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31.7.12

The English Language in Canada - CBC podcast

CBC "Babel"

Babel is a weekly show about the glorious and uniquely Canadian mash-up that results when old ideas about English collide with our new Canada, where one in five people speak neither French nor English as a first language.

Subscribe in iTunes, listen on the site or download.
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30.7.12

Elementary Librarian - Library lesson plans & ideas for the elementary librarian

Elementary library lesson plans and more!

Jocelyn is an Elementary Librarian (Library Media Specialist) and Educational Technology advocate.  She started this website because her state switched to the Common Core standards, and she wanted her elementary library lesson plans to be aligned to those standards. You can find some good ideas here for your program.

Her July 27 post suggests some titles to use to "kick off the year"!

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29.7.12

Weaving Effective Instruction - Dr Allan Luke

Effective Instruction - for new and experienced teachers
Dr. Allan Luke is an educator, author, activist, and international researcher and policy change agent in all Australian states as well as New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His work has influenced educators globally, including in Canada and the United States.

Length: 10 minutes
Click to view online, or download

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Literacy in Elementary

Literacy for All (with David Booth)

Wednesday, October 5, 2005: David Booth, literacy expert from O.I.S.E., speaks to prospective teachers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, followed by a question and answer period with a group of teachers from the Rainbow School district in Sudbury, Ontario.

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Critical Thinking poster

Hierarchy of thinking skills -  graphic

This poster offers keywords and framing questions than can be used to help encourage critical thinking.

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27.7.12

Discussion Panel - Canadian publishers - CBC The Sunday Edition

Book Blues: Making it is the publishing business

It's never been an easy time for Canadian publishers. There's the impact of digital books, the slow death of independent bookstores and signs that Canadian culture is now for sale. Michael Enright talks to three Canadian publishers.  (Hour 2 of the Early Edition - July 22 - podcast)

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Critical Thinking poster

Hierarchy of thinking skills -  graphic

This poster offers keywords and framing questions than can be used to help encourage critical thinking.

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Effective instruction in word study

Word Study in Action (October 21, 2010)

"Mature readers, writers, and speakers need to possess a basic knowledge of "how words work" and a set of strategies for approaching new words encountered throughout the day. Word knowledge has an impact on reading comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary. These skills, in turn, influence student success in all subject areas. This webcast explores effective instruction in word study."

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Learning Through the Arts - Ontario

ARTS are an integral part of our culture

"Welcome to Learning through the Arts! These videos are intended to support classroom teachers by demonstrating how they can implement the revised Arts curriculum. They are examples of how teachers have integrated the arts into their programs to best meet the needs of their learners.

The videos are organized into five subject areas, Visual Arts, Dance, Drama, Music and Media Arts. Videos are also clustered as Elementary and Secondary."

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Weaving Effective Instruction - Dr Allan Luke

Effective Instruction - for new and experienced teachers
Dr. Allan Luke is an educator, author, activist, and international researcher and policy change agent in all Australian states as well as New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His work has influenced educators globally, including in Canada and the United States.

Length: 10 minutes
Click to view online, or download

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24.7.12

Free children’s ebooks for ages 3-11 | Oxford Owl

Free teacher eBook library

Free teacher eBook library featuring over 250 children's favourite stories

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The power of blogging in the classroom

Blogging in the classroom: why your students should write online

For the past few months Michael Drennan's GCSE and A level students have been doing all their writing via student blogs. Here, he reflects on the power of blogging in the classroom


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13.7.12

Literacy in Learning Exchange - Video Clip - Content Literacy Instruction

On Teaching Content: Building a Schoolwide Culture
Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher


How can we make sure that reading, writing, speaking, and listening are part of the instructional routines in every subject area?

"Watch an 18 minute clip in which teachers across subject areas discuss the ways in which literacy instructional routines develop students' understanding about the content. They share successful approaches for engaging students with vocabulary, writing, and building background such that learning occurs. The video clip closes with a student sharing his perspective on how his attitude and experience of school have improved as a result of these approaches."

Interested in learning more, view the full 60 minute presentation:  http://mpweb2.ncte.org/Pathways/OnTeachingContent10-09.jar

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Georgia Library Association Webinar series

 Bi-Monthly Carterette Webinar Series

"The Carterette Series is a bi-monthly educational webinar series highlighting trends, innovation, and best practices in libraries. The free sessions are open to interested parties from all geographic (and astral) locations. Topics are chosen to be of interest to students and employees from all library types, and each session is approved for one Georgia Continuing Education (CE) contact hour. The sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing."

While the content is more focused on public libraries, some of the topics will be of interest to teacher-librarians

Some of the topics covered in the series:

  • QR Connections: QR Codes in Libraries
  • WordPress for Library Websites
  • Content Creation for Teens (Begins at 1:15)
  • Ebooks, Discovery and the Library
  • Branding and Influence: Establishing your Digital Identity and Reputation (Begins at 1:13)
  • Strategy for Blogging and Social Networking
  • Building Library Websites with Weebly
  • How e-Books, File Types, and DRM Affect Your Library (Begins at 1:11)
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30.6.12

PBL Essential Elements - site & videos

What is Performance Based Learning? (video 14 mins)

John Larmer, Director of Product Development at BIE, explains the key elements of effective, rigorous Project Based Learning, using an example from a video by Common Craft.

Bie.org site, with more resources

"In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through a process of inquiry in response to a complex question. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, and assessed to help students learn academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking), and create authentic products & presentations."

PBL & Web 2.0 Tools (video 52 mins)

Choosing the appropriate Web 2.0 tools to support project based learning can be a daunting task. However, integrating the use of these tools into a project can help teachers to effectively facilitate the design, assessment, and management of projects. Join Dayna Laur, as she explores a variety of these tools. Hear about several projects that have successfully integrated Web 2.0 tools and start thinking about your own plans to introduce new and effective tools into your next project.
BIE Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/BIEPBL?feature=watch
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29.6.12

KOL Jr. Stories - Online Picture Books Read Aloud

Flash-based story books for Primary.

"Listen to these online picture books as they are read to you."


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John Seely Brown: Learning, Working & Playing in the Digital Age

Brown discusses learning in the digital age (2009)
Writer, speaker, and educator John Seely Brown discusses learning in the digital age at a guest lecture at IU. Brown is a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and serves as an independent co-chairman for the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation.


Transcript of JS Brown's previous presentation (1999)
(Includes slides)

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This is Québec City - YouTube

Voici la ville de Québec

Une belle publicité pour la ville de Québec. Certaines des images ont été repliquées de précédentes pubs, mais les nouveautés et l'ensemble sont fort bien réussis.

A beautiful TV ad for Quebec City. It gives a nice overview of the city and summer activities, sites and lifestyle.

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OpenClipArt LIbrary

Create, share and remix clipart

Looking for images that students can use?

"The Open Clipart Library (OCAL) is the largest collaborative community that creates, shares and remixes clipart. All clipart is released to the public domain and may be used in any project for free with no restrictions."

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Canada's History - Books

Read up on Canada's History

Social Studies teachers and history buffs alike will want to check out this collection of historical non-fiction that explores the history of Canada. Read some great reviews and pick up a book or two for the cottage or lake.

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