Thames Valley District School Board
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LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS
The Oakridge Library Learning Commons is a welcoming space at the center of the school which provides a vibrant, information-rich, and networked facility to support students and teachers in collaborative and individual learning. The library program is designed to complement the core curriculum in teaching students to be able to read, write, and interact across a range of platforms, tools, media, and cultures, that is, to become transliterate. The library is a place for independent study, small group work, whole class instruction, and recreational reading and is open before and after school, according to the needs of students. CollectionOur collection includes nearly 9 000 items, including over 2500 fiction and 5500 non-fiction books, all tailored to support the Ontario curriculum and students’ interests. Additionally, our students have access to electronic databaseswhich provide a wide range of archived and current full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and reference books. Information TechnologyThe library houses 30 desktop computers and 12 netbooks which provide Internet access as well as software to support student learning. Additionally, wireless access is available for students’ personal devices and 25 ChromeBooks are available for work in the gotvdsb.ca Google environment. Video Production CenterOur Video Production Center (Seminar Room 2) provides students with video production equipment including a green screen, tripods, and iPads and presentation technology including a computer, a VCR, a DVD player, and a digital projector. The room has been designed with theatre-style seating to facilitate presentations. Policies
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