History in a Bottle – Using NoodleTools and Databases with Upper Elementary Students

1. History in a Bottle – Using NoodleTools and Databases with Upper Elementary Students Presented by: Lynda Hampshire and Jennifer Sturge

2. Who are We? • Lynda currently is teaching 5th grade at Sunderland Elementary School. Last year, she was name Maryland Social Studies Teacher of the Year.

3. Who are We? • Jennifer is a former special education teacher who made a mid-career change by getting her degree in School Library and Information Technology from Mansfield University. She has presented at MICCA and the MDK12 Library Summit. • This is her 4th year in the library

4. What we did and How on Earth Did we Do it? • Organization was the key! • We got outside help!

5. Parent Participation • Parent Participation was important. We were fortunate to have a wonderful parent volunteer who copied my parent directions and placed them in the student folders. It saved a lot of phone calls and emails, and parents were able to follow along, and use NoodleTools easily with their students. Students without Internet access were allowed to access the library computers in the mornings, afternoons, or at recess.

6. Volunteer Roles • A wonderful parent volunteer put together a folder for each 4th grade student with their user name, password, listing of databases, passwords, samples of citations, and student directions for NoodleTools, and parent directions for NoodleTools.

7. To Begin • I started by teaching the students the basics of Citations, how to find the title page on a book, and what information was needed to cite a book.

8. Practicing Citations • We practiced on Xeroxed copies of book title pages – circling publisher, dates, author, illustrator (if needed), title, etc. • Then, we went to the computer!

9. Logging In • After students received their cards with log in information, we practiced logging into Noodle Tools. We then worked through how to put a book citation into the NoodleTools program, and how to save it!

10. Step by Step – With NoodleTools • One thing we found after doing this project for 2 years, was that in order for the students to be confident with NoodleTools, we had to practice over and over!

11. We also had to take it STEP BY STEP!

12. We created a few lists….to pracitce

13. We practiced books first!

14. The Book Citation

15. Student Sample

16. After teaching Book Citations…. • We moved on to how to cite a: • Web Page • Wikipedia Article • Database • Primary Source • Finally, we talked about note taking and how to create notes on NoodleTools.

17. Note card Sample

18. Submitting Work • Lynda created sections within her NoodleTools account and each student was assigned a section. Students simply submitted their bibliographies and notecards on line using NoodleTools. There were no lost papers – no students saying that “it was turned in, you must have lost it.”

19. Researching • Students were required to use several sources to do their research on the Bio Bottle. Sources include:

20. Classroom Responsibilities Due Dates Grading Managing parts of the assignment with the students Library Responsibilities Teaching bibliographies Teaching the importance of giving credit for someone’s work Teaching NoodleTools and Database research Classroom Vs. Library

21. Our Maryland bottles included: • Clara Barton • Jim Henson • Frank Zappa • John Hanson • John Hopkins • Billie Holliday • Frederick Douglass