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Web Resources: For those resources below requiring usernames and passwords [marked with an asterisk (*)]: The 2011-2012 Westwind Web Resources Handbook, (containing logins/passwords), was emailed to all Westwind staff in September. Members of the Westwind community (Staff, Students, and Parents) may send an email request for a copy of this Handbook to bonny.west@westwind.ab.ca. (Login information is available at each school office for parents and students to use these resources at home as well.)
| LearnAlberta |
This website contains curricular and other resources for Alberta students, teachers, and parents for useat home and school. One of the many useful resources here is the Online Reference Centre which has linksto a variety of encyclopedias and other useful resources. |
| 2learn.ca |
The 2Learn website contains a vast wealth of online resources for Alberta students and parents of all ages. These resources have been selected by Alberta teachers and librarians. [2Learn is funded by Alberta Education, the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA), the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS), the University of Alberta Education Faculty, as well as corporate donors. The staff of 2Learn are Alberta teachers working for Alberta teachers, students and parents. The main site has too many sections to list here, but some of the main ones are listed below.] |
| ABC@2Learn | This section of 2Learn is geared for Kindergarten students and is in a kid-friendly format. |
| Ready2Learn | This section of 2Learn is for students in Grades 1 and 2. It contains resources for each subject area as well as SMART Board resources for teachers. |
| Kidslove2Learn | This section of 2Learn is for students in Grades 3-6. It contains resources for each subject area as well as SMART Board resources for teachers and "Privacy Pirates"–an interactive unit dealing with Privacy on the Internet. |
| 2LearnforTeens | This section of 2Learn is geared to students in junior high with a multitude of resources in each subject, SMART Board lessons, and many reference and online safety resources. |
| 2LearnforHS | Resources hear are arranged in subject areas for senior high students. This section also contains many online tools, SMART Board and Internet safety resources. |
| 2Learnforparents | This section of 2Learn contains many helpful resources for parents. |
| Spirit of Alberta | This site contains a wealth of curricular information about Alberta for students, teachers, and parents, including many fun activities to learn about our beautiful province. |
| Image Gallery | The Image Gallery contains photos submitted by students and teachers from all areas of Alberta. Use of these images is permitted for curricular and non-profit use as long as credit is given to the 2Learn Image Gallery. Users may contribute their own images as well. |
| VC Canada | A comprehensive video-conferencing site |
| The following sites require logins. The each have some free information, but most of it requires a username and password. Please see the information above for access information. | |
| *Discovery Education | Though Discovery is an American site, it contains many great resources for Administrators, Teachers, Students, and Parents. |
| *Learn360 | This is a Canadian resource containing video clips and teacher resources across all grades and subject areas. |
| *Media Awareness Network | The resources contained here have been licensed by Alberta Education to help you become better informed about Internet safety and how to become responsible and informed consumers of digital media. |
| *Teaching Books |
TeachingBooks.net is an online collection of multimedia K-12 book and author resources. Information is here on how authors and illustrators write and illustrate their books, as well as links to author Web sites and audio book readings. Access to Teaching Books is found in the Online Reference Centre on the LearnAlberta site. |