Monday, December 4th

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 & 2 – FSF3U7-11/12/13

Mr. Matchett and Ms. Parsekhian’s Grade 11 IB French classes are coming in to work on their research on La culture francophone.

There’s a whole big world of French resources online, following these slides to take to you where you need to go.

French Resources

 

Advice….. for what it’s worth.

  • Pick something that you haven’t researched before. If you go down the same path, you won’t be terribly inspired.
  • Into sports? Instead of looking at Maurice Richard or the Montreal Olympics you could look at Youppi or why Quebec football teams are so dominant at the Highschool and University level?
  • Think creatively of what French resources you could research. TFO, TVA, CBC TelevisionTélé-Québec, RDS are all major sources of Quebec and Francophone culture…

 

Wednesday, November 29th

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

 

Period 1 – HSP3U1-11

Ms. Belevski’s HSP class is coming in to work on the Mental Health Case File. For this assignment, you’ll need quality resources from different areas. The Library’s Mental Health print collection is fairly well established, covering many different topics that will be helpful.

To access them, use our Catalogue; found on the Virtual Library. The Catalogue also provides you access to streaming video and other electronic resources. When off site,  you’ll need to log in with your TDSB information.

Other digital sources can be found in the following slideshow but Advanced Placement source might be the most important.

 

Another valuable source would be the Vanier Institute of the Family, which has an awful interface but excellent research on mental health and its impact upon families.

Resources for the HSP3U

Period 2 – CHV2O1-13

Today Ms. Belevski class will continue work on the YPI project, one of the most important components of the Civics course.

 

Today you are focusing on Peer Review. We suggest you look at the IB Judge’s Criteria here.

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative’s wesbite (goypi.org) would be a good place to continue researching your charity.

This Slider will help you learn to navigate a charity’s website to find useful information.

  • The donate page has lots of information about how to help an organization. This includes the financial data.

 

Links From Last Time

Community Knowledge Centre is a very easy-to-use way to find charities in different parts of the city.

Charity Village also has some resources, but as the listings are province-wide, you’ll need to do more digging.

Volunteer Services Toronto has a great list of charities in the 416 too.

The Ontario School Library Association has a great social activism primer that can be found HERE.

You want yet another list of charities? Of course you do! 211 Toronto has another amazing list of charities here.

Revenue Canada has a list of all officially recognized charities. For a charity to be eligible, it needs to be on this list.

 

Wednesday, November 22

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – HSP3U

Ms. Magson’s class is back for a second period. Please check yesterday’s lesson for the resources provided.

 

Period 2/3/4 – CGC1D

Mr. Grosney’s class will be working on ARC GIS.

ARC GIS For Schools is your portal to the service.

The following PDFs provide instructions for using ArcGIS.

Tuesday, November 21

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – PLF4M1-11

Ms. Savage’s Leadership class will be coming in to work on their Research.

For the research, I’d suggest the following links on the Virtual Library.

The Canadian Encylopedia
The Gale Virtual Reference Library
Advanced Placement Source
Biography.com
The Players Tribune

 

Resources for the PLF4M

Citation

For this assignment, you will be using the APA school of citation. Remember that includes in-text citation and a References page at the end of the essay. We’ll go

The file discussed with the class for easy access can be found here The APA Working File.

Remember to look to OWL @ Purdue for other questions that arise about citation. It’s where Mr. Kosowan or Ms. Vilicic go when we’re looking for information about citation.

 

Period 2 – HSP3U1-11

Ms. Magson’s HSP class is coming in to work on the Mental Health Case File. For this assignment, you’ll need quality resources from different areas. The Library’s Mental Health print collection is fairly well established, covering many different topics that will be helpful.

To access them, use our Catalogue; found on the Virtual Library. The Catalogue also provides you access to streaming video and other electronic resources. When off site,  you’ll need to log in with your TDSB information.

 

Other digital sources can be found in the following slideshow but Advanced Placement source might be the most important.

