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http://www.applyalberta.ca
Apply Alberta is a new, secure on-line post-secondary application and transcript transfer system.
By fall 2009, students applying to Alberta's public post-secondary institutions will use the new application which you will access through the institutions' websites or via http://www.applyalberta.ca
To help give you the information through the new application process, there will be a series of online demonstrations before the start of next school year.
Career Cruising - Career Paths
We're now able to access Career Cruising, an excellent program to assist students with career pathways.
Username:stalbert Password:careers
www.aadac.com
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, now part of Alberta Health Services, provides excellent information about resources, prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
http://www.mvparents.com/parenting-resources/tips-tools
a wonderful site for helpful tips to building assets with your children
http://www.mvparents.com/archives
Everyday parenting ideas from building strong families to parenting through crises. Check out this site. You won't want to miss it.
http://www.search-institute.org/content/40-developmental-assets-adolescents-ages-12-18
This wonderful site lists the 40 developmental assets for adolescents and provides examples of ways to 'take action' in supporting our teens.
Click here to download the "2009 Job Search + Career Planning + Resume+Interview+ SCCY" powerpoint show.
Click here to download the "2009 Alberta Employment Standards and Job Safety" powerpoint show.
Video game addiction:http://www.video-game-addiction.net/about
Below are the links for the program the Fifth Estate related to Video Game Addiction and another on Addiction to "Second Life" style computer activities. Please note, these are general journalism programs, and not evidence based by any means, but they can both be enlightening to watch and to understand the possible scope of the problem.
Top Gun
Strangers in Paradise:
www.ok2bblue.com
Mental Health for Youth Seeking Support
Homework Hotline
Etraffic Solutions, Canada’s fourth largest educational publisher, has created two no-cost resources for schools:
SchoolWAX.com, the all-in-one homework help site, and
SchoolWAXTV.com, the online video sharing site designed for school use.
Both sites contain only educator-approved content and do not have any third-party advertising. You can feel confident using them in your classroom and comfortable distributing the links to your students for homework. |
