Kid Info Bit Video demonstration
This database is called Kids Info Bits. This is focused on lower elementary children in my opinion. Any age child could use this. It could also be helpful for special needs students to still be able to search and do the same project their classmates are doing. This database is divided by topics and allows you to easily search by topic and subtopics. Once in a specific topic you can find books on this topic, articles as well as videos and pictures. I also really liked that the articles could be read to you and it showed levels such as advanced or basic. I plan to use this for my 6th graders to begin learning how to use databases when we do research papers in the spring.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Monday, November 26, 2018
Alabama Virtual Library Demo
Virtual Library Demo
For my demonstration I chose to look at the Alabama Virtual Library from a different perspective. I am not currently in a classroom, therefore I was looking for a resource that I can use at home with my preschool and elementary aged children. I specifically chose the Pebble Go resource to learn about farm animals. The site provides information about a variety of different animals, and includes pictures for engaging younger children. There is also a science section that can be used. Pebble Go was easy to use, and it kept my children engaged. The sound feature was especially helpful as my youngest is only beginning to recognize sight words. This is a great resource whether in a classroom or at home.
For my demonstration I chose to look at the Alabama Virtual Library from a different perspective. I am not currently in a classroom, therefore I was looking for a resource that I can use at home with my preschool and elementary aged children. I specifically chose the Pebble Go resource to learn about farm animals. The site provides information about a variety of different animals, and includes pictures for engaging younger children. There is also a science section that can be used. Pebble Go was easy to use, and it kept my children engaged. The sound feature was especially helpful as my youngest is only beginning to recognize sight words. This is a great resource whether in a classroom or at home.
I chose to use the Brittanica Academic link. Growing up we all had use of encyclopedia sets such as World Book and others. Brittanica was always considered the more academic of encyclopedia sets when I was in school. I found this site very helpful because of the headings that it has. Being a social studies guy, I appreciate how it has headings and links for different disciplines under social studies like political science and geography. My main focus of interest was the link to primary source documents. That was really helpful especially with many districts going to Eureka curriculum which focuses on more document based teaching. The other reason that I chose this site is the helpful flyer that is viewable from the avl website. This site even offers a free 30 minute webinar that teaches one how to use the site. It’s really a great tool that I have not seen with most other document/academic search engines. Very helpful.
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Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration
Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration
I did my presentation on Britannica Elementary. Britannica is online encyclopedia that meets the basic research needs of all ages. My favorite part about it is that you can link the articles to google classroom. You can choose different reading levels, and students can view images and videos related to the article. The site is very easy to navigate, and they regularly update it to cover newly existing material. I would use this in my classroom during Genius Hour, to extend a science or social studies lesson, or for indoor recess. I highly recommend this site!
Melanie Cornelius
Melanie Cornelius
AVL Demonstration Screencast
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For my screencast, I focused on the kids info bits resource. I loved this resource. I actually do not use the AVL often because I am a Tennessee mathematics teacher. I do however teach social studies and science also which is where I found this resource to be very helpful. This resource would be great for elementary age students. There are pictures and tools to help the students find the information they are looking for. This website is separated into different categories and sub categories making research easy. The advanced search tool is great because it is user friendly and easy to access. This website tells you content levels, lexile levels, and there is a read aloud option as well. I could easily use this tool to help with research projects in science or social studies. For example, students could research specific animal groups, types, or habitats for out end of the unit project.
Amber Ezell
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For my screencast, I focused on the kids info bits resource. I loved this resource. I actually do not use the AVL often because I am a Tennessee mathematics teacher. I do however teach social studies and science also which is where I found this resource to be very helpful. This resource would be great for elementary age students. There are pictures and tools to help the students find the information they are looking for. This website is separated into different categories and sub categories making research easy. The advanced search tool is great because it is user friendly and easy to access. This website tells you content levels, lexile levels, and there is a read aloud option as well. I could easily use this tool to help with research projects in science or social studies. For example, students could research specific animal groups, types, or habitats for out end of the unit project.
