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MAKING THE K-12 DATABASES FUN!

MAKING THE K-12 DATABASES FUN!. Texas Library Association Annual Conference April 1, 2009 Mary Faye Randolph, Librarian Paredes Middle School Austin ISD. http://comics.com/the_born_loser/2008-03-02/ accessed 3/25/09. What I find blind searching and Wikipedia good for….

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MAKING THE K-12 DATABASES FUN!

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  1. MAKING THE K-12 DATABASES FUN! Texas Library Association Annual Conference April 1, 2009 Mary Faye Randolph, Librarian Paredes Middle School Austin ISD

  2. http://comics.com/the_born_loser/2008-03-02/ accessed 3/25/09

  3. What I find blind searching and Wikipedia good for… Sean Combs guest starred in TWO episodes of “CSI Miami”! http://comics.com/committed/2002-02-16/ accessed 3-25-09

  4. Make the databases fun by • Encouraging assignments that allow students to research topics of interest to them. • Making the databases easy to find, access, and use. • Creating activities, games, and contests that introduce students to the K-12 databases.

  5. First, a little background … I’ve been a database “junkie” for years …

  6. Why can’t we just use Google? Oh, come on Miss, don’t you know about Wikipedia?

  7. Encourage assignments that allow students to research topics of interest to them. • They’ll be amazed that, using the databases, there is “acceptable” – even authoritative – information on many“off-the-wall” topics. • The source is known. • In most cases it gives you the actual citation that you can cut-and-paste into a document.

  8. Make the databases easy to find, access, and use. Put shortcuts on all library computer desktops. Create a link on your individual school’s library webpage. Ex. Paredes Library Website Create and distribute bookmarks/handouts with the URL, usernames, passwords, short descriptions of each database.

  9. Create activities, games, and contests that introduce students to the K12 databases. Use competitive or collaborative activities and games as part of library lessons. Run a contest over a period of time with short-term and/or long-term rewards.

  10. First AND Last Name ____________________________________________________________ Knowledge Portal Challenge 07-08 Week 1 • In iBistro (the Library Catalog), click on “Knowledge Portal” … • Select “Newsbank Newspaper Database”. • Click on the “U.S. Presidential Campaign 2008” link on the left. • Click on Hillary Clinton, then “more” to the right. • Read the article “Clinton and McCain Pull Off Upsets in NH”. • Question: What city and state was this AP story filed from? • Answer: ____________________________________________

  11. First AND Last Name ____________________________________________________________ Knowledge Portal Challenge 07-08 Week 8 • In iBistro (Library Catalog), click on “Knowledge Portal” … • Select “Encyclopaedia Britannica”. • Type in the keyword “Women’s History”, and click “search”. • Click on the Compton’s Encyclopedia link “Women’s Rights.” • Click on “Images & Media” (on the right). • Click on the photo entitled “Wages: Equal Pay for Women.” • What does the first sign on the right in the picture say? • Answer: • __________________________________________________

  12. First AND Last Name ____________________________________________________________ 2008-09 Knowledge Portal Challenge Week 8 • In iBistro, click on “Knowledge Portal” … • Select Facts on File Science Online. • Select Science Online. • Select Earth Science. • Select Minerals. • Select the diagram “Transport: Water and Minerals in Plants”. • Question: In the diagram “Stem: longitudinal section”, what is the green layer on the far right called? • Answer: • _________________________________________________

  13. First AND Last Name ____________________________________________________________ 2008-09 Knowledge Portal Challenge Week11 At school: From Library Catalog/OPAC/iBistro, click on “Knowledge Portal” … At home: Go to http://ibistro.austinisd.org, choose Paredes, and click on “Knowledge Portal” … Go to Ebsco. Select Student Research Center. Do an ADVANCED Search for “black history” AND “Texas”. Find and read an article from the Beaumont, Texas newspaper. Question: What happened to the Spanish ship that forcibly took Shicole Dickenson from his home after it left Africa? Answer: ______________________________________________________________

  14. Access • This PowerPoint Presentation with Notes • Electronic Database Bookmark Sample • Question/Entry Form Samples at www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ ParedesLibrary/tla.cfm

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