Resources for Manitoba Teachers

This week we had a couple more people for Manitoba Education come to talk to us about the different resources that are available to us as teachers.

First there is Maple, a social networking site for Manitoba Teachers. On this site there are resources for almost any subject you can think of as well as announcements about upcoming events. All you need is a username and password.

Next is Blackboard, which allows anyone to view online courses in most of the compulsory subjects for high school. These courses are particularly useful for teachers who are teaching a subject that they have never taught before. This site even lets you create your own course! I will be talking more about blackboard in a future blog post as one of my tech tasks.

These presentations have been very helpful because I was unaware of all of the resources that are available to teachers. I know that many of my friends have gone straight to Pinterest anytime that they needed a fun idea for an activity but sometimes when searching in Pinterest you have to sort through a lot of mediocre ideas before you find something that fits. Whereas on Maple or Blackboard it is very easy to find what you are looking for.