{"id":895,"date":"2009-10-19T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/?p=895"},"modified":"2009-10-19T20:57:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T04:57:27","slug":"media-awareness-network-m2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/2009\/10\/19\/media-awareness-network-m2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Awareness Network (M2-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/index.cfm\">http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/index.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Media Awareness Network (MNet), is a Canadian-based non-profit organization that promotes critical media literacy education and digital literacy.\u00a0 This website is likely one of the most comprehensive collections of media and digital literacy resources on the web, and is a \u201cmust see\u201d for any K-12 teacher.\u00a0 Because MNet is a Canadian organization, a quick search within the parameters of province, grade level and subject area will yield lesson plans and other resources which are custom made for Canadian K-12 education.\u00a0 The MNet database is so vast that it is often best to do a keyword search in order to find something suitable for the topic that you want to work with.<\/p>\n<p>A basic search using \u201caboriginal\u201d as the key word yields several useful, current and engaging resources.\u00a0 Lesson plans and resource suggestions for all grade levels and a variety of subject areas are present, many of which deal with the issue of stereotypical representation of aboriginal culture in the media and racism.\u00a0 In addition, there are also some lessons that deal with aboriginal history in the arts media.\u00a0 These lesson plans are highly engaging, categorized in age-appropriate groupings, and relate directly to many provincial learning outcomes Canada-wide. The following is a selection of available aboriginal media resources available from MNet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/issues\/stereotyping\/aboriginal_people\/index.cfm\">Media Portrayals of Aboriginal People\u2014Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/issues\/stereotyping\/aboriginal_people\/aboriginal_sports.cfm\">Native Names and Imagery in Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/issues\/stereotyping\/aboriginal_people\/aboriginal_news.cfm\">Aboriginal People in the News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/issues\/stereotyping\/aboriginal_people\/aboriginal_broadcasting.cfm\">The Development of Aboriginal Broadcasting in Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These lessons are a great way to share a bit about aboriginal culture in a classroom setting, and are sure to spark some great discussions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.media-awareness.ca\/english\/index.cfm The Media Awareness Network (MNet), is a Canadian-based non-profit organization that promotes critical media literacy education and digital literacy.\u00a0 This website is likely one of the most comprehensive collections of media and digital literacy resources on the web, and is a \u201cmust see\u201d for any K-12 teacher.\u00a0 Because MNet is a Canadian organization, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":900,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[5634,662,5986],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-2","tag-aboriginal-media","tag-media","tag-media-literacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}