FISD Library Services offers many online resources for staff and students to use for information seeking purposes.
These online resources are subscription databases that the district purchases each year so FISD staff and students may have access to the highest quality resources for information seeking puposes.
This workshop is designed and developed to expose you to these resources and allow you to increase your comfort level with using the various online resources.
Purpose:
- Learn how to use district online resources and databases for the purpose of information seeking for both students and teachers.
- Discover ways to incorporate the use of and instruction in online resources to students for the purposes of digital and information literacy.
- Use devices respectfully
- Actively participate and contribute to learning
- Ask questions and create discussion: http://todaysmeet.com/onlineresourcespd
9:30 Break
9:40 Additional Databases and Resources & Mackin Via
- Wakeland Library site
https://sites.google.com/site/wakelandhslibrary/ - Delicious stacks for WHS
http://delicious.com/stacks/wakelandlibrary - Mackin Via
http://www.mackin.com
10:00 Transliteracy Articles & Discussion
- https://www.reedylibrary.com/2012/06/13/what-is-transliteracy/ or thePDF
- Discussion Questions for Transliteracy- What is means for Instruction
- http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/1/62.full.pdf+html
- Discussion Questions for Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy
10:45 Hands On Exploration and Q&A
11:00-12:30 LUNCH
12:30 Breakout into Elementary & Secondary
Secondary:
- ABC-CLIO
- Proquest and Literature & E-Library
- Gale
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Discussion and Brainstorming for use of online resources
- I CAN statements
- Vertical Alignment of ELAR TEKS K-12 or the PDF
- Discussion and Brainstorming for use of online resources
- I CAN Statement Form
2:00 Break
2:10 Searching Activity & Lesson Planning
3:00 Lesson Plan Sharing, Final Discussion, and Q&A
World Book Scavenger Hunt
- Research- Click here and choose the WB interface you think would be most appropriate for your students. (If you work with multiple grade levels, choose one to focus on.)
- Type in “research” in the search box.
- Choose either the “research” or “research skills” article.
- Within the article explore the tools listed below.
World Book Tools to Explore:
- Hear Text Read Aloud
- Translate Article
- World Book Dictionary
- Article Contents
- How to Cite This Article
***Copy and paste the questions below into a comment and answer them.***
Questions
- What is the definition for encyclopedia?
- What is the citation for your article?
- How is using the World Book Online more beneficial for your students than the traditional print encyclopedia?
EBSCO
***Copy and paste the questions below into a comment and answer them.***
- What is the definition of proprietary?
- What is the citation for your article?
- How is using EBSCO more beneficial to your students than traditional print resources (ie: newspapers, magazines, etc.)?
What is the definition for encyclopedia?
Encyclopedia is a collection of information about people, places, events, and things.
What is the citation for your article?
Misa, Thomas J. “Iron and steel.” World Book Advanced. World Book, 2012. Web. 19 June 2012.
How is using the World Book Online more beneficial for your students than the traditional print encyclopedia?
Students are more engage by using online resources and able to use multiple sites at once…
Research skills are the skills of asking questions and finding answers.
“Research skills.” World Book Student. World Book, 2012. Web. 19 June 2012.
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The students will be able to work on their own!