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E. Anne KellyEducation LibrarianWilfrid Laurier UniversityWaterloo, OntarioCANADA

Help yourself to the “Resources Buffet”

All food is fresh from the Sunflower Market on Lomas Ave and you are welcome to mix and match as you like.

Please use the utensils provided for sanitary reasons.

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How did you get How did you get here?here?

Did you notice…Did you notice…

What do I really know What do I really know about clouds?about clouds?

About weather?About weather?

Where did I learn Where did I learn about them?about them?

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Teacher Education Teacher Education @ WLU@ WLU

Wilfrid Laurier's program is unique in that it is based on a Professional Development School (PDS) Model.

We have partnered with four area school boards to provide extensive, in-depth, and sustained field experiences for our candidates.

 very new program (currently in 2nd year)

students must already have Bachelor’s degree before applying to become a “Teacher Education Candidate”

accredited for K-6 (primary/junior), recently applied for accreditation for grades 7-10 (intermediate)

$$ for library resources?

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 Teacher education students are sent

on practicum placement 2 days each week and are on 3 increasing

length placements throughout the academic year.

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Education @ WLUEducation @ WLU

Finding curriculum related materials has proven at best very difficult given their specific curriculum-related needs

(i.e. teaching fractions to Grade 2 students)

Education @ WLUEducation @ WLU Traditional library cataloguing is

limited in how in-depth subject headings can realistically be and practice has proven that subject descriptions decided upon by non-practitioners can serve to obscure rather than clarify access to great materials.

Recipe for Education Resource Finder

1 cup creativity

5 cups willingness to take on a long term project

1/2 cups technical savvy

2 tablespoons student-oriented service philosophy

2 teaspoons knowledge of children’s books and awareness of current curriculum

Education @ WLUEducation @ WLUSocial bookmarking software (delicious) assists in gathering a variety of curriculum related materials such as:

how to teach fractions

stories about fractions

games or posters to teach fractions with

how to teach grade two students

a myriad of great web resources and lesson-plans

and it’s FREE!!

Really a Resource Buffet…

curriculum books (how to teach)

children’s stories, poems, novels

posters, diagrams, pictures

web sites including lesson plans, streaming video, interactive websites, suggestions from other teachers

media (VHS, DVD) and manipulatives

Education Resource Buffet

no need to re-invent the wheel (especially in education)

let’s share…..

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Education Resource Finder

Education Resource Finder

Issues along the trail

authority control over tags

time factor!

stable URL for library catalogue

Strategic Advantages fosters true and necessary collaborationsharing between school boards, universities, community resourcesdiminishing budgets

promotes lifelong learning

retains student connection with Universitygraduates are welcome to use and contribute their own recipes for successful teaching and student learning

Questions…Questions…

Thank you for Thank you for coming…coming…

and Happy Trailsand Happy Trails

Education Resource Finder URL

http://delicious.com/eduWLUlibrarian

akelly@wlu.ca or

eduWLUlibrarian@gmail.com