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=**I Want To Learn**=

About Teaching Controversial Topics in the Classroom
1. Check out what the curriculum has to say 2. Read the Handout - [|Teaching Elementary Children About Controversial Issues] 3. Examine some of the literature as a resource and approach for dealing with controversial issues 4. [|A Video resource from Annenburg Media] - In the video, (link at bottom of page) "Dealing With Controversial Issues," teachers and students explore issues in social studies by: If the plug-in is not available on these computers, please feel free to view from your personal computer.
 * [|Curriculum background]
 * conducting research using several resources,
 * discussing the facts linked to the controversy,
 * determining points of view,
 * supporting a point of view with evidence gathered from research,
 * listening to opposing points of view and engaging in a debate, and
 * proposing solutions

About Blogs and How I Can Use Them in My Internship and My Own Classroom
1. Begin with expanding your thoughts on literacy. The meaning of literacy has changed over time. At one point it referred to the ability to read and record thoughts in stone.....at one time literacy was a skill reserved for male politicians and religious leaders. Literacy has changed and we cannot ignore the influence that technology has on the lives and the literacies of all of us, including our future students. Click through **one** of these slideshows to get the general meaning: 2. Take a look at how this teacher promotes various literacy skills through student blogging: 3. View this video about[| Kathy Cassidy's Gr. 1 bloggers] 4. Read over the instructions and follow the steps at [|Class Blogmeister] 5. Here are some tips for using Blogmeister and other gadgets. 
 * [|21st Century Learners and Literacies]
 * [|Literacy Remixed in a Web 2.0 World]
 * [|Gr. 1 - Bev Tait, Henry Janzen School]

About Inquiry Learning In Primary Grades
[|One approach to planning guided inquiry] [|Grade 1/2 - What Stories Do We Have To Tell?] [|Grade 2/3 - The Artistry of the Land, Ancient Stories, and Art of Our Frist Nations People] (check out the project overview) [|Grade 2/3 - Richness of Words] [|Grades 3 - 6 - Big Valley - Then and Now.] How do we as people interact with our environment and with each other? [|Video resources from Thirteen.org]
 * Inquiry Based Classroom Projects**

About Internet Resources to Support Learning
1. [|Saskatchewan Stories] - for Gr. 4-5 and up. Choose a time period and a topic from First Peoples, Fur Trade, Early Settlers, Growth and Change and Today. With images, videos and interactive maps. (Expand window to increase size) 2. Learn some math and geography with [|City Planner] 3. [|Wordle] - Try this as a class, try it as a student project! Type in the words. Retype the most important words for emphasis. Generate your Wordle and change the font, colours. Save and Print! 4. [|Celebrating Saskatchewan's Heritage] - a great place for images and multimedia to support learning 5.[|Interactive map of Canada] 6. Learning About Canada? Have your students send their parents an [|eCard] with something new they've learned! 7. [|From Marnie's (former) site] - visit these resources and see what is possible. (May be broken links) 8. Marnie's Delicious account - [|Social Studies] [|View all my Delicious Bookmarks] If you want to join my network, begin your own account and add me to your network link. 9. [|Winter Olympics] - Will you be helping to promote a global community and peace? Find out how other teachers are participating in this project.