Technology

School District 14 and School District 18 in partnership with Apple Computers, Brunnet, Covey Basics, Spectrum Education and 3D Datacomm are pleased to announce LearnEast 2.0.12!

LearnEAST 2.0.12  is a summer professional development opportunity for K-12 educators from across New Brunswick and beyond who are involved or interested in technology-rich student learning environments.

Last year over 150 educators from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island attended this event.  Further information regarding this free professional development opportunity for educators is available at: http://learneast.wordpress.com.  "Space is limited so check it out and Register NOW!"

If you have questions, please direct them to members of the organizing committee, Jeff Whipple - SD18 (jeff.whipple@nbed.nb.ca), Jay Colpitts - SD14 (jay.colpitts@gnb.ca) or Bryan Facey (bryan.facey@gnb.ca).
Come and join us in the conversations about a new story of learning!

Tech20Tuesday is a virtual PD series led by New Brunswick educators for New Brunswick educators. Using the SMART Bridgit web-conferencing platform, teachers are invited to meet every Tuesday afternoon from 3:40 until 4:00 - that's right, it's just 20 minutes!  We hope you'll join us each week as we take a quick peek at a new web tool or resource and share one or two ideas about how educators are using it in their classrooms.

A full line-up for the 2011-12 season of Tech20Tuesday is available at http://tech20tuesday.wikispaces.com.  In addition, the Tech20Tuesday PD series is archived and available here.

Image BankThe Image Bank contains thousands of copyright free images that may be downloaded and used for school projects.   Click here to access the NBED Image Bank.

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Enter the type of image you are looking for (e.g. whales) in the Search text box and then click Enter.  You can also search by photographer's name or based on when the images were uploaded to the Image Bank.

Students have access to the image data bank from the Student Portal and can search and retrieve their own images which are copyright free.  Students need to use their NBSS login and password to access

The following electronic research resources are available for the 2011-2012 school year:

• EBSCO - The EBSCO research database collection includes access to: Advanced Placement Source, Book Collection (Non-Fiction), Canadian Literary Centre, Canadian Reference Centre, The High Research and Reference Centre, Science Reference Centre, Kids- Elementary and Middle Research Centre, The Primary Searchasaurus, The Novel List, the Academic Research and Reference Centre and TopicSEARCH.
• World Book Online - French and Spanish
  Provides access to four World Book online services: Kids, Student, French and Spanish
• World Book Online - Kids, Student and Advanced
  Provides access to the following versions of World Book online: Kids, Student, Advanced and Spanish
• National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
  Watch hundreds of films online: documentaries, animations and alternative dramas on the web, on the NFB personalized home page, or on your iPhone. No Password or Username required.

Please contact your homeroom teacher or school library worker for login and password information.  The resources mentioned above can be used at school and at home.