1) The document summarizes various online educational resources that were presented to the Half Hollow Hills PTA Education Committee, including Destiny (an online book catalog), TumbleBooks (an online collection of children's books), World Book Online (an online encyclopedia), AP Photo Archives (a subscription service with historical photos and media), Brain Pop (animated educational videos), and Gale Student Resource Center (an online collection of scholarly articles and periodicals).
2) The presenters described the features and content of each resource, highlighting their educational value and how they can be accessed by students both at school and at home.
3) The resources covered subject areas like science, math, English, social studies and more, and were
2. Today’s Presenters Diane Bishop, Candlewood Diane Calise, West Hollow Corinne Carriero, Instructional Technology Debbie Castiglia, Otsego Barbara Drayer, High School East Ralph DiCicco, High School West Linda Lennon, Sunquam
3. Today’s Agenda Online Book and Materials Catalog Selected Subscription Databases Tumblebooks World Book online AP Photo Archives Brain-Pop GaleNet
7. Destiny is image-rich Book covers pictured in search list Selecting the title, displays valuable information copies available locally (within school) description of the book book’s reading and interest level, etc
8. Features Destiny suggestions other subjects related to selected book Users can create citation list of book selections for a work-cited page Users can create a bibliography created from a booklist with a touch of one button Teachers can create an online resource list of materials for students’ use
12. Online Encyclopedia “ Meets the highest standards of editorial excellence while keeping pace with the technological developments that define the computer age” 22 volume set and more right at the click of a mouse Information, pictures, maps,and websites
16. Brain Pop Engaging, animated content that motivates and inspires children to learn, addressing different learning styles. Friendly, dialogue and tone for children Closed caption available
17. Brain Pop BrainPOP movies cover all academic areas Science Math English Social Studies Health Technology Arts and Music
19. Gale’s Student Resource Center Content from premium Gale Reference materials (scholarly research) Over 11 million articles Over 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers Primary sources, creative works, and multimedia
21. Cross-Searchable With six other databases in NY’s NOVEL database collection (for over 83 million articles): Custom Newspapers NY State Newspapers (including The New York Times) Health Reference Center Academic Informe (Spanish language) Gale Virtual Reference Library Business & Company ASAP