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      <title>Psssst !   New Sex Ed site in the works</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 June 2011 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/sex_education/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[You will finally find it here:  Sex Ed resources for teachers, students and parents.  The new site is under way!]]></description>
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      <title>ERC Teachers Survey:  Tell us what you think and need!</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 March 2011 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/ercsurvey2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Take 5 minutes and fill out the new ERC Teachers Survey:  Tell us what you think and need!]]></description>
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      <title>Faith Shorts film competition for youth</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 March 2011 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.faithshorts.org.uk/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Faith Shorts 2011 gives young people between the ages of 14 and 18 the opportunity to express what their faith means to them in their own words and take this to the global stage by winning the chance to see their film premiered at a ceremony at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).]]></description>
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      <title>Updated Vodzone Video List in ERC PLC</title>
<pubDate>Tues, 21 December 2010 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://sakai.learnquebec.ca:8080/portal/site/429c39e1-6735-4b65-8993-e62ad797f049</link>
      <description><![CDATA[You will find in the PLC - ERC Resources folder,  under videos and images, the updated  ERC lists of videos available  in VoDZone Education for: <br>* Elementary Cycle 1<br>* Elementary Cycles 2 & 3<br>    * Secondary Cycles 1 & 2
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      <title>In Transit- Production available via CLC video network</title>
<pubDate>Tues, 21 December 2010 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/erc_news_features/index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Segal Centre for Performing Arts has created IN TRANSIT, a musical play that addresses the acceptance of cultural differences.   As part of the  Community Learning Centres mandate, this production will be broadcast across the province over the videoconferencing Network.]]></description>
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      <title>Frameworks in Evaluation (New Oct. 2010) </title>
<pubDate>Thurs, 4 November 2010 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/program</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Check out the new Frameworks in Evaluation in our Program section]]></description>
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      <title>Tony Blair Faith Foundation Workshop in Montreal: Joining schools around the world by video conferencing!</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 July 2010 9:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://blogs.learnquebec.ca/wordpress-mu/socialsciences/archives/199</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tony Blair Faith Foundation: promotes the respect and understanding of the world’s major religions and encourages them to work together for common humanitarian goals.  Read on to hear about Montreal workshops and ways to join schools world-wide via video conferencing.]]></description>
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      <title>Sneak peak on the PLC:  s'Cool Features for use in ERC!</title>
<pubDate>Tues, 04 May 2010 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://sakai.learnquebec.ca/portal/site/429c39e1-6735-4b65-8993-e62ad797f049#</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Just posted on the s'Cool site section at LEARN, and accessible via the <a href=http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/community/index.html>ERC PLC</a> for a preview and testing period, these short "features" have been organized in one location for use with the Ethics and Religious Education program, and they will soon show up in our lists of resources on the LEARN ERC site.  But you are getting a sneak peak right away! ]]></description>
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      <title>Free the Children and We Day: APPLY TO JOIN before May 28!</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.freethechildren.com/weschools/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We Day Montreal, an upcoming free event that is part of Free the Children’s We Schools in Action Program. We Day, which aims to raise awareness about important social justice issues and encourage Quebec youth to take action to enact positive change, will take place on November 12th, 2010 at Théâtre St-Denis in Montreal. To learn more about We Day and get a true feel for the event,  visit www.freethechildren.com/weday and watch the video posted on this page, which includes highlights from last year’s events in Toronto and Vancouver.  Register your schools by clicking on the red button that reads "Apply to join We Schools"]]></description>
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      <title>Sneak peak on the PLC:  s'Cool Features for use in ERC!</title>
<pubDate>Tues, 04 May 2010 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://sakai.learnquebec.ca/portal/site/429c39e1-6735-4b65-8993-e62ad797f049#</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Just posted on the s'Cool site section at LEARN, and accessible via the <a href=http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/community/index.html>ERC PLC</a> for a preview and testing period, these short "features" have been organized in one location for use with the Ethics and Religious Education program, and they will soon show up in our lists of resources on the LEARN ERC site.  But you are getting a sneak peak right away! ]]></description>
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      <title>Virtual tours of places of worship</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 April 2010 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/cycle2_content/ek3_1734.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recently tagged, these videos provided by the RECIT team for Personal Development (French Sector) provide an excellent exposure to young students and/or visual learners wishing to explore different places of worship.  The virtual tours are using QTVR (Quicktime) technology.  Look for the "hotspots" and tour around the different areas of the buildings. ]]></description>
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      <title>Video Launch:  Classroom Conversations about ERC</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/erc_media/ercconversations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Part of the "From the Field" video series, this is a new LEARN-sponsored project. In this video Teachers express their opinions, discuss their own experiences, share teaching strategies, and learn about the new ERC program and its objectives as they go.  Students are observed grappling with new concepts and skills related to the three subject competencies.]]></description>
