Author: shawnlank

* A compilation of a variety of links to adult education materials/ other resources…divided by general categories and research categories

* Not much to say about the look of the site, except that it is clear and organized.

* EXCELLENT START to research on adult education topics

http://etc.usf.edu/adult_ed/index.htm

* a blog with a specific focus on Adult Education and Technology 

* Marion Thatcher is “Keeping an eye on technology for the adult education classroom and beyond”.

* contains links to many useful educational tools to use in a classroom.

      – such as Storybird, asite that uses donated art to for students to use to tell a visual/media story

      – could be used to help students gain deeper knowledge of a concept taught in class if they have an assignment that has them regurgitate the info from class into a visual format to share with other students.

* This blog site will help any teacher looking for tech ideas for teaching tools to help engage the techno savy students these days.

http://marianthacher.blogspot.com/

*  United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

* Aim is to promote and improve the integration of Education for Sustainable Development into the educational strategies and action plans at all levels and sectors of education in all countries.

* Multimedia teacher education programme = 100 hours

*  Can be accessed and used in a great many ways by teachers, student teachers, teacher educators, curriculum developers, education policy makers and authors of educational materials: FOR FREE

* This website is valuable for people wanting to research ways to improve their skills in a specific area – perhaps it can be twisted to focus on aboriginal adult education somehow…am looking into it further.

http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/index.htm

* Is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world.

* Free-access website, written mainly by Southern-based contributors

* Regularly add dossiers, spotlights, ‘quick guides’ and ‘news focuses’ on specific subjects, in addition to a growing amount of regular news coverage.

* Raising awareness of indigenous knowledge in science and technology education by Zane Ma Rhea

* Helpful if researching for cross curricular materials to teach at a highschool level

External Link listed = UNESCO Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future

http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/index.htm

http://www.scidev.net/en/policy-briefs/raising-awareness-of-indigenous-knowledge-in-scien.html

The website for i-tec is an infomation site that explains how they help indigenous churches. Their focus is on enabling indigenous churches to overcome the technological and educational hurdles that stand in the way of their independence. “Technology” used by i-tec are not necessarily computers or distance learning but actually equipment and training to help remote indigenous groups with little or no access to transportation, dentistry, medical care or even the know-how to maintain equipment on their own. The links involved are internal and only go to other information pages, a contact list, a store and a donation page. This site would be of use to anyone researching the types of technology being used in remote indigenous locations.

http://itecusa.org/

http://www.firstperspective.ca/

The First Perspective is a site dedicated to aboriginal news and careers in the business world. The focus of which is aboriginal politics in Canada which utilizes an Ottawa watch section. The site is a collection of news articles collected by the site administrator and posted in various sections. This site would be a useful tool in finding primary resources like newspaper articles on recent events. There are no links to outside websites.

http://www.saymag.com/

Say Magazine is a national magazine for and about native youth. It features several themed editions editions geared to lifestyles of all ages. The website is subscription based with archived editions available as summaries only. The most useful part of this site was the links section. It was categorized for ease of researching more sites pertaining to aboriginal events, news or even education.

http://www.ammsa.com/node/7914

The website for the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society says they are an “independent Aboriginal communications organization.”  They also claim to provide “objective, mature and balanced coverage of news, information and entertainment relevant to Aboriginal issues and peoples while maintaining profound respect for the values, principles and traditions of Aboriginal people.” The site has a multitude of links that would take the reader to other aboriginal magazines and community news, such as BC Raven’s Eye or Alberta’s Aboriginal Publication. The site also leads to archived articles and an Edmonton aboriginal radio station. This site, with it’s archived articles is useful for conducting any kind of research. The site even had an Ipad scavenger hunt, which in itself is supporting the use of technology.

http://www.cstc.bc.ca/cstc/43/saikuz%20first%20nation

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Counsil website holds a wealth of information. Resources available included info on history, such as the tribe names which came from the places where they traditionally settled. Also, animal stories with the lesson explained. Even Legal information such as treaty info, residential schools info and info about the counsil structure and why leaders were chosen.

Links to other sites were limited and not updated. Those that I did find supported the info found on that webpage but went to broken or removed sites.

This site is very useful if one was researching legal issues the First Nations of that area found important. The pages could be used to enhance the community reality of those who lived within the Carrier Sekani boundaries and support indigenous knowledge sharing, such as the local history of tribal names.

http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca

http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/community/site.nsf/eng/fn615.html

The Aboriginal Canada Portal is a government of Canada website which describes all the First Nations Communities. The specific link I looked at was for the Saik’uz First Nation. The only resaources available are links to other sites related to government either, federal or local First Nations governance. If someone was researching the location of a First Nations community or perhaps trying to find a link to the local community, the info on the website would be useful.