April is Autism Awareness Month and it is celebrated by the international community in to promote dialogue on autism and to increase awareness and understanding of the disorder.

On April 2nd, Canada will be joining the international community to celebrate the acceptance and understanding of individuals living with an ASD while shining a bright light on autism as a growing global issue.

The Education Library will also do its part this coming Wednesday by promoting some of its resources related to autism and the teaching of children with autism. Be sure to visit the blog this coming Friday for this week’s “Webwatch @ the Education Library” to find a list of useful sites related to autism and education.

You can also visit the Autism Society of Canada to find out more about this important day as well as other internet resources, research links, professional development opportunities and more.

For those interested in events that may be taking place in their area, please visit www.worldautismawarenessday.org. You can also click on the image on the right hand side of this screen.

Thanks so much and have a great week.

Congratulations to all the students who will be graduating this May!!!  There are two items that I would like to bring to your attention:

1)  Please check to make sure that all of your outstanding fines and fees have  been paid before April 30, 2009. 

2)  For those who have been inquiring about the Alumni Membership, the Library will be giving those who convocate in May 2009, a one year free membership that will start the day after you convocate until May 31, 2010.

CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca

Visit the CBC Archives website today and relive Canada’s past through thousands of audio and visual clips that are available to the public for free. The “Teachers” section of the site contains educational materials for grades 6 to 12 and they were created to complement many of the topics posted on the site.

Users interested in Canadian history would be particularly interested in this site as well as those interested in teaching history, social studies, science, art and physical education. The site is extremely easy to navigate. Users can locate materials by grade level as well as by subject. There are also lessons plans and activity sheets that teachers are able to download free of charge.

The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) will be hosting their annual IMPACT conference at the Tyndale University College & Seminary on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Building Hope” and there will be number of informative seminars on how to apply biblical principles to a wide variety of classroom settings. Participants will also have the opportunity to earn professional development certificates for the seminars they attend. Also, participants may apply their attendance for this day towards their ACSI Teaching Certificate.

If you are interested in attending the conference, please sign up for your seminar choices using the form posted outside my office.  You will need to sign up and give your payment to me no later than 3:00 pm on April 2, 2009.

If you are interested in attending the conference and would like to learn more, please visit the IMPACT 2009 website.

The end of the term is quickly approaching and that means the teaching blocks are starting again.

The Education Library will be revising its hours of operation to better accomodate the needs of our teacher candidates.

From April 6, 2009 to May 2, 2009, the Education Library will be open during the following hours

Monday to Thursday:               1 PM to 9 PM
Friday:                                     10 AM to 6 PM
Saturday:                                 12 PM to 4 PM

The Education Library will also be closed on Friday, April 10 for Good Friday. Good luck with the rest of the term and I hope your teaching blocks go well.

PE Central
www.pecentral.org

Spring is around the corner and it’s also National Nutrition Month. What better time is there than now to visit PE Central to find ideas and resources that promote healthy living and healthy eating at home and in the classroom.

This extensive site, maintained and developed by a group of educators at Virginia Tech’s Health and Phys-Ed program, offers a glut of free teacher support materials, including lesson ideas, rubrics and demonstration videos. Users can locate the materials by grade and they can search the materials by category or by activity. There is enough information on this site to help phys-ed teachers maintain lessons that are current, exciting, and, most important, relevant throughout the entire school year.

The following is a list of the latest acquisitions at the Tyndale Education Library.

You can also use the New Book feature in OnTRAC to see what we purchased over the past several months. Click here to find out what we purchased over the past month.

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