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New Teacher Resource Bank

Filed Under Teacher Support 

ONTARIO MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

McGuinty Government Launches Teacher Resource Bank 

    More Than 80,000 Teachers Can Now Share Teaching Aids Online

TORONTO, Jan. 29 /CNW/ - More Ontario students will succeed because their teachers can access excellent teaching resources created by their peers, said Education Minister Kathleen Wynne today.

We have thousands of teachers who have developed excellent teaching
resources that spark the imagination and strengthen literacy and numeracy skills with their students,” said Wynne at St. Monica Catholic School.
“Now through our new online resource bank, those resources can be shared with more
than 80,000 other teachers. Hundreds of thousands of Ontario students will
reap the rewards.”

The Ontario Educational Resource Bank offers lesson plans, activities,
and multimedia items to Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers and students at 55
participating English-language school boards.

French-language schools currently have access to more than 800 online
resources through Service d’apprentissage médiatisé franco-ontarien.
French-language boards can use the Ontario Educational Resource Bank starting
in 2007-08.



I want to be optimistic. I really do. I want this new initiative by the government to help improve student’s literacy and numeracy skills and support  teachers.  But, it’s been my experience that not many teachers are willing to go on line and search the net for new resources.  When I talk about all the good stuff out there and how surfing the net helps me stay current, I get told that they don’t have the time to do that. I think if you value something, you’ll find the time.  Some teachers have  even told me they hate computers, and they only use them at school for word processing and entering marks.   I don’t think these attitudes  will be accessing the  new teacher resource bank. I guess the challenge will be to get these teachers to change their minds. On the other-hand, it has crossed my mind that teachers can help students improve their literacy and numeracy skills using the resources  they already have.  Newer doesn’t always mean better.  Good teaching is about more than good resources.  It’s what you do with those resources and how you interact with the kids that make the difference. All things considered, I guess   I’d have to say that the new inititive sounds good.




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