Media Design 12

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Technologies

Explore existing, new, and emerging tools, technologies, and systems to evaluate their suitability for design interests
Evaluate impacts, including unintended negative consequences, of choices made about technology use
Analyze the role technologies play in societal change
Examine how cultural beliefs, values, and ethical positions affect the development and use of technologies

MediaSmarts Resources

Content

Students are expected to know the following:

design opportunities
media technologies for image development and design and for manipulating selected visual elements
media production to enhance, alter, or shape the technical elements of a project development, maintenance, and evolution of voice in storytelling
ethical, moral, and legal considerations associated with using media arts technology for image, video, and sound development, including cultural appropriation
image-development strategies and image manipulation in order to create, respond to, or challenge design problems role of media design in reflecting, sustaining, and challenging beliefs and traditions
ways in which content and form influence and are influenced by historical, social, and cultural contexts
ways that innovative technologies reflect the complexity of social, environmental, and ethical concerns of the 21st century
developments in media design that incorporate the audience as active participants in the construction and evolution of content
characteristics and influences of various designers, movements, and periods
ways to use elements of design and principles of design to convey a message, create an effect, and/or influence personal preference
technical, stylistic, symbolic, and cultural influences and their intentional use to target audiences
use of form, content, and visual and sound effects to achieve a specific emotional response in a target audience
media use for social advocacy and for exploration of First Peoples perspectives in Canada
design for the life cycle
interpersonal skills, including ways to interact with clients
appropriate use of technology, including digital citizenship, etiquette, and literacy