Digital Literacy
- Digital Literacy - GCF Learnfree tutorial
- Evaluate websites (the CRAAP test)
- Fact check a news story you have heard or read - Snopes.com
- Play a game to assess your ability to detect fake news - Factitious
- Distinguish real from fake news - The Guardian's Newswise Quiz
- Email etiquette - GCF Learnfree
News
- Chronicle Herald (Halifax) - Nova Scotia's newspaper of record
- Saltwire News - Across Nova Scotia - with news for each region
- CBC News (National and world news)
- CBC News Nova Scotia (Provincial news)
- The Halifax Examiner - Independent news in Halifax with some provincial news
- The Times in Plain English - New York Times stories in plain English
Internet radio
- I Heart Radio: Big Dog/Cat Country 100.9 FM/99.5 music and local news (Including local cancellations)
- CBC Radio One - news and talk 89.1 FM (Halifax)
- CBC Listen (music) 102.7 FM (Halifax); 104.7 Charlottetown
- Explore the interface between technology and daily life with CBC radio's Spark with Nora Young
- TuneIn online radio: radio stations, channels, news and podcasts
- Radio Garden - The world's radio stations - spin the globe to find one
Podcasts
Free Video, Movies & TV
- CBC Gem CBC TV programs (free)
- Youtube - create a log in to subscribe to channels, etc.
- Youtube Channels
- Common Sense Media This is a great site for parent and kid reviews of movies and TV shows
- Kanopy Five free movies a month with your Halifax Library card number
- NFB - National Film Board of Canada films
Music
- CBC Listen Playlists (free streaming) no ads or popups
- Soundcloud (free streaming) - premium services available
- Youtube (free streaming with ads) - premium services available
- Jango (free streaming with artist ads)
- Spotify (free streaming) - premium services available
- Tidal (free streaming) - premium services available
- Every Noise At Once - Explore music genres (internationally)
Art and Culture
- Google Art and Culture
- Canada's Museum of Civilization (Ottawa) Online Exhibits
- Our Roots - University of Calgary's collection of Canadian local histories, cultural archive
- Internet Archive - Archive of the internet; also online audiobooks, music, recordings, etc.
- Libri Vox - free audiobooks (titles with copyright expired)
- Project Gutenberg - free online books
- National Film Board of Canada - NFB films and other experiences
- Way to Go (NFB) - a game that is not a game
Social Media
- Pinterest (interests, and how-tos)
- Facebook (social media platform)
- Instagram (photo-sharing)
- LinkedIn (professional networking)