 

Another valuable source would be the Vanier Institute of the Family, which has an awful interface but excellent research on mental health and its impact upon families.

Resources for the HSP3U

 

Thursday, November 16th

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1/2/3 – CHV2O1-11, 13, 15

Today Ms. Belevski and Ms. Cross’s classes will continue work on the YPI project, one of the most important components of the Civics course.

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative’s wesbite (goypi.org) would be a good place to continue researching your charity.

This Slider will help you learn to navigate a charity’s website to find useful information.

  • The donate page has lots of information about how to help an organization. This includes the financial data.

 

Links From Last Time

Community Knowledge Centre is a very easy-to-use way to find charities in different parts of the city.

Charity Village also has some resources, but as the listings are province-wide, you’ll need to do more digging.

Volunteer Services Toronto has a great list of charities in the 416 too.

The Ontario School Library Association has a great social activism primer that can be found HERE.

You want yet another list of charities? Of course you do! 211 Toronto has another amazing list of charities here.

Revenue Canada has a list of all officially recognized charities. For a charity to be eligible, it needs to be on this list.

Wednesday, November 15

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – ENG1P1-11

Ms. Gaudette’s English class is here to work on their Sketches Assignment.

Click here to download a scanned PDF of your Homelessness Research Assignment

All the links you need to complete the assignment can be found below.

Sketch

The Homeless Hub

Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth

Toronto Drop In Network

The YMCA

City of Toronto Shelter, Support & Housing Administration

Homes First

Stepstones For Youth

Toronto Health Services

Covenant House

The United Way

Period 2 – ENG2D1-11

Ms. Vilicic’s Class is coming to work on their ISUs.

 

Period 3

 

Period 4– ENG3U71-13

Mr. Welsh’s class is coming to work on their supervised writing.

Tuesday, November 14th

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – 

 

Period 2 –

 

Period 3 and 4– GPP3O1-12/11

Ms. Magson and Ms. Alexander’s PEER Leadership class will be back in the Library working on their Lit Review.

When we last saw you in Mid-October, you had just worked on selecting your research topics and we went through different sources for your research. Some of those sources hopefully included….

 

The Virtual Library’s Educator Resources  are used by Teachers when they need to do related research in the field of education. Seems like a solid place to go….. Use the different databases found here and be sure to keep a record of each source as it’ll make citation far easier.

 

The Advanced Placement Source also provides elite-level access to a high-achieving academic database. With access to thousands of peer-reviewed journals and other academically viable sources of research, the AP Source should be used heavily in your research. Passwords for the AP Source can be found in your Student Agenda or on the Learnmarks provided to Homeforms in September.

  • Passwords can be found in your student agenda or on the Learnmarks provided to your Homeform in September.

Citation

For this assignment, you will be using the APA school of citation. Remember that includes in-text citation and a References page at the end of the essay. We’ll go

The file discussed with the class for easy access can be found here The APA Working File.

Remember to look to OWL @ Purdue for other questions that arise about citation. It’s where Mr. Kosowan or Ms. Vilicic go when we’re looking for information about citation.

 

Monday, November 13th

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – CHV2O1-11

Today Ms. Cross’ class will be introduced to the YPI project, one of the most important components of the Civics course.

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative has created a thorough website, supporting everyone involved in the process. That wesbite can be found here at goypi.org

After exploring the website, group members should consider what kind of social cause they would like to explore before deciding upon a charity.

Helpful Links

Community Knowledge Centre is a very easy-to-use way to find charities in different parts of the city.

Charity Village also has some resources, but as the listings are province-wide, you’ll need to do more digging.

Volunteer Services Toronto has a great list of charities in the 416 too.

The Ontario School Library Association has a great social activism primer that can be found HERE.

You want yet another list of charities? Of course you do! 211 Toronto has another amazing list of charities here.

Revenue Canada has a list of all officially recognized charities. For a charity to be eligible, it needs to be on this list.

YPI has a great page providing for advice on how to create great presentations. It’s good advice for this presentation, as well as others you’ll work on later on in your academic careers.

