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Essid, Joe; Wilde, Fran – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
Effective virtual simulations can embed participants in imaginary worlds. Researchers working in virtual worlds and gaming often refer to "immersion," a state in which a participant or player loses track of time and becomes one with the simulation. Immersive settings have been shown to deepen learning. Ken Hudson's work with students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Role Playing
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This curriculum support document, for English Language Arts, Senior Years, grades 9-12, in Manitoba, is intended to suggest general strategies along with specific formats and activities for teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and thinking skills, and for the study of literature and language. The document's nine sections are as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Young, Carol – 2001
This teacher guide contains teaching and learning activities to accompany "Room for Five," a video series developed by Alberta Learning. The teacher guide is designed to give teachers ideas for using and connecting the videos from the series to the outcomes of the new Alberta curricular programs. It features student activities for the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Panuska, Janet A. – 1989
This paper offers a sample selection of exercises from the text "Rapid Transit to Sentence Writing," which is based on the idea that learning to write a sentence is a process which involves understanding the relationship of the parts of the sentence to the whole sentence. The book received the 1989 Innovative Teaching Honors Award from…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Colleges, Creative Teaching, English Instruction
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Zaharias, Jane Ann – English Journal, 1989
Examines tasks provided for students in most literature textbooks used in the United States, noting that these tasks typically control students' responses to literature. Relates these tasks to current theory and research on the reading process. Describes activities from literature texts used in Canada that facilitate literary response. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Reader Response
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1991
Intended as a practical planning and instructional tool, this teacher resource manual is a support document developed to assist teachers responsible for implementing the Senior High English Language Arts Program in Alberta, Canada. The manual's five main sections are: (1) Senior High English Language Arts in Alberta: Overview; (2) Developing the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1990
This teacher resource manual is intended to assist classroom teachers to implement Alberta, Canada's high school Integrated Occupational English Program. The manual, seen as a practical planning and instructional tool to support the "Program of Studies/Curriculum Guide," contains additional information about: the goals and objectives of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum