Staff Curriculum Links
Updated November 16, 2022
Oakridge Goes Online
has link to Library Passwords page.
Video
Use Google Chrome to stream videos.
Feature films & videos with DRM do NOT play in Internet Explorer on school computers.
To view streaming videos (CBC Curio, Learn360, and Learn360 Feature Film, etc.):
you must be logged into Insignia;
perform a search;
click on the "Streaming Resources" results tab and then the blue link in the title details.
more details begin on page 5 of this document
Borrowing from Resource Services AND Streaming from Insignia
Instructions on how to share a Learn360 video via Google Classroom can be found here: https://infobase-learn360.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035944534-Share-to-Google-Classroom
TVDSB has access from behind our firewall (i.e., no login), but from home, the easiest way to login is to select "Login with Google" (for students) or "Login with Microsoft" (for staff).
Curio.ca is a subscription-based educational streaming platform targeting educational institutions from primary through to post-secondary levels across Canada. You can now access thousands of programs, documentaries, audio content and archival material from CBC/Radio-Canada on a provisional basis.
HotDocs
National Film Board of Canada
Streaming videos, free of charge, on issues of global importance, in French and English, from a Canadian perspective including documentaries, animations, experimental films, fiction and interactive works for K-12 Canadian curriculum, critical thinking, and student engagement.
Netflix
Netflix has opened up 34 educational documentary titles for free after receiving requests from educators.
YouTube Playlist
Free Canadian films for schools
Stratford Festival
Watch King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest in your classroom using our Stratford on Film production presented alongside Shakespeare’s text. PerformancePlus includes an online study toolkit with discussion questions, lesson plans and interviews with cast and creative team members.
Texts
A School Library designed for a k-12 audience. For more student-friendly material, please visit our resource guides.
IB
Subscription websites for IB educators with integrated student access ... approximately 15% of the material on each site is free which should give you a good sense of their quality.
IB course information - looks like at least outlines are there for most courses.
Other
AERO is a web-based digital repository operated by the Ministry of Education. AERO provides alternate format text to students with perceptual disabilities who attend publicly funded educational institutions in Ontario. To learn more about AERO services and the formats available, please visit here.
“Standards-aligned, curated content sets of Britannica’s best-in-class resources allow teachers to meet expanding requirements while continuing to teach core subject-area content.”
These are lesson plan support units that are based on various grade levels for all ages…….focused on Science, that are pre-made, saving teachers and students valuable time.
The access will ONLY allow students/staff to access to the modules and links included in the Launch Pack…it will not revert to the School Edition for other searches….they will need to access the SCHOOL Edition for anything else.
ChangeGamer promotes the use of impact digital games to explore important topics such as energy, climate change, natural disasters, the environment, economics, politics, history, science, and philosophy. More specifically, the main function of ChangeGamer is to find high-quality games, and to create corresponding student activities.
This website is a wealth of resources for teachers looking to bring social justice into the classroom. Examine the roots of racism, for example, or challenge students to recognize hidden biases. With teaching aids, lesson plans and activities for students of all ages, Teaching Tolerance explores difficult, timely and important topics. GRADES K–12 | VISIT tolerance.org (OCT Prof Spk pg 13)
Started in 2006 and designed for educators, this project uses storytelling (through film and the written word) to shed light on poverty, climate change, Indigenous cultures, and more. Many of the stories include study guides and lesson plans, too. Grades 9–12 | Visit globalonenessproject.org (OCT Prof Spk pg 13)
CBC Kids News/Mon actualité du jour (MAJ) free Produced by CBC (with a French-language equivalent by Radio-Canada), this news site is hosted entirely by teen journalists. Mixed in with lighter fare, the video segments explore weightier issues too, including Indigenous demonstrations, climate change and how federal elections work. GRADES 4–12 | VISIT cbc.ca/kidsnews; ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/maj (OCT Prof Spk pg 13)
Professional
The Margaret Wilson Library has extensive French and English, print and electronic materials on classroom management, leadership, literacy, social studies, outdoor education, special education and mentoring..
a circulating collection of more than 12,000 books and DVDs
more than 1,400 French-language books
ebooks in English and French
full-text research databases including Academic Search Complete, Canadian Reference Centre, Education Source, ERIC and Newspaper Source Plus