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| The AC Learning Commons is a combination of traditional and modern mixed together.
The Learning Commons is the focal point for the school. There is an automated card catalogue that allows students to search the shelves and vertical files (Newfoundland and General). Two computers are dedicated to running Library Pro. As well, there are 16 additional computers, a scanner and a digital camera for student use. A Computer Resource Lab with thirty-four additional computers is also available for sign -out. This lab is equipped with a multi-media computer, scanner, and PC viewer. There is digital picture, video and audio production capabilities along with a small interview room. Students can loan out a digital camera, or digital video camera. |
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"Preparing students today for tomorrow's workforce has a lot to do with teaching about how to use and evaluate knowledge. The Internet is rapidly becoming the biggest repository of information we have ever known. The key will be in our ability to find, evaluate and use the information it provides. We need to teach analytical and organizational skills. Students must know how to evaluate data. Gone are then days when students spent their time memorizing facts that were readily available at their fingertips. Students need to learn communication and study skills. We must give them the type of tools that prepare them for lifelong learning, so they know how to study and how to evaluate the importance of what they learn." Leight, M. Converge (December 2000, 3(12) 11.
Marina Leight, director of the Center for Digital |