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Online Reference Centre: A Digital Collection for K-12

Online Reference Centre: A Digital Collection for K-12. The Beginning. Teacher-librarians & teachers proposed this initiative to Alberta Learning in 2002 Shared concern related to equal access to current reference resources for all K-12 students Criteria for selecting resources:

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Online Reference Centre: A Digital Collection for K-12

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  1. Online Reference Centre:A Digital Collection for K-12

  2. The Beginning • Teacher-librarians & teachers proposed this initiative to Alberta Learning in 2002 • Shared concern related to equal access to current reference resources for all K-12 students • Criteria for selecting resources: - relevance to Alberta Curriculum - Canadian content - variety of reading levels - absence of advertising

  3. Implementation • TAL receives Grant-in-Aid from Alberta Learning to license resources & provide project management • ORC officially launched on Nov 19, 2002 with 3 licensed resources • Passwords to Learnalberta.ca/ORC site distributed through school principals

  4. Growing Pains • Authentication process & tech support • Access to high-speed Internet and up to date hardware/networks proved problematic for schools • Links to Canadian Encyclopedia/Early Canadiana Online added to site to enhance Canadian content • Professional Development

  5. Progress • Access granted to pre-service teachers 2003 • French Resources added 2004 • Addition of Worldbook Online to English resources 2004 • Launch of ORC Listserv for users 2005 http://www.mailman.srv.ualberta.ca/mailman/listinfo/onlineref • High-speed Internet across province 2006 • In-service/PD moved to district/school level 2006 • Usage levels indicate steady increase year over year

  6. Online Reference Centre Today • Easy to use • Safe and secure search environment • Supports Alberta K-12 curriculum • Freely accessible to teachers, students, parentsfrom school & at home www.learnalberta.ca

  7. Teaching & Learning • Supports Focus on Inquiry- ‘Retrieval’ section • Incorporates ICT Outcomes • Offers online teacher support materials/training www.proquestk12.com • Allows for matching content to student reading levels

  8. Provides option for e-mailing/saving search results • Assists with unit and lesson planning http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/elibrary_bookcarts.shtml • Reinforces students accountability in citing sources • Helps students develop critical thinking & research skills • Provides transition to post-secondary electronic research environments

  9. Highlights • Assists & enriches teaching in an electronic environment • Content rich resources vs. Google, Yahoo, etc. http://www.proquestk12.com/lsm/pqelib/pdfs/elibgooglecompare.pdf • Ability to create & store digital lesson plans • Search interfaces designed to save search time

  10. English Resources • Science Resource Center • Elibrary Elementary • Elibrary CE (Canada Edition)- also includes “Proquest Learning Literature” & “History Study Centre”

  11. SIRS (Social Issues Resources) • Worldbook Online • Grolier Online - Kids/Passport • The Canadian Encyclopedia • Early Canadiana Online

  12. French Resources • L’Encyclopedie canadienne • Notre memoire en ligne • Repére • Biblio Brancheé • Encyclopedie Hachette

  13. New for 2006-07! • Science Resource Center – reference database for Gr 6-12, includes articles, multimedia, experiments, web links • Elibrary CE – new search interface, Bookcarts/Quizzcarts • SIRS- new links to “Pathfinders” & Educator’s Tools” in “Database Features” section • Canadian Encyclopedia –http://198.53.218.30:89/tcex/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=F1 new search interface, links to teacher support, eg. Heritage Minutes from any page in resource

  14. Worldbook – look for links to Alberta Curriculum Standards in “Educator’s Tools” section • Grolier – now includes online tutorial linked from main search page • Early Canadiana Online – check Resources Section for complete units on “Canada in the Making” http://www.canadiana.org/citm/ “Exploration: The Fur Trade & HBChttp://www.canadiana.org/hbc/

  15. Future Steps • Addressing authentication issues to recognize school level access • Intellectual property questions • Database trials in real time • Launch of new promotional campaign directed at high school teachers/students

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