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      <title> ERC PLC - An Ethics and Religious Culture Professional Learning Community</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/community/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New for 2009.  LEARN is providing an online collaborative space for an ERC Professional Learning Community (PLC).  Think of it as a place where we can all share resources and experiences delivering the new Ethics and Religious Culture program. .]]></description>
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      <title>Secondary Cycle 2 Learning Situation: Human Footprints: Where are we going</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/sec_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Students are encouraged to recognize that there are different ways of looking at the future of humanity with regard to the relationship between human beings and the environment. They are invited to examine some contemporary situations in order to analyze the current challenges and consider possible actions or options. During their explorations, students are asked to consider some of the fundamental questions that human beings have asked themselves, such as “Where are we going?,” and to refer to religious, philosophical, and scientific texts in order to understand the various answers concerning the relationship between human beings and the environment.]]></description>
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      <title>Elementary  Learning Situations:  A Diverse Menu - Actions That Make a Difference - Forms of Religious Expression</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
<link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/elem_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A few new updates in our collection of Elementary Cycle 2 and Cycle 3 LESs. A Diverse Menu, Actions That Make a Difference, and Forms of Religious Expression are the titles available.  ]]></description>
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      <title>Elementary Cycle 1 Learning Situation: Stories About Key Figures: Memorable Births </title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/elem_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The aim of this learning and evaluation situation is to evaluate the development of the competency in religious culture. The student should be able to recount in his/her own words the stories of the births of some key figures from various religious traditions. He/she should also be able to identify some cultural references, such as celebrations, which come from these stories. He/she should also be able to associate each story with its religious tradition of origin.]]></description>
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      <title>Elementary Learning Situation: Celebrations of Light .</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/elem_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To help students discover family celebrations, rites and rituals, and make them aware of the fact that families celebrate key events in a variety of ways. To help students explore forms of celebration in their own families and in those of others.]]></description>
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      <title>Secondary Cycle 2 Learning Situation: Religions Down Through Time.</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/sec_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To help students become aware that understanding a religious tradition requires knowledge of the significant events in its history. To draw upon the history of religious traditions to identify the key events to help students explain the meaning and role of these events in order to put them in context. ]]></description>
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      <title>Secondary Cycle 1 Learning Situation: Supernatural Beings.</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/erc/sec_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To help students become aware that different cultures and religious traditions have numerous ways of representing supernatural beings, such as angels, devils, demons and spirits. To help students understand the diversity of representations of supernatural beings found in society and the religions from which such representations are derived.]]></description>
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      <title>Elementary Learning Situation: Values and Norms in religious and spiritual traditions.</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/elem_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To help students recognize that religions embody values and norms that dictate the behaviours and attitudes to be adopted toward oneself and others in order to foster community life. To help students explore the moral dimension of religions by drawing upon examples from key writings.]]></description>
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      <title>Elementary ERC: Two New Learning Situations!</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/elem_mels_les.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two new LESs produced by the Ministry were posted to the LEARN site.  (March 2009).  They are entitled: 1) Interdependent Relationships in Families, and 2) The Company We Keep: Defining the Self Within the Group.]]></description>
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      <title>ERC Resources: Tagging of Discovery Videos and more!</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum_elem/personal_development/erc/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Various Discovery Channel videos available through LEARN have been tagged according to the QEP programs.  Browse resources in both elementary and secondary ERC sections for more information.]]></description>
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      <title>ICT Strategies: Various learning approaches using technology in the classroom</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/ict/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recently translated from the French RECITDP site, these learning approaches suggest ways teachers can use technology in gym and in the classroom.]]></description>
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      <title>Videos for Personal Development</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/personal_dev/pd_videos.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Videos relevant to the subjects within the Personal Development domain. Topics include diversity, religious sites, bullying, self-esteem, nutrition, health, etc.]]></description>
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      <title>Ethics and Religious Culture</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/rentree/sections/en/texte_programme_ethique.asp</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Update on the new Ethics and Religious Culture Program]]></description>
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