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Hunger Games fans switch arenas from page to screen
What is it about The Hunger Games that has made it the hottest teen fiction series since Harry Potter and Twilight? We went to the source and found three avid and articulate fans — ages 17 to 74 — to tell us. They love Suzanne Collins’ best-selling dystopian trilogy about a future dictatorship in which […]
This Just In: New Book at Education Library
Silent Moments in Education: An Autoethnography of Learning, Teaching, and Learning to Teach by Colette A. Granger Colette A. Granger’s highly original book considers moments in several areas of education in which silence may serve as both a response to difficulty and a means of working through it. The author, a teacher educator, presents narratives and […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book at the Education Library: So You Want to Write a Children’s Book
So You Want to Write a Children’s Book: An Insider’s Handbook for Children’s Writers and Illustrators Who Want to Get Published By Peter Carver Ever wanted to write or illustrate a children’s book and have no idea where to begin or where to seek publication? This handbook for new and aspiring children’s authors and […]
The Black History in Canada Education Guide: A Message to Teachers
In honour of Black History Month, the Education Library would like to feature the Historica-Dominion Institute’s online Black History in Canada Education Guide: A Message to Teachers The largest independent organization dedicated to Canadian history, identity and citizenship, The Historica-Dominion Institute is committed to bringing the stories and experiences of Canada into the classroom. This innovative […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book at the Education Library
Achieving Aboriginal student success : a guide for K to 8 classrooms by Pamela Rose Toulouse. Achieving Aboriginal Student Success presents goals and strategies needed to support Aboriginal learners in the classroom. This book is for all teachers of kindergarten to grade 8 who have Aboriginal students in their classrooms or who are looking for […]
An Open Sourced Education: Wikipedia Makes Push to Become Staple of Classroom Lessons
The Vancouver Sun – Education News It was about six years ago that UBC professor Jon Beasley-Murray first noticed his students citing Wikipedia in their essays. If they were going to use Wikipedia for his class on Latin American literature, he thought, they might as well improve some of the shoddy articles on the subject. For the […]
Study Guides and Educational Playlists on the National Film Board Website
Innovative Media for the Classroom and Communities Use diverse educational tools to enhance learning: Our trusted, high-calibre content includes exciting web-based learning platforms and teaching guides probing topics such as environmental studies, citizen media and Aboriginal culture. Teaching Guides A good study guide can bring a film to life within a classroom setting. Guides are available […]
National Film Board interactive film, Bear 71, blurs lines between wild and wired
The Vancouver Sun BY Katherine Monk, Postmedia News, JANUARY 23, 2012 PARK CITY, Utah — There are many bizarre sights parading before the viewfinder of a Sundance Film Festival visitor, but the indoor tree imported from Banff and the bear cage outside the library are two of the more cryptic signs of unfettered creativity sprawling […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book at Education Library
Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: Applying Research to Practice in the 21st Century School Library, Third Edition This book provides a comprehensive review of the current research relating to the teaching of library and information literacy skills as part of effective school library media center programming. What are the current best practices for information […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book at Education Library
Connecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions “Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don’t experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past […]