Big Ideas
Overall Expectations
Tools of Communication – Past, Present and Future
Specific Expectations
1.01 trace the evolution of communications technologies
1.03 identify and describe digital convergence in a variety of information and communications technologies
1.04 identify information and communications tools, systems and networks in daily use at home and in school
MediaSmarts Resources
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: My Virtual Life
- Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
- Winning the Cyber Security Game
Overall Expectations
Communications Tools in Everyday Use
Specific Expectations
1.05 work effectively in a variety of communications media
1.06 demonstrate understanding of how communications technologies are used to build new knowledge from existing information
1.07 demonstrate understanding of how communications technologies are used to create, modify and disseminate information
MediaSmarts Resources
- Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
- ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
- Taming the Wild Wiki
- The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information
Overall Expectations
Ownership and Copyright
Specific Expectations
1.18 identify the roles of ethical decision making and intellectual honesty as factors in making technological choices
MediaSmarts Resources