Publicly available teaching resources provided by EYES.
Educator Professional Development
We have launched an all-new professional development program in partnership with the Regina Public Library! Third Tuesday of every month, you can find us from 6:30pm-8:00pm at different branches around Regina offering *FREE* PD sessions- focusing on Digital Literacy! Half utilize technology and coding, and half utilize supplies found in your classroom! Upcoming sessions are:
- October 15th- Binary Bracelets (unplugged): Albert Branch!
- November 19th- VexIQ Robotics: Sherwood Village Branch!
Sign up HERE.
Have you attended one of our PD sessions, and need a copy of the lesson plan? Looking to see what we offer supporting our PD sessions? Interesting in learning on your own time? Take a peek at the free resources below!
- Digital Literacy in the Classroom Presentation
- Ozobot Teacher PD Lesson Plan(s) & Resources
- MaKey-MaKey PD Lesson Plan(s) & Resources
- Hour of Code PD Lesson Plan(s) & Resources
Recommended Reading
- 15 TED Talks that Inspire Design Thinking
- A Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking – Stanford University
- About Innovation and Design – ideation
- Coding and Digital Skills Programs, Actua Canada
- Coding the Future: Actua
- Coding the Future II: Actua
- Design Thinking: A Method for Creative Problem Solving
- Developing Critical Literacies: What We Need to Know is a “Fake News” World
- School Stanford K12 Lab Network Wiki
- Educating for Democracy in a Partisan Age: Confronting the Challenges of Motivated Reasoning and Misinformation
- Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning
- Evaluating Sources in a “Post Truth” World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning about Fake News
- Exploring the Digital Divide: The Use of Digital Technologies in Ontario Public School
- Helping Students Identify Fake News with the Five C’s of Critical Consuming
- How do we teach students to identify fake news?
- How to Choose your news
- It’s Easier to Call a Fact a Fact when It’s one you like
- Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online
- Race Against The Machine: Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee
- School Stanford K12 Lab Network Wiki
- Skills in the Digital Economy where Canada stands and the way forward
- The Art of Education – STEM to STEAM with Design Thinking
- The New Digital Divide: Ensure all students have equitable access to quality digital literacy instruction.