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Digital resources for students, parents and educators available on Surrey Schools ONE

With school starting in a few weeks, the district is reminding families of the digital resources available on Surrey Schools ONE to ready their kids for the first day of school and to support them throughout the new school year.

Launched in 2020, Surrey Schools ONE is an extensive digital library for students, parents and educators to discover a wealth of learning materials, ranging from lesson plans incorporating household items, to newspaper articles encouraging literacy, to mindfulness exercises promoting mental well-being.


Students

Students can filter digital resources based on grade level and subject, with resources for reading and writing, math, science, social studies, art, physical education, ADST (applied design, skills and technologies) and languages.

New this year, Surrey Schools ONE has a page for artificial intelligence in education, featuring the district’s Navigating an AI Future video series and recordings of two in-person presentations on AI:

Also new, the district has shared a series of videos titled Digital Connections for Grade 6 to 8 students, focused on such issues as habits with technology, online relationships, cyber safety, misinformation and your digital footprint. The series was created by Common Sense Education, a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to providing trustworthy information and education to students and families, in collaboration with the Public Library Association and AT&T.

A selection of student activities is also available in the form of interactive games and courses that promote online safety and digital citizenship. The selection includes:

  • Minecraft Education, a lesson that introduces digital theft, media literacy, sharing and harassment concepts through a series of exciting Minecraft activities;
  • Interland: Be Internet Awesome, an engaging online game that teaches kids about digital safety, hackers, phishing and cyberbullying while promoting skills for appropriate online behaviour;
  • Ignition, a self-paced course for Grade 6 to 9 students that teaches modern digital health concepts such as digital emotional intelligence, digital dependency, online privacy and media literacy;
  • Digital Superheroes, a simple page for younger students to learn about safety, kindness, respect and truthfulness while navigating the internet;
  • Ninja Breakout, a series of online games to educate students to protect their private information, practise digital etiquette, seek out credible sources and find balance between the online world and the real world.


Parents

The parent resources expand upon Common Sense Education’s online offerings, with digital citizenship resources for family engagement. These include information on how to have conversations about technology with children at any grade level, increasing media literacy, managing well-being, balancing screentime, maintaining privacy and security, and more. There is also an article on developing and instilling soft skills to support strong online habits, with tips for practising mindfulness, good communication and what to do about cyberbullying.

Parents can also sort digital resources on Surrey Schools ONE by their child’s grade level and look through ideas for engaging with literacy, numeracy and social and emotional learning.

  • Literacy resources range from Strong Start and kindergarten to secondary, and cover skills such as reading and writing, speaking aloud, drawing, word play and sparking conversation.
  • Numeracy resources span all grades and include such focuses as geometry, fractions, equations, integers, percents, ratios and estimates.
  • Social & Emotional resources are for all ages and feature activities to encourage self awareness, mindfulness, inner reflection, healthy breathing exercises and being present.


Educators

Teachers and other educators have a wide variety of digital resources available at their fingertips on Surrey Schools ONE, including digital books, information databases and supports for communicating student learning (CSL), French immersion, arts education and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

The website also features lesson plans broken up by grade level, as well as professional development opportunities spanning numerous subjects and grades. There are also curriculum supports for numerous groups – including Indigenous Peoples learning, learner support team (LST) and inclusive education – as well as collections of resources for Every Child Matters and a deep dive into inquiry-based learning.

Students, parents and educators are all encouraged to check Surrey Schools ONE regularly as the site is continually updated throughout the school year as learning needs and demand evolves.

To explore the resources for yourself, visit surreyschoolsone.ca

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