 

Period 2 – CHV2O1-13

Today Ms.  Belevski’s class will be introduced to the YPI project, one of the most important components of the Civics course.

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative has created a thorough website, supporting everyone involved in the process. That wesbite can be found here at goypi.org

After exploring the website, group members should consider what kind of social cause they would like to explore before deciding upon a charity.

Helpful Links

Community Knowledge Centre is a very easy-to-use way to find charities in different parts of the city.

Charity Village also has some resources, but as the listings are province-wide, you’ll need to do more digging.

Volunteer Services Toronto has a great list of charities in the 416 too.

The Ontario School Library Association has a great social activism primer that can be found HERE.

You want yet another list of charities? Of course you do! 211 Toronto has another amazing list of charities here.

Revenue Canada has a list of all officially recognized charities. For a charity to be eligible, it needs to be on this list.

YPI has a great page providing for advice on how to create great presentations. It’s good advice for this presentation, as well as others you’ll work on later on in your academic careers.

 

Period 3 – ENG4U1-12

Ms. Muzzi’s class is working on their reflective Statement.

 

Period 4 CHV2O1-15

Today Ms.  Cross’ class will be introduced to the YPI project, one of the most important components of the Civics course.

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative has created a thorough website, supporting everyone involved in the process. That wesbite can be found here at goypi.org

After exploring the website, group members should consider what kind of social cause they would like to explore before deciding upon a charity.

Helpful Links

Community Knowledge Centre is a very easy-to-use way to find charities in different parts of the city.

Charity Village also has some resources, but as the listings are province-wide, you’ll need to do more digging.

Volunteer Services Toronto has a great list of charities in the 416 too.

The Ontario School Library Association has a great social activism primer that can be found HERE.

You want yet another list of charities? Of course you do! 211 Toronto has another amazing list of charities here.

Revenue Canada has a list of all officially recognized charities. For a charity to be eligible, it needs to be on this list.

YPI has a great page providing for advice on how to create great presentations. It’s good advice for this presentation, as well as others you’ll work on later on in your academic careers.

Thursday, November 9

Extended Essay Formatting Workshop

Good morning scholars.

Remember that the presentation and appearance of your Extended Essay are worth a considerable 4/34 marks. Please ensure that your Essay meets those parameters.

Attached you can find the files covered in today’s lunchtime session.

Powerpoint
EE Formatting

Sample PDFs
Sample Table of Contents
Sample Title Page

 

For help with your citation and referencing, please remember to consult with Mr. Kosowan, Ms. Vilicic or your mentor. You can also look at OWL @ Purdue for more help.

The MLA Working File
The APA Working File
Chicago – Student Guide

 

Here are the only external links regarding the E.E. you should look at.
Assessment of the Extended Essay
Subject Specific Guidance
The Reflection Process and Submission

Also remember, if you never need help with the Extended Essay or are feeling overwhelmed; contact Mr. Kosowan or your mentor.

Thursday, November 9

Curated Resources for Classes in the Library Today

Welcome to the Library!

Period 1 – HFN2O1-11

Today Mr. Wong’s class will be covering how to write a Reference list using APA school formatting rules. The first step is to use the following document. The APA Working File

Remember the examples provided for you in class and consult with OWL @ Purdue for additional guidance. You can ask your Teacher-Librarians for assistance too.

On the Library Website, we’d suggest you look at the Health & Phys Ed resources found under our Search index. There you will find lots of vetted resources that cover health (and lack of health) issues across Canada and the world.

We’d also suggest you look at the different groups across Canada that address these particular diseases.

Diabetes
High Blood Pressure
High Cholesterol
Cancer
Obesity
Osteoperosis
Heart Disease

 

Period 2 – ENG4C/E1-11

Your have the opportunity to read a book as part of your Culminating Assignment. A collection of books was laid out on the tables and cart and the Library Catalogue is also an option for you to find books.

 

Period 3 – ENG4U1-12

 

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