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Are you looking for a worksheet
for Spanish 11 verb conjugation or a multi-media clip for
Social Studies on the History of Money? Do you need to assess
your Grade 5 students’ grasp of fractions and decimals?
Have you created the perfect classroom activity on brainstorming
and are anxious to share it with your colleagues?
 Imagine
a place where you can access and share learning resources.
Picture a province-wide community of BC teachers who create,
update, review and improve resources for all members to share.
Now you can stop imagining and start participating.
The Educators’ Resource Centre (ERC) encourages the
sharing of learning resources for Kindergarten to Grade 12
among 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 provide feedback and suggestions for use
of the resources they access. |
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- Intuitive, user-friendly interface
- Access to a collection of learning and
Pro-D resources contributed by BC educators, Open School
BC, COOL School and many other organizations
- Flexible search options, from simple to advanced
- Ability to save search results
- Browsing options by course and grade level
- Flexible delivery options—download
or link to a resource
- Simple, easy-to-follow contribution method
- Internal community message board
- Peer commenting area for feedback on resources and suggestions for use
- Notify and receive notification about new learning resources
- Simple-to-use editing tool for sequencing, assembling, and authoring learning activities
- Easy-to-follow online tutorials
- Help desk support provided
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The ERC has grown!
Open School BC has been working to make the ERC the complete online
resource site for British Columbia K-12 teachers. In addition to resources
contributed by BC educators we have been adding material from agencies
from around the province. We now have contribution agreements with
a variety of organizations that enable us to offer even more content
in the ERC.
Some of the organizations that have made interesting, useful and entertaining
resource contributions include:
Royal BC Museum and BC Archives | Library
and Archives Canada | Provincial Capital Commission | COOL
School | Parks Canada | Statistics
Canada | BC
Transplant Society | Environment Canada | Natural
Resources Canada | BC Hydro | BC Dairy Foundation
Open School BC thanks these organizations for their involvement in the ERC and
we are very pleased to offer their resources to teachers. We continue to have
discussions with many other organizations and to establish new contribution agreements
to bring even more knowledge, resources and value to the ERC. |
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Community Focused
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Whether you’re a teacher
in Fort St. John, Kitimat, or Vancouver, the ERC allows BC educators
to join together and create an online community. Teachers can comment,
offer feedback and suggestions for use on various learning resources
through an internal rating system. Teachers can also start a dialogue,
pose questions and share opinions through the community message board. |
Accessible and Flexible |
A wide variety of learning resources are
accessible through any standard Internet browser. Members can contribute
and access teaching material for either online or print based lessons.
With your user ID and password access is available everywhere; the classroom,
the library, or even from home. |
Helpful |
If the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) area or user documentation can’t resolve your questions then ERC Support will. Help is available for all of your queries, whether it’s navigating the ERC website, using the search function, issues with your account, or helping you upload a file. |
Technical Support |
The ERC application runs on the latest Sun Systems server technology and is managed by a team of experienced Information Technology professionals. |
Purchasing and Obtaining More Information |
The ERC is available to any school or school district through purchase of an annual license. To obtain more information on ERC please contact erc@openschool.bc.ca. |
Try It Now
Guest login to the ERC
Want to check out the Educators' Resource Centre for yourself? You can!
The ERC has a guest login area to view sample
learning resources housed within the resource centre. To login simply
select 'Guest Login' from the login page of the ERC.
Try the Educators' Resource Centre
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