Best Practices Session AgendaDecember 20, 2007

M. F. Berninger

• Review of attendees

• Business update – Mark Beatty

• Working with students – Martha Berninger

• Users Group update – Joy Schwarz

• Local knowledgebase update - Martha

Working with Students

• Check their library’s policy page

• Use/recommend their library resources

• See what the student’s school library or media center offers

• Try BadgerLink – educational sites

• Recommend portals designed for students

• Try multi-subject, multi-grade level portals designed for educators

• Dig into subject specific sites

• DPI Curriculum Resource Center

Recommend Their own Library’s Resources

Check School Library/media Center Tools

BadgerLink Education Links

Multi-subject Elementary and Middle School Portals

• Internet Public Library Kidspace - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ - links to resources on topics including general reference, our world (history, religion, geography), computer & internet, health & nutrition, reading, math & science, art & music and sports & recreation

• Librarian’s Internet Index - http://lii.org/ - links for middle and high school students. Subjects include: arts and humanities, computers, health, law, people, recreation, science, business, government, home and housing, media, ready reference, regions of the worlds, and society and social science

• Kidsclick - http://www.kidsclick.org/ - a project of the Ramapo Catskill Library System - maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University

• Ask Dr. Universe - http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html - created and maintained by University Relations at Washington State University

• 4Kids.org coolspots - http://4kids.org/coolspots/ - links to activities and resources on multiple subjects for elementary school students

• Ology - http://ology.amnh.org/ - natural sciences for ages 7 to 12

• Learning Planet - http://www.learningplanet.com/ - learning activities and tools to empower homeschool parents and classroom teachers

4Kids.org: Links to a Variety of Subjects

Ology: American Museum of Natural History

Cloning Sheep from Ology: Genetics

Learning Planet

Learning Planet: Math section

High School and College Portals

• Virtual Learning Resource Center - http://www.virtuallrc.com/– Indexes thousands of the best academic information websites, selected by

teachers and library professionals worldwide. Subjects sections include:

• General reference, Psychology/philosophy, Religion, Social science, Language, Science/Math, Technology, Arts, Literature, Geography/history, and Biography

• Math2.org - http://math2.org/

– Basic data on a variety of mathematical topics including:

• General Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Discrete/linear mathematics, Statistics, Calculus, and Advanced mathematics

• S.O.S. Mathematics - http://www.sosmath.com/index.html

– More advanced information on:

• Algebra, Complex variables, Matrix algebra, Tables, Calculus, Differential equations, Trigonometry

Virtual Learning Resource Center

Math2.org

S.O.S. Mathematics

Single-subject, Multi-grade Level Portals

• Kids.gov – http://www.gove/ - links to 1,200+ web pages from educational organizations and government agencies for grades k-8.

• Bill Nye - http://www.billnye.com/ features “home demos” or experiments on planetary, physical and life sciences

• Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html Hands on page features experiments. Hosted by the San Fransicso Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception

• Agricultural science fair projects - hosted by the USDA - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideasframe.htm

• Ask Dr. Math - http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ - Students can submit questions by filling out a Web form. Answers are sent back by e-mail. Search archive using the Dr. Math searcher - archive organized by grade level and topic.

• Space.com - http://www.space.com/ - news, virtual space tours and images from space projects

Kids.gov

Science Projects from Bill Nye

Exploratorium: Activities Page

Agricultural Science Projects from USDA

Drexel’s Ask Dr. Math

Space.com: News, Virtual Tours and Images

Portals for Educators

• Blue Web’N - online library of 2137Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format. Browse by broad subject area (Content Areas) or specific sub-categories (Subject Area).

• The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education - http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html - Curriculum resources for K-12 and college. – K-12 page includes links to “Ask an Expert” site list, links to projects

(collaborative, real-time data, engineering, and projects using primary sources and archived collections).

– For educators working in distance learning, see links to Real World Learning Objects – internet based activities for higher learning on science, mathematics, teacher’s education and language arts

Blue Web’N: Multi-grade, Multi-subject Educational Portal

Blue Web’N: Archive Search

Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education

Sample Project Page from CIESE

Department of Public Instruction Curriculum Resource Center

• Comprehensive 32 page guide to resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students

• Includes:– General Resources– Arts and Humanities– English/Language Arts– Language Learning and English Language Learner Resoruces– Information and Technology Literacy– Mathematics– Science– Social Studies/History

Local Knowledgebase

• Not gone or forgotten

• Scheduling refresher on submitting questions in early 2008 best practices session

• Topical guidelines available on the wiki

• We CAN make it happen

In Conclusion

• Thanks for your participation

• Burning issues we should plan to discuss in January and February?

• Happy holidays!