Our friends from Alberta Learning have released their most recent version of their Connection Online. Check out their great resources below.

In the May 2009 edition ...

• Curriculum and Resources: Subject-area curriculum and resource updates, initiatives and professional development opportunities.
• Provincial Testing: Online Grade 9 provincial achievement tests, preliminary reporting of grades 6 and 9 provincial achievement test results.
• Special Programs: Students with Vision Loss Initiative: Launch of new Vision Education Alberta Web site.
• Aboriginal Education: Cree language and culture update, new provincial goal for First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students.
• Technology Integration: Province-wide Adobe Cumulative Licensing Program, Supporting Innovative Classrooms Initiative, Vulcan senior high school linking to International Space Station.
• Career Initiatives: ApplyAlberta-a new way for students to apply to Alberta's public universities, colleges and technical institutes; new student mentoring program and resources; new career and education planning guide.
• Learning Resources Centre (LRC): Source for learning resources, 2009-2010 Learning Resources Credit Allocation (LRCA), Early Order Discount (EOD), new resources at the LRC, digital repository of textbooks for students with special education needs.
• Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: Education program for teachers and students.

 

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