- Professional Development
What is Universal Design for Learning?
- “Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles that guide curriculum development and classroom instruction in order to reduce barriers to learning
- Professional Development
About Universal Design for Learning
- “Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how
- Information resource
Office for Consumer Protection: Parent Zone
- “Help your child become an informed consumer.”
- Information resource
Cyberbullying Research Center
- Online and printable resources for parents.
- Online tool
Apps for Education and beyond
- A thorough collection of apps for education. Organized by themes that include Mindmapping, Artistic Creation, Questionnaires and Surveys and many more! (French website with
- Information resource
Agriculture for Life
- “Careers-Lab”: Learn more about agriculture jobs in Canada.
- Professional Development
Raspberrypi: Webinars and Seminars
- “Computing education research seminars”
- Professional Development
Kids Code Jeunesse
- KCJ teaches “kids to code, create, and communicate. Together, we will help the next generation set the course for a better future.”
- Online tool
BrailleEdu
- “This website was created by the Itinerant Department at Phillip E. Layton School to support educators and parents/caregivers of children with visual impairments. This
- Professional Development
Teaching With Blogs
- A teacher guide to using blogs in the classroom.
- Professional Development
The Bird Can Blog: Online Writing With a Twist
- How to teach blogging to students.
- Lesson Plan
Paper Blog
- “Students learn about the world of blogs and blogging.”
- Professional Development
Preparing Students To Produce Digital Content
- “6 Points To Consider When Preparing Your Students To Produce Digital Content.”
- Lesson Plan
Creating Question and Answer Books through Guided Research
- This lesson focuses on a “learn by doing” series of reading and writing activities designed to teach research strategies.
- Video
Quote? Paraphrase? Summarize? What’s the Difference? For Elementary Students
- Learn how to respectfully use information.
- Information resource
QSLIN Copyright Resources
- “Resources for Copyright issues and how they pertain to schools and libraries across Quebec and Canada.”
- Video
A Shared Culture
- “How Creative Commons provides free tools that enable creators to easily make their work available to the public for legal sharing and remix.”
- Information resource
Online Music
- Learn how to download music ethically and legally.
- Information resource
Copyright Matters
- A clear and concise document that explains the ins and outs of copyright within the Canadian education system.
- Information resource
Ethics and Plagiarism
- Information about “teaching kids to respect intellectual property.”
- Information resource
Ethics and Intellectual Property
- Information about “teaching kids to respect intellectual property.”
- Lesson Plan
A Creator’s Responsibilities
- “Students reflect on their responsibilities as creators and users of creative work.”
- Lesson Plan
Copyrights and Wrongs
- “Students reflect on their responsibilities as creators and users of creative work.”
- Online tool, Professional Development
Six Styles of Classroom Video Projects
- “Various types of video creation projects that can be used in a class with suggested apps.”
- Information resource
Intellectual Property: Overview
- “What is intellectual property? A novel? A film script? A joke? A cook book? A character in a TV show? A painting? The lyrics
- Lesson Plan
How to Teach Paraphrasing, Quotation and Summary
- Help “students develop their skills in paraphrasing in order to avoid plagiarism.”
- Lesson Plan
Up, Up and Away?
- “Students look at the key concepts of intellectual property, learning the difference between copyright and trademark and come to understand how these affect how
- Information resource, Professional Development, Video
How Do I Collaborate on Google Files?
- A practical guide by University of York.
- Lesson Plan
Rework, Reuse, Remix
- “Students examine the Fair Dealing exception of the Copyright Act and apply what they have learned on different works of art before creating their
- Online tool, Professional Development
12 Real-Time Document Collaboration Tips
- Microsoft Outlook tips for collaborating online.
- Online tool
My Storybook
- A tool that “allows students to create picture books.” (No Account Required. Additional features may be purchased.)
- Professional Development
The 4 S’s of Digital Note Taking
- ” Based on a Blog by Beth Holland ( http://goo.gl/GH1ugO ), this film shows how digital note taking can help students by supporting various
- Online tool
MindMeister
- A mind mapping tool that allows simultaneous collaboration. (Account Required. Additional features may be purchased.)
- Lesson Plan
A Creator’s Rights
- “Students are introduced to copyright, fair dealing, and the rights they have as creators.”
- Lesson Plan
I Used My Own Words! Paraphrasing Informational Texts
- Students learn how to paraphrase.
- Online tool
Voki
- “An online tool that allows you to record your voice and have it played back by an animated cartoon character.” (Additional features may be
- Information resource
Getting the Goods Ethically
- Learn how to legally access content and download information.
- Video
The Inquiry Process, Video 4 – Use
- “The last step of the inquiry process model.”
- Online tool
LiveBinders
- “An online tool that allows you to collect and organize information (websites, documents, articles etc). It is also a collection of searchable binders created
