This week instead of having our typical zoom class we attended Focus ED AI education sessions. I attended the “NFB K-12: More than Just Great Canadian Films!”, and “The Digital Classroom for K-12 Teacher-Librarians & Leads”. We also got access to the Focus ED website that has so many resources for a variety of grade levels and content areas. I really liked the NFB resource, found some super cool lessons. One lesson I found to be particularly interesting was addressed the inquiry of why are mountain lakes often so blue https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2024/05/09/edu-mini-lesson-for-losing-blue/. The site had a few in depth videos, summaries, activities, and more! I bookmarked this site to use in the future because it was so good. The info session I attended was on this site so it was even more impactful. Another site I found through Focus ED was national geographic kids https://go-gale-com.bc.idm.oclc.org/ps/dispBasicSearch.do?userGroupName=bcdc&prodId=NGMK. This site has so many resources about nature including magazines, books, posters, and videos. I really thought the books and videos were cool! I found this one on the “Deadliest Animals on the Planet”

The next site I found through Focus ED was ClickView https://www-clickview-net.bc.idm.oclc.org/middle. This site has educational videos for many different subjects but it’s mainly for middle school. Even though Im planning to teach elementary school I still bookmarked this site as It could come in handy at some point!

I really found these resources and info sessions to be useful!