As our B.Ed. teacher candidates are in their placements starting next week the Education Library hours are changing for the next month. All members of the Tyndale community are welcome to come and enjoy a cool and quiet to work and study.

The Education Library will be open the following hours from

Monday, May 28, 2012 to Sunday, June 24, 2012:

Monday to Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed

For the latest updates on the hours, please visit www.tyndale.ca/library/special_hours

The Tyndale librarys’ “Guide to Ontario K-10 Curriculum Resources” contains links to free online lesson plans that could be used in Ontario classrooms. The links are organized by the major subject areas that are taught in Ontario schools, so teachers can find the resources they need fast.

Teachers looking for activities to use with SMART Interactive Whiteboards will also links to online activities, educational flash files, and lesson plans designed to be used with the interactive whiteboard.

Feature article in the Tyndale Magazine in Fall/Winter 2011-2012 (Issue 2. Volume 1.)

“When it comes to technology “public education is in catch-up mode,” says Beverley Muir, principal of Humberwood Downs Junior Middle Academy in Toronto.”

To read the rest of the article, please click “One foot in today and one in tomorrow“

Visit the Tyndale libraries’ Guide to Open Access Resources to find information on free scholarly resources on the internet. Users may also use this guide as a discovery portal for links to open access books, journals, scholarly literature, multimedia, computer software, and more.

Written by Kunal Dutta for the UK newspaper “The Independent” (April 15, 2012).

“In north London, book-lovers have put David Cameron’s Big Society into practice. And nationwide the issue has struck a chord”

Click “Keep on borrowing: Libraries refuse to die” to read the rest of the article.

Written by Michael Oliveira for Parent Central on April 9, 2012

“Ontario’s elementary school curriculum spells out that all Grade 3 students must learn about the similarities and differences between urban and rural communities, although it leaves it up to teachers to figure out the best way to impart that knowledge.”

To read the rest of the article, click “iPads in school: Ontario Grade 3s learn social studies with ‘SimCity’ iPad game“

“Knowledge Ontario (www.knowledgeontario.ca) provides everyone with equal access to the information and leading edge digital tools they need to support life-long learning by transforming online discovery, connecting community and building research and critical thinking skills.”

Users can freely access the following resources through the Knowledge Ontario website:

• eResource databases that cover topics such as Canadian politics and history; current events; English literature; teen health, and more …
• free access to thousands of video tutorials standard office software; Web 2.0. technologies, and more
• free access to more than 26,000 Ontario government documents from the Legislative Library
• free access to more than 4 million archival records in Ontario