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Cooking Up Digital Learning with BCPS Databases

Department of Digital Learning. Cooking Up Digital Learning with BCPS Databases. Using BCPS-licensed digital content as the “ ingredients” for creating rich “recipes” for student research, reading, and learning!. Presented by:

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Cooking Up Digital Learning with BCPS Databases

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  1. Department of Digital Learning Cooking Up Digital Learning with BCPS Databases Using BCPS-licensed digital content as the “ingredients” for creating rich “recipes” for student research, reading, and learning! Presented by: Kelly Ray, Resource TeacherBCPS Department of Digital Learning kray@bcps.org x4035

  2. Professional Development Objective Teachers will be empowered to use and have students use digital content by exploring BCPS-licensed databases and their features. http://www.bloomingtononline.net/directory/category/Restaurants/11

  3. 30+ Databases BCPS Databases address these goals and standards: Blueprint 2.0 Goal 1 - Academics 21st Century Teaching & Learning: • Building student competencies for information, media, & technology literacy • Providing efficient digital access to developmentally appropriate, curriculum-relevant content Common Core State Standards - College & Career Readiness - Complex Text - Close Analytic Reading - Writing to Source - Brief & Extended Research - Vocabulary

  4. DATABASES are GOOD FOR YOU and TASTY TOO! “Today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors.” –-Marc Prensky, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Joe’s Non-Netbook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ

  5. DATABASES are GOOD FOR YOU and TASTY TOO! “Can’t I just Google it?” -- BCPS students “Can you really trust that the person putting information up at www.Iamaknowitall.com REALLY knows what he or she is talking about?”-- Librarian, Boulder Public Library Website Mr. Database Man http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2011/07/06/mr-database-man-a-proof-of-concept/

  6. Key “Ingredients” in Databases • Multiple media formats, interactivity • Authoritative publishers . Ad-free • Current, frequently updated content (often daily) • Student-friendly interfaces & Search/Browse features • State Standards-aligned (Content/Common Core) • Reading and learning supports: • Read-aloud/MP3 download • Reading Levels/Lexiles • Embedded dictionaries • Translation • Research supports: • Research Guides, Citations, Organization tools

  7. Database MENU Accessible 24/7 from School or Home http://www.kellysgigharbor.com/Images/menuIcon.jpg

  8. Grades K-6 Digital Content Featuring … DATABASE SNAPSHOTS & TUTORIALS! http://www.zazzle.com/todays_specials_menu_inserts_restaurant_supplies_flyer-244933309189979961

  9. Grades 6-12 Digital Content Featuring … DATABASE SNAPSHOTS & TUTORIALS! http://www.zazzle.com/todays_specials_menu_inserts_restaurant_supplies_flyer-244933309189979961

  10. Teacher’s “Cookbook” Snapshots & Tutorials for Using Grades K-6 Digital Content http://www.123rf.com/photo_16326642_open-old-recipe-book-on-checkered-tablecloth.html

  11. Teacher’s “Cookbook” Snapshots & Tutorials for Using Grades 6-12 Databases http://www.123rf.com/photo_16326642_open-old-recipe-book-on-checkered-tablecloth.html

  12. Get Cooking to Spice Up Digital Learning with BCPS Databases! Bon Appétit! For help with BCPS Databases, contact your School Library Media Specialist or the Department of Digital Learning. Kelly Ray, Resource Teacherkray@bcps.org 410-887-4035

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