Each of the WBLRD resources was created by Saskatchewan educators. Individual or teams of teachers were provided with release time and curricular and technical supports to create Web resources aligned to Saskatchewan curricula or in support of the work of provincial educators. The Ministry of Education (formerly Saskatchewan Learning) worked through the Educational Technology Consortium to provide project leadership and financial support to the teacher-developers.  To see who created a resource, click on the Credits link beside each project thumbnail.

The resources are meant to support the instruction of Saskatchewan curricula or to provide educators with information that will assist them in improving their professional practice. The resources are not courses but may be used by educators in their face-to-face instruction or in distance instruction. Educators are encouraged to modify the resources to satisfy their instructional needs. Parents, students and other educational stakeholders are encouraged to use the resources to facilitate learning.

Resources may be used "as is" from the Internet or parts, such as assignment pages or assessment templates, may be opened and saved to the user's computer. Many of the resources contain documents in multiple formats, including .doc and .rft files, which may be downloaded for use as is or for modification. Each complete site may also be downloaded in zip format and unzipped for use from a local computer or on a local network.

The WBLRD resource developers were tasked with creating orginal resources that could be freely used and modified by users. Developers were also required to secure permission from copyright holders to place any materials not of their own design on the open Web.

Users with questions about copyright may contact the project developers or the Webmaster (karen.henderson@gov.sk.ca) with their questions.

Resources with an asterisk are "additional" resources. That means that more than one development project for a given curriculum or topic has been undertaken. The second resource created to support a particular area has an asterisk to denote that it has been created as an addition to the array of resources already available.

The custom search that is provided on each resource page is limited to searching the WBLRD resources. Simply type one or more words or phrases (search terms) that best describe what you are looking for and click the Search button. A search results page will open with a list of the Web pages, from the WBLRD resources, with the most relevant Web page listed first.

Choose your search terms carefully as the search engine looks through all of the Web pages for the terms you use. The search engine will only return pages that contain all of the search terms you choose. There is no need to use "+" or "and" between search terms. The search is not case sensitive.

For more information on searching using a Google search engine, please see Google's Web Search Help Center.

In response to the to the volatile nature of the Internet, efforts to "evergreen" the WBLRD resources have begun. Evergreening is the process of repairing broken links in Web pages. The resources that have been evergreened are shown with this symbol after the resource title: . Where possible, replacement links have been provided throughout the evergreeened resource.

Absolutely. Read through the lesson for key words that you might use in a search engine that would provide suitable replacement links.

Should you come across a broken link in a WBLRD resource, please report it by sending mail to karen.henderson@gov.sk.ca. When you do so, please provide the following information, and the broken links will be updated as soon as possible.