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Talk About Assessment: Strategies and Tools to Improve Learning (E01968)  This program simplifies, demystifies, and shifts thinking around assessment for elementary students. With a focus on making assessment practices more effective and efficient, it looks at best practice in assessment and provides hands-on tools to help teachers implement these practices in the classroom. Includes a comprehensive book, DVD and CD-ROM.   KPR Computer Based Training Available Online      Video Conferencing

KPR Educational Film License The Learning Resource Centre pays for educational use of feature films in the classroom through two companies; Audio Ciné Films (ACF) and Criterion. At present ACF holds the license for Disney films, while both companies hold rights to numerous other studios’ films. Please note that these films are only to be used in the classroom or for educational purposes.  Below are links to the search pages for each company. Audio Cine Films (ACF) -Disney -Universal -MGM -many others Criterion -Paramount -20th Century Fox -Sony

New Books in the Professional Library               NEW INFORMATION!   We are happy to announce that the LRC Easy Read Picture Book Collection is now more accessible.  We have moved it into the main hall for those of you who may wish to browse.  We will still fill requests for this material by phone or email.                                    Library News   OLA News   OLA Reading Programs OLA Super Conference   OSLA News

New MediaNet Items    Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide (D01923)       This fast-paced Canadian production looks at Canada’s food guide (revised version), explains what each of the arcs represents, and provides information on healthy eating habits, food portions and food labeling.  It also includes information on ethnic foods and the First Nations food guide.        Garbage: the Revolution Starts at Home (D02030)   This feature documentary shows how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time.  Filmmaker Andrew Nisker asks an average urban Toronto family to collect every scrap of garbage they create for three months.  He then looks at where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world.  A Hot Docs Int. Film Festival selection.