Bulletin Archive - 2007

Friday, September 28, 2007

E-Parenting is the theme for National Media Education Week 2007, November 5 to 9.

E-Parenting is a key responsibility of today’s net generation parents. It is about understanding young people’s cyber culture and being actively involved in their Internet use.

To celebrate National Media Education Week 2007, the Media Awareness Network and partner Canadian Teachers’ Federation will promote media education and encourage media literacy activities throughout the country.

Sponsors

Media Awareness Network (MNet) is pleased to announce the National Media Education Week 2007 Gold sponsor, CTVglobemedia and Bronze sponsors, la Régie du Cinéma and S-VOX. The support of these organizations is vital to promoting the week and raising awareness about media literacy across Canada. Thank you to these sponsors for their generous support!

First-ever E-Parenting Tool

During National Media Education Week, MNet will feature a national school-based program – Parenting the Net Generation – to educate parents about kids’ Internet use. Through the program, which was made possible with the support of Bell Canada, Parenting the Net Generation workshops are available free to English parent councils in every province and territory until July 31, 2008.

MNet will also launch the first ever, French-language, online tutorial about Internet safety called Devenir e-Parent: un tutoriel pour suivre vos enfants en ligne.

Devenir e-Parent is a self-directed tutorial which takes parents on a tour of the Internet through their children’s eyes. The tutorial explores five key topics: research and homework, online relationships, inappropriate content, online marketing and cyber addiction. Each topic takes about five minutes.

This project was made possible thanks to financial contributions from Industry Canada’s Francommunautés virtuelles program and Bell Canada.

MNet would also like to thank our project partners, including:

• La Commission Nationale des Parents Francophones
• La Fédération des Comités de Parents du Québec
• Le Regroupement des Parents Francophones de l’Ontario
• La Fédération Provinciale des Comités de Parents du Manitoba
• Le Regroupement des Parents Francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick
  

Click here to launch Devenir e-Parent. Once you’ve checked it out yourself, please send us your feed back.

In your hometown…

If you are organizing a media literacy event in your classroom, school or community, we’d be pleased to feature it on the National Media Education Week 2007 Web site, Events Calendar. Click here to send us your information

For more information on how to participate in National Media Education Week 2007, contact: info@media-awareness.ca.

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