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Media Literacy for Development and Children's Rights "Media Literacy for Development & Children's Rights" was created by UNICEF Canada to help young people in grades 6 - 8 understand the role played by the media in influencing their attitudes and perceptions about developing nations and development issues. This module contains a series of lessons, exercises and background information to help familiarize students with the issues and challenges surrounding representation of other countries and cultures by the media. There are three activities in Lesson One: Optical Illusion, True or False?, and From Your Point of View

"On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction."

By studying the theory of critical thinking and tenaciously applying it to classroom practice, I began to see more clearly how to approach content as a mode of thought, rather than as fragmented bits of information. I began to see the intimate connection between thinking and learning, to see how to intervene in thinking deliberately and constructively to deepen one's understanding, and to interface the content of my subject with the values and motivations of students.

student university projects

Mapping lessons k-12 Geography Awareness; Help Students See the world in new ways

Good resource of flash files that are great for IWB's (Smartboards). Unfortunately he got all American on us and now charges for some of his content.

a wonderful little video about being in the moment

a great little video to share parents, students, etc..

Great site for grade 6 Science unit on electricity. Looks at circuits, conductors & insulators, switches, changing circuits, and circuit diagrams. Would work well on a Smartboard or have the students work at individual computers.

There are incredible resources connected to this site.

Saskatoon Public Schools links