Information Literacy Skills in SS, ELA & Sc with the Online Reference Centre

1. Information Literacy Skills in SS, ELA & Sc with the Online Reference Centre Palliser District Teachers’ Convention February 21, 2014 Jamie Davis, ORC Coordinator

2. Agenda • What is the ORC • Why students should access the ORC • Why teachers should access the ORC • ELA, SS and Sc resources for 7-9 • Shakespeare in Bits – Trial Resource (time permitting) • ORC Support Site • ORC Listserv

3. What is the ORC? • A $1.7 million collection of curricular-aligned, authoritative digital resources licensed on behalf of all Alberta: • K-12 students and their parents • School staff • Pre-service teachers • Public library staff * • Funded by a yearly Grant-In-Aid from Alberta Education to The Alberta Library (TAL) • Return on Investment (ROI) calculation of 3:1 for Alberta Schools *for the purposes of supporting K-12 patrons

4. Why students should access the ORC ORC Resources: • Provide authoritative, age appropriate, engaging, curricular-aligned content • Allow students to become familiar and comfortable with the kinds of resources and searching practises that are required in university • Are time savers once you are familiar with using them • Include embedded supports for diverse learners like listen, text translation, citation tools, vetted websites research advisory and study & style guides • Provide anytime, from anywhere access

5. Why teachers should access the ORC ORC Resources Provide: • Access to ready-to-use or customizable lesson plans, teaching materials and direct curricular correlations • Support for foreign language students • Access to journals like Walrus, National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Men’s Health, and Maclean’s just to name a few (RSS feeds available) • Consistent and explicit update schedule • Ability to create permalinks that can be posted on a website or in an email blast • TeachingBooks.net ELA Authorized list for Grade 6

6. Accessing the ORC LearnAlberta.ca • In school automatic authentication • Remote access requires a district username/password • The username/password appears in the top right hand corner of the screen when on the ORC on a school computer • Share your district username/password using low tech methods • Email jdavis@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca for your district’s remote username/password

7. New for ELA Canadian Literary Centre • Canadian Content! • Customizable listen feature • Article permalinks • Ability to create notes within articles and save • Text translation to 32 languages • Download to PDF, save in a folder or print directly Literary Reference Center • Customizable listen feature • Article permalinks • Ability to create notes within articles and save • Text translation to 32 languages • Download to PDF, save in a folder or print directly • Access professional publications – Subscribe to RSS feeds

8. TeachingBooks.net • Bring an author into your classroom any time you need • Search for Meet-the-Author Movies or Book Readings, Author Audio Name Pronunciation, book guides and lesson plans • Access Alberta specific booklists: • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award (YRCA) • ELA Authorized Novel and Nonfiction Reading Lists grades 4-12 • Meet-the-author book readings in French • Canadian Book Award Winners/Canadian Book and Author Resources • Personalized Book Lists upon request

9. Canada In Context • Canadian content! • Customizable listen feature • Articles downloadable to MP3 • Text translation to 13 languages • Share or permalink capabilities • Featured videos, news, and stories on homepage • Jump to related articles within the article • Advanced search allows for Boolean, and content selection (basic, intermediate, or advanced)

10. World History In Context • Ability to perform Boolean searching (advanced search) • Ability to set content level – basic, intermediate, or advanced (advanced search) • Customizable Listen feature • Downloadable articles to MP3 • Text translation to 13 languages • Featured videos, news and topics on homepage (clickable navigation) • Access thousands of newspaper articles, magazines, reference materials, videos, images and websites

11. Global Issues In Context • Customizable listen feature • Text translation into 8 languages • Download content to MP3 • Research tools for students and staff • Topic pages have podcasts, videos, images, and related portal suggestions • World map – search for articles based on geography • Global Issues Blog – updated frequently • Research tools includes search tips, guided tours for students • Educator Resources include guided tours and curriculum standards

12. Science In Context • Featured news and videos on homepage • Content organized into Featured, Reference, News, Statistics, Videos, images, etc. on topic pages • Customizable listen feature • Download articles to MP3 • Text translation into 13 languages • Resources section includes resources for students, teachers and librarians • “Curriculum Standards” for Alberta

13. Teen Health and Wellness • Database addresses teen health and wellness issues for students in grades 6-12 • Students can share personal stories • Students can submit questions to Dr. Jan and receive answers back • Current in the news topics changed frequently • Many interactive features in the database that allow students to interact and contribute

14. Shakespeare in Bits • Fully animated study editions of some of Shakespeare’s most popular plays including: • Julius Caesar, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Full unabridged text and in-line translations • Wide selection of integrated analyses (plot summary, themes, imagery, etc.) and study notes for each scene are also provided • Biographical information about William Shakespeare • Available until March 14, 2014

15. ORC Support Site www.onlinereferencecentre.ca • Resource training materials - podcasts, videos, archived webinars, and guides • Information about upcoming free ORC PD opportunities • Information about province-wide resource trials and surveys • Online booking system for ORC sessions • Calendar of ORC Events • Links to Twitter and Facebook accounts

16. ORC Listserv • Weekly email updates organized by E/J/S: • New resources and features • Province-wide trials • Surveys • Free PD opportunities • No emails during school breaks • Membership has its benefits – joining incentive • Email ORC@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca or visit the ORC Support Site to join today Join Now

17. Contact For more information about the ORC or to schedule a school presentation Call 780-414-0805 ext.229 OR Email: jdavis@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca

18. Links to Check out ORC Support Site http://www.onlinereferencecentre.ca/ ORC ListServ https://lists.talonline.ca/listinfo/orc ORC Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OnlineReferenceCentre

19. Additional Secondary ORC Resources

20. 7-12 Resources Canadian Points of View (7-12) • Essays written from multiple sides of current Canadian-themed issues • Access Canadian magazines, newspapers, International newspapers, bios, radio and news transcripts, etc. • Customizable listen feature Canadian Reference Centre (7-12) • Customized listen feature (periodicals and reference) • Text translation into 32 languages (periodicals and reference

21. 7-12 Resources CBC News in Review (7-12) • 4 new videos added each month • 17 broad categories with a range of 1-25 videos in each World Book Advanced (8-12) • Text-to-speech and text translation • Timeline feature