Links+and+Resources

Links to Resources

Notes from a presentation by Dr. Alec Curous: This page is an amazing set of links to well researched, current Internet based resources. Any new tool, device, idea, application available freely online is listed here. GO NO Further......spend a few days with these links. It could change the way you think about teaching and ultimately the way you teach.

Inspiring Authors: Check out the titles and the who's who on this page: Understanding changes we need to make in schools

__ Aboriginal Education: __

[|Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education] https://casat.unr.edu/bestpractices/view.php?program=135

media type="custom" key="5275619" Click on the image above to view the Ketayak Program handbook developed by Northern Lights School Division in 2009 to assist schools with establishing effective elders programs.

media type="youtube" key="WXHRrF2QNSI" height="344" width="425" Progressive education? Not really......this is all based on what we should/could be doing. Here is a real school. Academics are connected to the real world. Technology is embedded and simply part of day to day activities like using the telephone or buying groceries with a debit card.


 * Science/Math resources**-

Discovery Education A cool web site with lots of general PD, classroom and home resources. Target group is the k-8 crowd.


 * Classroom/Student Publishing**- Software

Try out the trial version of Comic Life, your students will be glad you did. This is an awesome piece of software for digital storytelling. Got any reluctant readers and writers in your classroom? Want to create some interesting photo collages? This is an engaging tool. Well worth the money for a classroom/school. A no-brainer great resource at a very reasonable price.


 * Media and Internet Literacy**

Media Awareness Network Lots of useful and important resources for educators on this site. It is our responsibility to teach Web Awareness. Here are some resources and suggested activities that will help young people understand and develop critical skills for using the Internet wisely.

Passport to the Internet //Passport to the Internet,// an Internet literacy tutorial, helps students in Grades 4 to 8 develop the critical thinking skills they need to apply to their online experiences by enabling them to use popular online tools and Web sites in a secure and ethical manner, and to their full potential.