Ontario Library Association Archives

Teaching Librarian (Toronto, ON: Ontario Library Association, 20030501), Winter 2004, p. 31

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Teaching Librarian At the Marsville Web site <http://marsville.enoreo.on.ca> you can check out the dates and expectations for the student involvement. This exciting student project con- nects with the Grade 6 Ontario curriculum for science and tech- nology. Another of the many student proj- ects offered by ENO is the Flat Stanley Project. This project is an international lit- eracy and communi- cations activity for primary and junior teachers and their students. Students create a paper per- son they call a Flat Stanley, and send that person on journeys with anyone who is traveling. Messages are sent back to the students from the various towns, cities or countries Flat Stanley vis- its. The project is curriculum related and has con- nections to the Ontario Curriculum for Language and Social Studies. The Web site is: <http://flat- stanley.enoreo.on.ca/> ENO also offers student projects for music, community study, robotics and civics and ideas for many more. Check them out at wwww.enoreo.on.ca An additional resource for students is Curriculinks on the ENO Web site. These are sug- gested Web sites closely tied to curriculum subjects for both ele- mentary and secondary students. These links are organized by grade and strand so it is easy to find a Web site for a specific unit. There are also general resources such as the Web sites for units developed in the Ontario Curriculum Planner, assessment and teaching on a budget. Featured Resources change frequently giving newly devel- oped resources and seasonal topic references. Teacher-librarians are always in need ofresources. These may be curriculumresources and ideas for projects for stu- dents or professional development and oppor- tunities to discuss common educational topics with other educators. The Education Network of Ontario <www.enoreo.on.ca> offers all of these to educators across the province. The primary goal of The Educational Network of Ontario/Le Reseau educatif de l'Ontario (ENO/REO) is to enhance the school-based educa- tor professionalism through electronic network- ing. To that end ENO/REO provides a wide range of telecommunication services for the JK-12/OAC education community in Ontario, including Internet access, member e-mail accounts, student and teacher education projects and a large num- ber of online education conferences/newsgroups. For students, ENO offers several online proj- ects with lots of communication among students and schools across the province and across the county. One such project is the Canadian National Marsville Program, which is a unique system derived from the Marsville program that devel- oped by the Challenger Learning Center. Students practice problem-solving techniques through the study of the systems necessary to sustain life on Mars. As part of the cross-Canada Marsville program, students work in teams in their classes and com- municate through Internet connections with their counterparts in other regions of the c o u n t r y . Scientists and e n g i n e e r s serve as men- tors and work directly with teachers and students in the classroom and online as they design their version of the settle- ment on the red planet. ENO HAS THEM TE C H N O LO G Y R ES O U R C ES Mary Storey

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