VISA: Financial Soccer
www.financialsoccer.com

Financial Soccer is a multiple-choice question game, testing players’ knowledge of financial management skills as they advance down field, and try to score goals. Although the information is US-based there are some resources this fast-paced game does have resources that encourages users to think about Financial Literacy and terms that are used in the financial world.  Educators are encouraged to review and download the lesson modules, at right, before actual game play. If you’re already warmed up and ready to play, click the button above to begin.

If you like Financial Soccer you may enjoy playing Financial Football as well.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature is now available for all Tyndale library users to access online.

To access from any computer connected to the Tyndale network:

http://www.oxford-childrensliterature.com/?authstatuscode=202

If you are off campus, first visit the library’s e-resources and e-books page at:

http://www.tyndale.ca/library

Second:

Look up Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature in the Oxford DRS tab.

This resource contains over 3,000 entries written by an international roster of more than 300 authors, the Encyclopedia comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. With a global perspective that pays attention to significant international trends and the multi-cultural expansion of the field, it includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are feature essays on all genres of children’s literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children’s literature in many countries throughout the world.

Ontario College of Teachers: Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession
Taken October 15, 2009 from: http://www.oct.ca/standards/ethical_standards.aspx?lang=en-CA

The Ontario College of Teachers have posted their “Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession” on their website. I’ve copied and pasted them below for easy reference.

» Continue reading “OCT Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession”

Art Education 2.0: Using New Technologies in Art Classrooms
http://arted20.ning.com

The aim of Art Education 2.0 is to explore ways of using Web 2.0 and other digital technologies to advance best teaching practices, promote professional discourse and collaboration, encourage cultural exchanges, facilitate joint creative work, and support artistic projects, curricular activities, and professional development opportunities.

Users should consider signing up for a free account to fully take advantage of the resources on this site.

The Psych Files
www.thepsychfiles.com

The Psych Files website contains a number of podcasts developed by Dr. Michael A. Britt, adjunct pscyhology professor at Marist College.

These podcasts are designed to provide users with an introduction to a wide variety of psychological concepts in a way that is fun, original and easy-to-understand. The podcasts care arranged by the major topics in psychology, such as intelligence, emotion, and more. Visitors to this site can find podcasts that provide useful introductions to such topics as Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development; gender theory; critical thinking; statistics; and more, for anyone interested or just starting to learn about pscyhology.

This site would be of great interest to anyone studying and/or interested in studying psychology, human development, social work or any form of human behavior. The topics are presented in an informal way which makes them accessible to almost any viewer.

Discovery School’s Puzzle Maker
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com

Discovery Education is the developer of this  free puzzle generation tool that can be used at home and at school. This free, easy-t0-use, online tool will automatically generate word searches, crosswords, math puzzles and more using your own word/number lists that you can enter into the system. Puzzle Maker also allows you the ability to create puzzles as large as you want and as comprehensive as you want.

This free online tool is a great tool that teachers can use in a wide variety of educational settings such as building vocabularies in an ESL class; creating word searches and/or word puzzles centred around a particular theme (i.e. celebrations & holidays); and creating fun and challenging exercises for a mathematics class. Teachers can also generate and print the solutions to their puzzles for evaluation purposes.

Alberta Education: Physical Education Online
http://education.alberta.ca/apps/physicaleducationonline

The Alberta government is the maintainer and developer of this nicely designed website for health and physical education. Although designed for the Alberta curriculum many of the resources can be used in Ontario as well.

This website contains a database of teacher-submitted lesson plans for physical education; a bibliography of valuable resources; curriculum models and more. There a database on the site that allows teachers to search for lesson plans based on grade, desired outcome; and there is a lesson plan generator that allows teachers to design lesson plans on their own.

Each pre-designed lesson plan contains its own assessment strategies; equipment needed; what adaptations users can adopt and more. There is also an authorized resources section that allows teacher candidates to look up authoratative teaching resources for the teaching of physical education.