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Toronto Online Library 'Learning Express'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:19:00 -0600

I knew we had an excellent library system in Toronto but I haven't untiol today checked what you can access online (apart from ordering books) I was surprise to find that they have a 'Learning Express Library' I have not signed into it but thought the test section would be useful for homeschoolers to practice test taking. Theres a test prep section from Elementary to college, Also prep tests for GED, aviation, electrical and plumbing. Etc. Etc.

Lynn

'Awesome Stories' -site worth checking out

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:53:00 -0600

Found this useful site its worth checking out.

‘Awesome Stories’ The story place of the web with lesson plans video clips relevant to the stories and lesson plans.

http://www.awesomestories.com

Need to register but well worth it and it is free.

Info taken from the site

The sites purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites.

Sources held in archives, which document so much important first-hand information, are often not searchable by popular search engines. One needs to search within those institutional sites directly, using specific search phrases not readily discernible to non-scholars. The experience can be frustrating, resulting in researchers leaving key sites without finding needed information.

AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located.

The author of each story is listed on the preface page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information.

This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment.
When you become a member of Awesome Stories ... You can see everything on the site (including an extensive image data base), explore all its features (including narrated stories), dig deeper (with lesson plans and text documents) and hear from us once a month (with a newsletter profiling current events and hot topics).

BLOG CHANGES - BACK TO NORMAL SOON

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:56:00 -0600

PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE CHANGES ARE MADE TO THIS BLOG

Changes are being made to the blog in the next few weeks as soon as things are worked out I will return past articles and put up new ones.

iNFORMATION HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED UNTIL NEW CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE

Meanwhile if you wish to add information or a story to this blog please forward the info to my email at:

homeschoolresources@hotmail.com

Veterans week Canada

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:02:00 -0600

Veterans' Week 2009, November 5 to 11
How will you Remember?

If you are looking for Educational resources relevant for Veterans week you are sure to find something here.

Veterans affairs Canada Links to Web sites relating to war veterans the history of our wars and peace activities and some great veterans stories.

www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.cfm?source=links

Main site for Veterans Affairs Canada www.vac-acc.gc.ca

This from Veterans Affairs Canada website

There are many ways you can show that you remember and honour our Canadian Veterans:

Pin a poppy above your heart.
Attend a local Remembrance Day ceremony.
Visit a friend or relative who just returned home from Afghanistan or who served elsewhere in the world.
Listen to Veterans talk about their experiences.
Create a mashup and share it on the YouTube Channel (Opens a new window) and on Veterans' Week our Remembrance Feed.
Visit the Veterans' Week fan page (Opens a new window) on Facebook, write on our wall and share how you remember.
Change your FaceBook profile picture with a poppy, write on your wall about how you remember, or create your own remembrance fan page.
Write about remembrance on your blog.

Veterans Affairs Canada also has learning resource materials for classroom use that they will send to homeschoolers sorry I posted too late this to receive this year (2009)