Amber Ezell
AVL Screencast Video
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URL: https://vimeo.com/302960833
I explored the resource Britannica Elementary. This is a wonderful database for students K-6 grade to teach information literacy. This resource can be utilized by classroom teachers and media specialists. It is crucial that educators teach information literacy skills to students at a young age. Britannica Elementary helps students to gain foundational knowledge in how to search and find information appropriate and relevant to the topic they are exploring. Students are required by Alabama CCRS to collaborate together in a shared research project beginning in kindergarten. This is a great tool for students to work together to gather information on their individual reading levels.
URL: https://vimeo.com/302960833
I explored the resource Britannica Elementary. This is a wonderful database for students K-6 grade to teach information literacy. This resource can be utilized by classroom teachers and media specialists. It is crucial that educators teach information literacy skills to students at a young age. Britannica Elementary helps students to gain foundational knowledge in how to search and find information appropriate and relevant to the topic they are exploring. Students are required by Alabama CCRS to collaborate together in a shared research project beginning in kindergarten. This is a great tool for students to work together to gather information on their individual reading levels.
Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration
Thomas AVL Demonstration
Alabama Mosaic
As a music teacher, I am not familiar with the AVL. After
searching the AVL and experimenting with the resources, I think it is an
excellent tool for students and teachers to use for academic research. I chose
the Alabama Mosaic database to explore. The Alabama Mosaic resource is a
database that allows users to locate digital content that is specific and
unique to Alabama history, places, people, and culture. You can find historical
pictures, newspaper articles, sheet music, recordings, and more through the Alabama
Mosaic database. This database would be useful to high school and college aged
students as well as anyone that enjoys Alabama history. I am using the Alabama
Mosaic database to collect information for a project I will be doing with my band
students. The project will be based on the music of Alabama and the Alabama Bicentennial
celebration. This would be a fantastic resource for an Alabama history course
as well.
Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration
AVL Training
The AVL resource that I used was the Training Resource. I am not familiar with AVL being a mathematics teacher and I used this resource to help guide me through the website. The AVL Training Resource can be accessed by clicking on the training icon at the top of the toolbar. This will open up the training options that you can participate in. The AVL Training Resource has on-site training for you to use and it also has live webinars that you can participate in. The resource that helped me the most was the recorded webinars. These webinars were categorized by primary school, middle and high school, and even advanced searching. These are to assist you in the grade level that you teach or for whatever you may be needing help on. These are short videos that will guide you though the AVL and how to use it. There is also a resource guide that is a clickable link that provides a document summarizing all of AVL's resources.
I know most of you are choosing a database to explore but I chose a different route and used the training resource to help me. This was great for me to explore through the options that the AVL can provide. I hope this video and tutorial was helpful in guiding you through the available resources that AVL offers.
The AVL resource that I used was the Training Resource. I am not familiar with AVL being a mathematics teacher and I used this resource to help guide me through the website. The AVL Training Resource can be accessed by clicking on the training icon at the top of the toolbar. This will open up the training options that you can participate in. The AVL Training Resource has on-site training for you to use and it also has live webinars that you can participate in. The resource that helped me the most was the recorded webinars. These webinars were categorized by primary school, middle and high school, and even advanced searching. These are to assist you in the grade level that you teach or for whatever you may be needing help on. These are short videos that will guide you though the AVL and how to use it. There is also a resource guide that is a clickable link that provides a document summarizing all of AVL's resources.
I know most of you are choosing a database to explore but I chose a different route and used the training resource to help me. This was great for me to explore through the options that the AVL can provide. I hope this video and tutorial was helpful in guiding you through the available resources that AVL offers.
