Standard: Facilitating Collaborative Engagement to Cultivate and Empower a Community of Learners
Theme: National and Global Engagement
Growth Phase: Emerging
Growth Indicator: Students are introduced to a wide range of print, digital and human resources to build awareness of national and global issues.
An Ontario school district virtual LC presents a wide variety of multi-faceted resources have been curated to support the grade 12 “Challenge and Change in Society” course work.
Upper Canada District School Board. (2023, January 27). Grade 12: Challenge and Change in Society (HSB4U): Global Social Challenges. Retrieved from https://vlc.ucdsb.ca/c.php?g=708047&p=5041269
This author and education consultant based in Epsom, UK, shares an inspiring example of cross-cultural cooperation through their BRIDGE project – a multilingual, multinational effort funded by the European Erasmus+ program (European Commission, 2024). This project united partners from Spain, Italy, Finland, Turkey, Greece, and England to contemplate the unique challenges of integrating information and digital literacy competencies across diverse nations, resulting in an open-access portal packed with multilingual picture books and digital materials covering many diverse topics. Includes how to use the portal, results examples, and a detailed record.
Pavey, S. (2024, May 22). Building a BRIDGE to information and digital literacy competencies: A new free resource for elementary schools. Canadian School Library Journal 8(2). https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/building-a-bridge-to-information-and-digital-literacy-competencies-a-new-free-resource-for-elementary-schools/