Summa - Canadian Educational Content On-Demand - at your library

100% Canadian Produced Content

https://summa.can-core.ca/core-list?home

Have you seen this? Can-Core (SUMMA) is a core curriculum content platform created by McIntyre Media Inc. The content is 100% Canadian Produced and has been selected for its strong curriculum fit. It is available at SPL, and probably your local public library as well. (You may need to browse your library's digital resources to find the login link.)

SPL access: http://catalogue.spl.surrey.bc.ca:81/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=summajr 

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Monthly Choice Boards Site

Shannon McClintock Miller has something for you!

https://sites.google.com/view/ourmonthlychoiceboards/home

Looking for monthly ideas to excite your students? How about if they are packaged in an attractive easy-to-browse format? Look no further than Shannon's monthly choice boards - click the link above and be prepared to be blown away!

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Making Media Across the Curriculum - Online Course for Teachers

Take this interactive, engaging and informative course

https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/making-media-across-curriculum-online-course-teachers

MediaSmarts is pleased to share our new free online course for teachers on media making in K-12 classrooms. Educators can take this interactive, engaging and informative course from their home, on their own schedule.

The course will be offered the following dates:

• November 9, 2020 – December 4, 2020
• November 23, 2020 – December 18, 2020
• December 14, 2020 – January 22, 2021
• February 1, 2021 – February 26, 2021
• March 1, 2021 – March 26, 2021

Making Media Across the Curriculum will provide teachers with training and resources on how to use digital media production of various kinds (games, film and animation, etc.) in their classroom practice.

Teachers will learn how media making can be supported from kindergarten to Grade 12 and how it can be used to assess student learning across the curriculum, from Language/English as a Second Language courses to Social Studies, Health/Life Skills, Mathematics, Science, Special Education and Technology Education/ICT, among others.

Upon completion of the course, teachers will be certified by MediaSmarts as Media Maker Experts.

The History of Dust Jackets: From Disposable to Collectible

From animal skins to silks

https://bookriot.com/history-of-dust-jackets/

(Detail from Lost Art of Oz)

Funny to think that the staple of picture books (the book cover or dust jacket) had such an interesting evolution:

Excerpt from article: "The dust jacket emerged as a way to protect the gilt covers of leatherbound books. Instead of being rebound to match the owner's libraries, these books came with their own ornate binding. In order to keep the gold embossing intact—and protect the books from dust—booksellers or the printers would wrap the books in paper. These dust wrappers, as they were originally called, weren't proper dust jackets. They were plain pieces of paper that were sealed shut, and they were meant to only protect the book while it was at the store."

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How to Make a Digital Escape Room

Teen Librarian Toolbox

http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2020/11/cindy-crushes-programming-how-to-make-a-digital-escape-room-by-teen-librarian-cindy-shutts/

Using Google forms, Cindy Shutts engages students to explore worlds based on the novels they are reading. (See below for a brief description, click the link above to visit the article on SLJ). This would be a great final project for an English class, or a way to consolidate learning for Socials or even Science. I can also see doing this in other languages to show proficiency with vocab and grammar. Students would have fun sharing and playing each other's "room".

"At my library we have found one of the easiest ways to attract people to  programs is by creating a virtual escape room. They can be used any time of day and are fun to make. I like doing them with different fandoms. I have created two that are published so far one about Animal Crossing and one about Camp Half-Blood (Percy Jackson). My co-worker Faith Healy created two as well. She created an original haunted house one that has been used almost 200 times. She also just released a Mandorlian one in honor of the new season." (from webpage)

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