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2Learn.ca Today!
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NEW! - Parents Want 2Learn.ca
Too!
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What is it? Parent doorway to
2Learn.ca teacher-shared resources |
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Looking for parenting and other family
resources? Also includes parenting, nutrition, guidance and other
sites. |
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Why is it? As partners in education,
parents can support topics beyond the classroom by referring students to
2Learn.ca resources, all presented within a K-12 context. |
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What next? Watch as increasingly
more 2Learn.ca resources are added to Parents Want 2Learn.ca Too! |
http://www.2Learn.ca
Top Tip
Looking for help on how to use
2Learn.ca resources, tools and
processes? Connect with your
TLC Contacts. Discover who
your local and provincial TLC
Teacher-Leader contacts are by
visiting
http://www.2Learn.ca/mapset/
contacts/contacts.asp
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Looking for online resources to recommend to
parents
through your school or classroom newsletter or website?
Make Parents Want 2Learn.ca Too! Your first stop.
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Your classroom newsletter--point parents to
specific pages on 2Learn.ca that supplement your current curricular topics
of study. |
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Your school newsletter and website--each month,
choose a theme of interest to parents and direct them to 2Learn.ca
resources. |
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Your Parents' Association--introduce 2Learn.ca
support resources to parents to help them shape their family's time online
proactively. |
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Themes--on bulletin boards,
point parents to specific pages on 2Learn.ca that supplement school-wide
themes and seasonal focuses. |
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Tools for Students--point parents to specific
sections of 2Learn.ca that help students use the web intelligently. |
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Parents Want 2Learn.ca Too! provides
parents with quick onramps to the wealth of teacher-created and shared teacher,
student, and parent resources at 2Learn.ca. It is organized into the following
seven sections:
| Use templates at 2Learn.ca to
quickly customize assignment handouts for your students: |
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Guide to the
'Net - Includes links to pages where parents and students can
find
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2Learn.ca Sites and 'NetSteps pages resources through a 2Learn.ca search |
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a web-search tool allowing users to conduct filtered searches in English
and in French, navigating among reputable search engines with ease |
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other search-related materials-tutorials, evaluation materials, etc. |
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educational resources for students-promoting safe 'Net use and critical
thinking, these tutorials, handouts and helpful tools are organized by Grades
K-6, 7-9, and 10-12 |
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2Learn.ca tutorials, checklists, and other tools support users all the
way from taking their first steps on the 'Net, to finding and evaluating
sites, to citing sites. |
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Homework Help
- Points parents to thousands of curriculum-specific student homework
resources gathered by teachers and accessible from the student sites at
2Learn.ca. Also includes links to 2Learn.ca's age-appropriate homework support
resources-the Backpack, Locker, and Compass-which link to 2Learn.ca tools
and other online resources-dictionaries, atlases, and more-all developed
to support students at point of need as they complete their assignments. |
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Child Safety
on the Internet - Available in web and printable formats, access
'Net Guidelines for Teachers and Parents of students at various grade levels,
and student web resources and printable handouts that support the safe,
appropriate, curricular, and time-effective use of the Internet. |
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Virtual Family
Field Trips - Explore Alberta, Canada and the world from 2Learn.ca's
virtual field trip pages: Families can supplement their travel to nearby
attractions through online exploration, or travel back in time to visit places
from history that have been virtually recreated on the 'Net. |
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Health, Nutrition
and Guidance - Link to health, nutrition, and guidance resources
at 2Learn.ca and elsewhere. |
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Technical
Support - Tips and resources to keep your browser up and
running. |
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And More...
- Links to resources sites specifically designed for Alberta
parents, and general parenting links. |
Parents Want 2Learn.ca Too! Newsletter
Inserts
Looking for educational weblinks for your newsletter?
Use these succinct paragraphs on timely topics, all addressed at 2Learn.ca,
"by, for and with Alberta teachers".
http://www.2learn.ca/parent/parindex.html
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What is Parents Want 2Learn.ca Too? |
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Tutorials for all ages |
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Safety 'Net - Safe and Appropriate 'Net Use |
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Enjoy Pages |
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Links to Student Tools @2Learn.ca |
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Sites, 'NetSteps, and Menus |
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Issues and Solutions |
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What is 2Learn.ca Today? |
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On Plagiarism |
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The 21st Century Backpack, Locker and Compass! |
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Parenting Support, Health, Nutrition and Guidance |
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Kids Love 2Learn.ca, 2Learn.ca for Teens, Senior High Source |
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You are viewing the enhanced online version
of 2Learn.ca Today! Please print this page for reference. The
printed version of 2Learn.ca Today! is posted monthly in all Alberta
schools' staffrooms by each school's ATA representative.
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