Many curricular expectations in Newfoundland and Labrador Religious Education courses relate to media and digital literacy. The following excerpts from Ethics and Philosophy 2101 (2010) detail how media and digital literacy have been integrated into the curriculum:
Sexting is most likely to have negative consequences when the person sending the sext has been pressured into doing it.
Television is an inescapable part of modern culture. We depend on TV for entertainment, news, education, culture, weather, sports—and even music, since the advent of music videos.
Research shows that only a third of parents have discussed gambling with their children, perhaps because parents are generally unaware of their kids’ participation in these sorts of activities. It’s important to talk about it, though: research has found that family members' views about gambling are a major influence on how likely youth are to gamble.
Ottawa, ON - November 3, 2022 - New research conducted during the pandemic by MediaSmarts found that close to nine in 10 Canadian youth (86%) ages nine to 11 have an account on at least one platform that requires users to be 13 or older, and almost half of young people are worried they spend too much time online.
Students will demonstrate competency in critical visual literacy.
SCO 1.1 Students will examine published graphic works.
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Applied Design
Understanding context
Defining
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia Grade 8 Physical and Health Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 10 Healthy Active Living curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Ottawa, March 8, 2005 – The Media Awareness Network (MNet) today recognized and thanked CHUM Limited for its $250,000 support of MNet. This support will contribute to MNet’s Literacies for the 21st Century policy initiative and program. Comments were made at a joint MNet and CHUM luncheon event in Ottawa to launch the initiative.