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Alabama Virtual Library demonstration
Explora Middle School database
The AVL database I chose was the Explora Middle Schools database. The Explora database is an interface of the EBSCO host site. Explora provides information to students in various forms such as articles, magazines, books, videos, etc. There are several different versions that students could use. These include Explora for Primary schools, Secondary Schools, Canadian Schools, and Public Libraries. Explora Middle Schools targets 6th-8th grades. There are many features that Explora Middle School provides. The ones that I believe will interest teachers or students are the audio tool, the reading level tool (Lexile Indicator), text to speech, text can be translated, can integrate Google classroom, and it also provides lesson plans and handouts for teachers. This in one tool I would use in my classroom. At our schools, students will receive information about an upcoming project. The science teachers always chooses research tools for students to use. We demonstrate tools and have instructional time that allows students to research their topic. I will use the scavenger hunt and the video I recorded to help students become familiar with using this database. By going through the categories and completing a basic search, I found several topics that related to the upcoming DNA research project. This database will be one of the tools we require students to use.
Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration YouTube Video
Charlie Boyd's Demonstration
The database resource that I selected for my students is "Cloud Computing" by Nayan B. Ruparelia. I chose this resource for a class of high school students in the age range of 16 to 18 years of age, that may find themselves interested in the way that technology works in a cloud-based environment. This resource simplifies the technology in that it is written from a user's point of view. The writer explains what the cloud is, how it works and how one might find themselves in use of cloud technology. I would develop a lesson plan that incorporates technology that most of my students already have in mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The lesson would teach students how to create cloud-based accounts and storage areas for documents and pictures.
The database resource that I selected for my students is "Cloud Computing" by Nayan B. Ruparelia. I chose this resource for a class of high school students in the age range of 16 to 18 years of age, that may find themselves interested in the way that technology works in a cloud-based environment. This resource simplifies the technology in that it is written from a user's point of view. The writer explains what the cloud is, how it works and how one might find themselves in use of cloud technology. I would develop a lesson plan that incorporates technology that most of my students already have in mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The lesson would teach students how to create cloud-based accounts and storage areas for documents and pictures.
Alabama Virtual Library Demonstration
AVL Demonstration Video
I chose to look at the GALE PowerSearch Resource. When looking at the available resources this specific resource seemed to offer a great deal of flexibility with its search while also having access to a great deal of academic writings, videos and etc. This resource would most likely benefit those that are high school or above. I do not feel that students who are younger than high school would be able to understand exactly how to utilize the resource to get the most out of it, which is why I say high school and above. I know for myself I will use this resource to search different Health topics for my health classes to help give up to date articles, information and statistics since the text book that we currently use is extremely out of date.
AVL Demonstration Video
I chose to look at the GALE PowerSearch Resource. When looking at the available resources this specific resource seemed to offer a great deal of flexibility with its search while also having access to a great deal of academic writings, videos and etc. This resource would most likely benefit those that are high school or above. I do not feel that students who are younger than high school would be able to understand exactly how to utilize the resource to get the most out of it, which is why I say high school and above. I know for myself I will use this resource to search different Health topics for my health classes to help give up to date articles, information and statistics since the text book that we currently use is extremely out of date.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Alabama Virtual Library demonstration
Alabama Virtual Library demonstration
The resource I chose to demonstrate is the Britannica resources. I focused on the Britannica High School because it provides information that high school students would use in research projects. The website provides primary sources that students and teachers can both use. The focus on this resource is to provide students and teachers with up-to-date resources on a variety to topics. There is information available for all curriculum that students might need. While I chose to focus on the high school site, there are also resources available from Britannica for elementary and middle school students. I believe that I can encourage my teachers to use the website while they are working on research projects. Because of the wide range of information on the site, all of our teachers will be able to use it. As I expand my knowledge in the library media center, I will continue to encourage faculty and students to use the free resource to research for projects.
The resource I chose to demonstrate is the Britannica resources. I focused on the Britannica High School because it provides information that high school students would use in research projects. The website provides primary sources that students and teachers can both use. The focus on this resource is to provide students and teachers with up-to-date resources on a variety to topics. There is information available for all curriculum that students might need. While I chose to focus on the high school site, there are also resources available from Britannica for elementary and middle school students. I believe that I can encourage my teachers to use the website while they are working on research projects. Because of the wide range of information on the site, all of our teachers will be able to use it. As I expand my knowledge in the library media center, I will continue to encourage faculty and students to use the free resource to research for projects.
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