April 28, 2003

Source: LibraryNet Monthly-- April 2003 Learning Resources Bulletin This bimonthly email bulletin provides tips on free information and teaching materials for K-12 teachers that are available from Statistics Canada's Learning resources website. Published in English and French. http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/news.htm http://www.statcan.ca/francais/edu/news_f.htm [French] 3:37:38 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

ALBERTALAUNCHPAD: AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS

Source: LibraryNetMonthly--April 2003 The creation of the AlbertaLaunchPad was the idea of Lori Helston, a library technician at Ralph McCall School in Airdrie. She was seeing students spend too much time searching fruitlessly on the web, and teachers building great sites for their students, with no central repository to collect them in. What began as a single webpage with a long list of websites on the Rocky View School Division's website has evolved into a directory of thousands of websites related to teaching and learning. Users can search for sites related to any grade or group (parents, teachers, etc.), as well as by keyword or by subject, and by topics within a subject. This ability to search based on the Alberta curriculum is what sets the LaunchPad apart from the rest of the web. As well, any visitor can submit a website to be considered for inclusion in the LaunchPad. The LaunchPad is part of the SchoolNet Network of Innovative Schools. Visit the AlbertaLaunchPad 3:33:57 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

ALA Conference update
ALA will meet April 29 to discuss Toronto conference [LISNews.com] 12:29:34 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Public libraries in schools
Support growing for library mergers in Alberta [SAPL Extra net] 12:02:24 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

McMichael Collection for KIdS

This is a new interactive activity area for kids on the McMichael Canadian Art Collection website. It will try to make art -- and Canadian art at the McMichael gallery in particular -- more appealing and interesting to kids through fun activities such as a colouring book, as well as a wide range of interesting information written especially for kids. [Thanks Lynn] 11:54:45 AM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

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