The Education Library will be hosting the first of a series of mini-tours on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 (12:0o p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

The first mini-tour called “Books, books, books, and more books” is about finding printed and electronic books through the Tyndale Library System.

Attendees of this mini-tour will be:

• introduced to the Library of Congress cataloging system
• provided instruction on how to use the library catalog OnTRAC
• introduced to the e-Book collection available through the Tyndale library website

If you are interested in signing up for one of the mini-tours please contact Mark Mueller at mmueller@tyndale.ca. You may also sign up for one of the mini-tours at the Education Library circulation desk.

If you are unable to attend any of these mini-tours you can also book a one-on-one appointment with Mark by e-mailing him or by phone at 416-226-6620, ext. 2227.

Please note: we will be meeting in the Education Library’s Media Center at 12:00 noon on each day.

Reminder of Workshop on Canadian Copyright Law and the Internet

February 17th, 2010
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Classroom 2 at the Bayview Campus (3377 Bayview Avenue)

Workshop description:

The main reason why Canadian Copyright law pertaining to internet resources is problematic is because there is no general policy. There are, however, some general guidelines and principles that teachers can abide by in order to use internet resources within the scope of copyright law.

The goal of this workshop is to teach users general principles such as “Terms of Usage”, “Open-Access”, “Creative Commons Licenses” and “Public Domain” materials and how each applies to the use of online resources within the scope of copyright policy.

This workshop is to complement and add to the knowledge that you gained through the Access Copyright talk that you attended in January.

To sign up for the workshop, please e-mail Mark Mueller (mmueller@tyndale.ca) or sign the workshop registration sheet in the green duo-tang at the Education Library Circulation Desk.

Please note: the content of this workshop is for informational purposes only and should not be used to substitute the advice of a copyright lawer.

Workshop on Canadian Copyright Law and the Internet

February 17th, 2010

12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.

Classroom 2 at the Bayview Campus (3377 Bayview Avenue)

Workshop description:

The main reason why Canadian Copyright law pertaining to internet resources is problematic is because there is no general policy. There are, however, some general guidelines and principles that teachers can abide by in order to use internet resources within the scope of copyright law.

The goal of this workshop is to teach users general principles such as “Terms of Usage”, “Open-Access”, “Creative Commons Licenses” and “Public Domain” materials and how each applies to the use of online resources within the scope of copyright policy.

This workshop is to complement and add to the knowledge that you gained through the Access Copyright talk that you attended in January.

To sign up for the workshop, please e-mail Mark Mueller (mmueller@tyndale.ca) or sign the workshop registration sheet in the green duo-tang at the Education Library Circulation Desk.

Please note: the content of this workshop is for informational purposes only and should not be used to substitute the advice of a copyright lawer.

The following is a list of upcoming events and professional development opportunities for teachers in the province of Ontario during the month of February 2010.

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 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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CyberMuse.ca
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca

The CyberMuse website is an initiative of the Gallery of Canada created to provide internet users, teachers, parents and students access to its permanent collection.

This free site is a virtual museum, learning portal and a teacher resource site all packed into one. Users can expect to find over 10,000 images of works from the Gallery’s collection. The site also contains video and audio recordings of world renowned artists and it also contains a number of valuable resources that teachers can use in the classroom.

Parents and teachers should also check out the children’s section with its “Artissimo” games. Kids can visit this section and use colour palettes to choose and colour a large number of classical images. There’s also opportunity for kids to experiment with and create tertiary colours.

The Youth section also contains a number of interesting resources, from career information for jobs in the arts; post-cards; advanced art games and more.

This is a great site with a little something for everyone. While visiting be sure to provide the Webmasters continual feedback and suggestions as the site is continually growing and evolving.