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| Technology Integration Database The Technology Integration Data Base is developed through the joint efforts of Calgary Academy Teachers and the inlets Digital Media Centre (DMC). Individual teachers meet with the members of the DMC to look at Units they will be teaching in the near future. The teachers should identify key concepts in these units that are difficult to teach through traditional methods and activities. They should come in knowing what the most important learning outcomes are for the unit. |
| Calgary Academy Flash Tools This bank represents different types of learning objects available to Calgary Academy teachers, students, and parents. All animations in the Bank require FLASH 7. Please download and install the player prior to viewing. |
| inlets inlets is a Canadian, Calgary-based educational facility and consulting service that assists in implementing the characteristics of effective schools. We are committed to improving school performance and to exceeding customer expectations. Consulting and in-service work with schools and school districts began in 1989. Since the establishment of inlets in 1998, this work has grown to include provincial, national and international contracts. We are continuing to expand our products and methods of outreach and support. Our Digital Media Centre is currently developing new ways to share learned information through interactive CD-ROM development and on-line applications. |
| MSN Learning and Research Encarta Online is the premier resource for interactive online learning, containing a broad range of educational content and tools to help you learn almost anything. |
| ERIC: Education Resources Information Center ERIC is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature. ERIC, established in 1966, is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and the National Library of Education. |
| Learning Disabilities Association of America The Learning Disabilities Association of America is a national, nonprofit organization. Our purpose is to advance the education and general welfare of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinate nature. |
| Virginia Office of Special Education "Leadership in the classroom requires more than natural aptitude, however. One of the long-standing responsibilities of the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education is to help talented young teachers -- as well as teachers with years of experience - develop and refine their mastery of pedagogy." |
| National Center for Learning Disabilities NCLD's mission is to increase opportunities for all individuals with learning disabilities (LD) to achieve their potential. We accomplish our mission by increasing public awareness and understanding, conducting educational programs and services that promote research-based knowledge, and providing national leadership in shaping public policy. LD.org is a critically important tool that enables NCLD to intensify services across all three area. |
| The Calgary Learning Center Calgary Learning Centre activities are designed to advance knowledge and improve services for people of all ages with learning problems which affect their social, emotional and intellectual development. These people often function normally in many areas. A learning problem may not become evident until the individual is placed in a specific learning situation. A learning problem may manifest itself in areas such as reading, mathematics, written language and could be related to more general processes such as attention, memory or social skills. |
| Council for Exceptional Children The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice. |