Learning for Life
A resource for educators teaching grades 4-7 that promotes healthy lifestyle behaviours and builds digital health literacy skills. Learning for Life provides students with competencies to use technology to support their health, to critically assess information provided through technology, and to balance technology usage with the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviours
Keeping Tech in Check: Developing Healthy Habits In Your Family
This Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Centre helps families find better ways to guide their kids’ technology use, and to avoid battles and negotiations around screen time, video games, and tech use at home. Dr. Shimi Kang, child and youth psychiatrist, and her teenage son Joesh, offer practical tips for families to develop or reset healthy tech habits at home.
The tech solution : Creating healthy habits for kids growing up in a digital world
The Tech Solution is a to-the-point resource for parents and educators who want the best approach for raising kids in our digital world. It outlines all you need to know about the short-term and potential long-term consequences of tech use.
Protect Kids Online
ProtectKidsOnline.ca is here to help parents/guardians stay on top of the digital world their children are engaging in.
MediaSmarts
MediaSmarts is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy. This site helps to provide information for children and youth have the critical thinking skills to engage with media as active and informed digital citizens.
Cybersafe Blogs
Cybersafe’s blogs and articles provide information on different dangerous situations online. This site also contains news on cyber security so you can keep up-to-date on new security methods and scams.
Family Media Plan
By creating a Personalized Family Media Use Plan, you can be aware of when you are using media to achieve your purpose. This website will help you to think about media & create goals & rules that are in line with your family’s values.
Dolphin Kids Technology Diet
This document contains an outline for set rules and recommendations to guide your family’s use of tech devices and platforms.
Parents and Screen Time: Role Modelling for Children
A website dedicated to support parents in developing healthy screen use habits in their children.
Glad You Asked: Answers to your Questions about your Child’s Mental Health
This Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre brings your frequently asked questions about child and youth mental health. We explore a range of topics including anxiety, stress, technology use, managing family relationships, and how to have conversations about tough topics with your child.
Game Over 101
A step-by-step online course designed to increase your knowledge regarding video games, examine effective ways of connecting with your children and their games, provide you with concrete and practical tips in managing gaming device and environments, and learn what to do when crisis occurs.