Media Literacy Moments: Recent Episodes
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MediaSmarts is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy. Their vision is that children, youth and trusted adults have the critical thinking skills to engage with media as active and informed digital citizens..
In this series of regular conversations, we'll connect with the MediaSmarts team to provide insights and resources that will help parents, teachers and students navigate the complex and exciting media landscape.
Media Smarts is Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy. In preparation for the holiday season, Media Smarts has gathered 4 tip sheets to help families navigate and negotiate technology use, media messages and even the increased sense of consumerism that comes at this time of the year.
Matthew Johnson, Director of Education for Media Smarts joins me today to talk about the resources and more.
https://mediasmarts.ca/
Dr. Kara Brisson Boivin is the Director of Research at MediaSmarts and joins Stephen Hurley to talk about Media Literacy Week in Canada, the intersections between media literacy, digital literacy and digital citizenship and more.
Find out about Media Literacy Week and the myriad resources available to schools, families and communities at https://mediasmarts.ca
Dr. Kara Brisson-Boivin in Director of Research for MediaSmarts. As we move into the summer of 2021, Kara joins us to offer insights and tips around a more balanced use of screens. After a year and a half of intense use by educators, students and families, how do we be more intentional about our messaging and our habits around screens this summer?
Find out more about the work of MediaSmarts at https://mediasmarts.ca
In today's episode, we are joined by Matthew Johnson, Director of Education for MediaSmarts, to discuss the way that Indigenous peoples, communities and issues are represented in media. We talk about the history of that representation in both entertainment and news media and point listeners to "That's Not Me", a MediaSmarts resource that takes up many aspects of representation in the media.
Find out more about "That's Not Me" by visiting https://mediasmarts.ca/thats-not-me-portal-page
MediaSmarts Education Director, Matthew Johnson, joins us this week to talk about how, despite some of the strongest regulations around advertising tobacco and vaping products to young people, there is still need for concern and vigilance on the part of parents and educators. Social media influencers, flavoured vaping pods and other methods used by companies to attract young people into nicotene addiction is part of this important conversation.
Find out more about the resources offered by MediaSmarts by visiting https://mediasmarts.ca
Given the importance of digital literacy skills to under-represented populations, MediaSmarts and YWCA Canada have partnered to develop and deliver DigitalSmarts, a digital literacy skills program.
The DigitalSmarts program is a series of eight hour-long workshops designed to teach important everyday digital skills. The workshops include hands-on activities and videos and cover topics such as:
- protecting privacy and security online
- job searching
- shopping and banking online
- using social media
- searching the internet effectively
- managing screen time for kids
Joining us today to talk about DigitalSmarts is Marc Alexandre Ladouceur, Media Education Specialist with MediaSmarts.
Learn more about the program at https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/e-tutorials/digitalsmarts
MediaSmarts Executive Director, Kathryn Hill, joins us today to speak about their Check Then Share campaign, designed to encourage people, young and old, to ensure that information they share about the COVID-19 Pandemic is coming from credible sources.
Part of the larger, "Break the Fake" initiative, the Check Then Share microsite can be found at:
https://checkthenshare.ca
"Cyber Choices is an interactive tutorial designed to teach students in grades 3-5 the essential digital citizenship skills they need to make safe, wise and responsible choices online."
MediaSmarts Education Director, Matthew Johnson, is here to talk about this new licensed resource now available at https://mediasmarts.ca
Dr. Kara Brisson-Boisson, director of research at MediaSmarts, joins us to talk about their latest national research report, “Algorithmic Awareness: Conversations with Young Canadians about Artificial Intelligence and Privacy".
What do young Canadians know and think about AI, the algorithms that are active behind their favourite technologies and the way that their personal information is being used and brokered online?
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Dr. Kara Brisson-Boivin is the Director of Research at MediaSmarts. She drops by the studio today to talk about the connections between Media Literacy and International Women's Day 2021.
For more information and some great resources, visit https://mediasmarts.ca
It's the day after Pink Shirt day and we're happy to welcome MediaSmarts Education Director, Matthew Johnson to talk about Cyberbullying. We had a chance to talk about what we mean by Cyberbullying, what has changed in the conversation over the past couple of decades and the robust set of related MediaSmarts resources available for teachers, parents and students.
Check out the resources at https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/digital-issues/cyberbullying
The start of a new series of biweekly conversations with MediaSmarts, an organization dedicated to providing resources, conducting research and digging deeper into issues around media and digital literacy.
Today, we're joined by Kathryn Ann Hill, Executive Director of MediaSmarts. We talk about the mandate of the organization, the resources available for parents, students and teachers and the potential for deeper conversations about media and digital literacy.
https://mediasmarts.ca
Matthew Johnson is the Director of Education at MediaSmarts, an organization that has been developing digital and media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996.
Today Matthew joins us to talk about the approaching holiday season and ways to find balance and meaning in the use of technology during this time.
Check out all of the free resources offered by MediaSmarts at https://mediasmarts.ca
Matthew Johnson is Director of Education for MediaSmarts and he's here this morning to talk about a new course being offered to all educators, free of charge. It's a 4 week program designed to open up imaginations around the power of making media—right across the curriculum.
Find out more about the course by visiting https://mediasmarts.ca
We round out our celebration of Media Literacy week with a visit from Samantha McAleese, Research and Evaluation Associate at MediaSmarts. Today we talk about the MediaSmarts research study, "Young Canadians Speak Out: A Qualitative Research Project on Privacy and Consent".
We talk about the information that young people are asked to give up when online, what they think about that and what they think should be done about it.
Find the report: https://mediasmarts.ca/research-policy/young-canadians-speak-out-qualitative-research-project-privacy-consent
Media Literacy Week continues across Canada and around the world. I'm joined this morning by MediaSmart Media Education Specialist, Marc Ladouceur who drops by to talk about the "Check then Share" campaign.
https://mediasmarts.ca
MediaSmarts Education Director, Matthew Johnson, drops by to talk about media literacy, curriculum connections and the importance of the element of creativity in how we frame our thinking and work in this area.
https://mediasmarts.ca/
Dr. Karen Bisson-Boivin is the director of research MediaSmarts. In this conversation, we focus on a report released in 2018, "The Digital Well-Being of Canadian Families". After listening to the conversation, you will want to read the report for yourself:
https://mediasmarts.ca/research-policy/digital-well-being-canadian-families
On this first day of Media Literacy Week across Canada, we're joined by MediaSmarts Executive Director, Kathryn Ann Hill. We talk about the current media literacy landscape and dive a little more deeply into the MediaSmarts "Break the Fake" Campaign.
Visit https://breakthefake.ca or https://mediasmarts.ca