We'll be watching more movies, (some might even fall into the category of educational!), playing team Scrabble, doing a bit of origami, decorating gingerbread houses, participating in food bank events and experimenting with turning trash into treasures (I've got an idea about taking a horrible lamp and giving it a make-over). I'll be creative about the itinerary, and if I notice people on the sidelines I'll puzzle about how to bring them into the hub of the centre.

Hilary Kennedy UCFV Hope Centre Coordinator

I'm running on the belief that if the menu of activities is broad enough, the door to selfesteem and a sense of belonging will open. Once that door is open – who knows, maybe the door to dividing decimal fractions will swing open too.

Open School BC, a division of the Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services, with a long history of providing educational resources and services to BC teachers, is offering the Educators Resource Centre service to all BC teachers. As an online service, the ERC provides teachers with the ability to search, download for use, and contribute a variety of learning resources. Teachers are also encouraged to share feedback and suggestions for use on the resources they access.

This "digital filing cabinet" is a provincial resource, and contains material from a number of contributors, including Open School BC, COOL School, Royal BC Museum, BC Archives, Library and Archives Canada, Parks Canada, Statistics Canada, Provincial Capital Commission and many more.

For more information and a sample of the resources available please visit erc.openschool.bc.ca.

From: EdInfo Digest http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/news/report/.