What’s New with INFOhio Electronic Resources?

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2. Objectives for today’s session • Core Collection of Electronic Resources • What’s new with our resources • Curricular applications • Support materials: The INFOhio Toolkit • Questions/Answers On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

3. INFOhio’s Vision • INFOhio, a virtual K-12 library, transforms teaching and learning by connecting educational resourceswith the power of information technology. On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

4. ThinkingStandards-BasedEducation Matching INFOhio Resources and Ohio Academic Content Standards On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

5. Why Standards? • “ Standards guide instruction that is focused on student learning.” • “Standards serve as a basis for instructional planning that ensures all teachers first consider what they want students to know and be able to do as a result of their instruction.” ODE INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, 2005 On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

6. Looking at Standards-Based Education through the INFOhio Lens Keeping the Focus on Learning On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

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21. Username/Password for 2005-2006 • One username/password, statewide • Username: __________ • Password: __________ • Not case-sensitive • Bookmark master: handout and electronic document • Caution: Avoid public availability! On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

23. Minimodules Brief tutorials are self-guided animations that have been added to key encyclopedia articles in molecular biology • Amino acids, peptides, and proteins • Enzyme active sites • Enzyme classification • RNA and DNA structure compared • RNA polymerases • Biological roles of RNA • The genetic code

25. Visual Learning Modules Self-directed lessons consisting of animations and corresponding texts providing in-depth graphic reviews of fundamental scientific topics. • Nucleic Acid Hybridization*New Module • DNA Replication • Transcription: DNA to RNA • Translation: RNA to Protein • The Chromosome: DNA Packaging and Chromatin Remodeling • The Eye: Structure and Function • Coming soon... Cloning

27. Study Guides for Advanced Placement Customized study aids created for high school students navigating their way through the Advanced Placement curriculum. Based on the course descriptions offered by the College Board, we have compiled, listed, and linked AccessScience content in one easy-to-use study guide. • Biology • Chemistry • Physics C

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37. Searches the following EBSCOhost databases: • Funk&Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia • Middle Search • EBSCO Animals • Primary Search • Newspaper Source • TOPICsearch

38. Looks the same but searches different databases • Columbia Encyclopedia • Middle Search Plus • Newspaper Source • TOPICsearch • Vocational and Career Collection • PLUS • Health Source – Consumer Edition • MAS Ultra – School Edition • Columbia Encyclopedia • Middle Search Plus • Newspaper Source • TOPICsearch • Vocational and Career Collection

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44. Parents paying big bucks to prepare kids for tests COLUMBUS (AP) - Parents increasingly stressed about their children's ability to get into a good college are forking over big bucks to companies that prepare students for standardized tests. Business is booming for companies like Sylvan Learn­ing Center, Kaplan Inc. and Huntington Learning Centers. The College Board, which ad­ministers the SAT, says 98% of students do some kind of test preparation. "Parents are looking for a leg up for their children, who now see tutoring as more acceptable rather than punitive," said Steven Pines, executive director of the Education Industry Association. "Tutoring companies have be­come more skilled at marketing, prices are more competitive, and an improving economy is providing parents with more disposable income to pay for services." Two-thirds of education service providers expect revenues to increase more 25 percent this year, said Pines, whose association represents private providers of education services… For those favoring a more personal approach, individual tutoring at centers like Sylvan can run parents between $30 and $80 per hour, Pines said. "I like coming here because you get smarter when you do," said 9 year old Emily Kleinhenz as she studied analogies at the Sylvan center in Delaware, a Columbus suburb. "On my last report card, I got four A's because I learned so much here.“ July 2005 On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

45. LearningExpress Library More than 100 programs to learn, practice and prepare for tests on a variety of subjects in elementary, middle and high school. On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

46. ACT Preparation SAT 2005 Preparation Advanced Placement Elementary Skills Improvement MS Math MS Reading MS Writing Featured Resources for Schools • HS Math • HS Reading • HS Writing • Job Search & Success Skills • Job & Career Test Prep • Resume & Interviewing Success Skills and MORE! On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

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50. Users must set up an account so that practice and test results can be saved