November 2nd to November 6th is Media Literacy Week.

Media Literacy Week is an opportunity to promote media literacy as a key component in the education of young people and to encourage the integration and the practice of media education in Canadian homes, schools and communities.

This year’s theme is Media Literacy in the Digital Age and it will emphasize the multiple literacy skills needed by today’s youth for accessing, evaluating, repurposing, creating and distributing media content to successfully navigate their digital media world. How do they find, evaluate and make sense of online information? Do they know how to protect their privacy online, stay safe using social networks and be good digital citizens?

For more information as well as lesson plans and activity ideas for the classroom, please visit www.medialiteracyweek.ca

The following is a list of upcoming events and professional development opportunities for teachers in the province of Ontario during the month of October 2009.

If you know of any events that you would like to see listed in this blog, please e-mail them to Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca.

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The following is a list of upcoming events and professional development opportunities for teachers in the province of Ontario during the month of June 2009.

If you know of any events that you would like to see listed in this blog, please e-mail them to Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca.

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The following is a list of upcoming events for teachers in the province of Ontario during the month of May 2009.

If you know of any events that you would like to see listed in this blog, please e-mail them to Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca.

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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.

The third week of March is National Francophone Week.

To find out more about this special awareness week and the events taking place, please visit www.acelf.ca/c/snf.

Why not get into the spirit and take out one of these great French-Canadian literary classics available at the Tyndale Libraries.

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“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, and let them be stewards over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground”
Genesis 1:26

On March 28, 2009, let’s all take a small step towards better stewardship. Join thousands of other Canadians in turning your lights out for one hour at 8:30 p.m. to lend support for action on climate change.

Let’s all take a small step towards better stewardship this Lenten season and offer our support.

For more information on Earth Hour, please visit http://wwf.ca/earthhour

You can also see what other schools in Ontario are doing to celebrate Earth Hour by visiting the Ontario Ministry of Education website.

To see what other Christians are doing about the environment visit www.creationcare.org