New Video Games Tip Sheet for Parents and Gamers
The Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) have collaborated on Video Games and Your Family, an informative tip sheet for parents and gamers. The tip sheet helps parents choose age appropriate video games for their children while understanding the ESRB rating summaries. It also provides tips for managing video game playing in the home to help ensure the activity is a fun part of family life.
New Media Education Resources
Fall brings with it a number of new media education resources. In this special guest blog, Barry Duncan, an award-winning teacher, author, consultant and founder and past president of the Ontario-based Association for Media Literacy, reviews some of the latest resources.
20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
November 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly. The Convention “is a universally agreed set of non-negotiable standards and obligations. These basic standards—also called human rights—set minimum entitlements and freedoms that should be respected by governments. They are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each individual…” (). Privacy is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of a democratic society; in the electronic age, the protection of personal information has become increasingly important to our sense of privacy. Media Awareness Network (MNet) has a number of resources that help young people better understand the meaning of privacy and how to protect their privacy online.
Also take a look at MNet’s Talk Media blog on online privacy, .
World Television Day
World Television Day, November 21, was first proclaimed in 1998 by the United Nations in recognition of the “significance of television broadcasting as a primal means of communication”, and as a “powerful tool for reflecting and shaping human conditions and aspirations” (UNESCO). Media Awareness Network offers a number of classroom resources that help teach young people about television production techniques and to think critically about what they see on television.
Media Education In Canada
Want to know the curricular outcomes for media literacy in your province or territory? Looking for lessons that support these outcomes? MNet has prepared comprehensive curriculum charts for Grades K-12 that highlight media education outcome requirements in each province and territory, and paired them with supporting MNet resources. Access them by region.
Overview | British Columbia | Alberta | Saskatchewan
Manitoba | Ontario | Quebec | New Brunswick
Nova Scotia | P.E.I. | Newfoundland and Labrador
Nunavut | Northwest Territories | Yukon
