Links

=Please Share & Annotate Any Suggested Links:= (NOTE: This page is only for GENERAL links that will inform our thinking about the MY Interactive Resource. If you have links specific to Big Ideas, Outcomes, etc. please place them directly on the appropriate pages.)


 * Blair's** suggested links:

[|Roadmap of Children's Literacy] - great content, especially when we think about how MY students are like preschoolers, as well as a sample of a way to organize our website? [|Pockets of Potential] - just released in Jan 2009, this report will help us think about how the ICT devices already found in our students' pockets can be harnessed for learning! [|Evidence of Learning in a Grade 1 Manitoba Classroom] - if learning can look like this in EY, why can't the excitement continue into MY? [|Interdisciplinary Unit for Grade 6] (IMYM model) - this sample unit //Inventions, Innovations, and Discovery// blends inquiry, constructivist learning, and Manitoba curriculum for grade 6 [|Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum] LwICT - sample middle years learning experiences that infuse critical and creative thinking with Information & Communication Technology [|Evidence of Learning in a Grade 12 Manitoba Classroom]- here is a sample of what students are doing at the 'exit point' in our K-12 system to become 'Expert Voices'
 * Cheryl's** suggested links:

Some interesting articles about My education and challenges [|**The Critical Years**]
 * Chrissy's** suggested links:

http://www.nmsa.org/Research/ResearchSummaries/DevelopmentalCharacteristics/tabid/1414/Default.aspx - a summary of developmental characteristics of young adolescents (NMSA) http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/MiddleSchoolJournal/Articles/September2002/Article10/tabid/418/Default.aspx - an article about brain research from the NMSA
 * Jamie's** suggested links:

http://education.alberta.ca/media/313361/focusoninquiry.pdf Alberta Education has published __Focus on Inquiry__. This document is an excellent starting point for discovering and understanding the inquiry process. [|Anne Davies Newsletter] A place to reflect on one's practice and apply new ways of making a difference for all learners and participants in the learning community.
 * JF's** suggested links:http://www.middleweb.com/ MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.
 * Joan's** suggested links:

IB - good identification of MY http://www.ibo.org/myp/slidec.cfm
 * Sylvie's** suggested links: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/middleyears/index.htm

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/assess/myreporting.html a handy site for getting information about assessment http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/multilevel/index.html an intersting and informative site that provides explanation & support for multi-level learning http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/c_plan_home/index.html for career development information available to MB educators
 * Val's** suggested links: http://www.middleschoolguide.com/index.php - one example of an electronic MY "handbook"


 * Warren D.'s** suggested links: http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/WebExclusive/Organizing/tabid/651/Default.aspx Good philosophical piece on curriculum integration as proposed by James Beane. References include authors who have successfully implemented this approach to integration with Middle School students.


 * Warren W.'s** suggested links:http://www.smya.ca/bbpolc.htmThis may be specific but interesting http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=247,238,140,107,81,1,Documents&MediaID=827&Filename=Factorsexecsummary.pdf