress
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Digital Literacy
Overall Expectations:
Digital literacy involves the ability to solve problems using technology in a safe, legal, and ethically responsible manner. With the ever-expanding role of digitalization and big data in the modern world, digital literacy also means having strong data literacy skills and the ability to engage with emerging technologies. Digitally literate students recognize the rights and responsibilities, as well as the opportunities, that come with living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.