Technology and educational platforms have become the foundational tools for teaching and learning in the elementary classroom. Alberta's new curriculum relies heavily on media and educational platforms, rather than textbooks, and entails the necessary use of technology in the classroom. Shouldn't Media Literacy skills be provided for learning in this digital environment?

Our students want to learn and create online. However, they lack the “inquiry skills to critically analyze, evaluate, sort out, and communicate” their own ideas and comprehension (Livingstone, 2014). They come to the classroom with diverse, and often limited, digital and media literacy skills.