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Lib Preso Apr 2008

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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

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Online Resources Half Hollow Hills PTA Education Committee April 4, 2008
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
Today’s Agenda Online Book and Materials Catalog Selected Subscription Databases Tumblebooks World Book online AP Photo Archives Brain-Pop GaleNet
Web-based Materials Catalog Diane Calise, West Hollow
What is Destiny A completely web based automated system Accessible from any computer at school or at home, with Internet access
Searching Destiny Keyword Title Author Subject and series Advanced search
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
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
TumbleBooks Linda Lennon, Sunquam
TumbleBooks.com Online collection of books to encourage reading www.tumblebooks.com username: hhh password: books Language Options - English, French, Spanish Picture Books, Story Books, Audio Books
World Book Online Debbie Castiglia, Otsego
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
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive Diane Bishop, Candlewood
Subscription Service Associated Press Multimedia Archive: 1,000,000+ Photos 1826-today 10,000s Graphics 4500 hrs Audio Clips: 1920s-today Text: captions for photos and clips Correlations Content connected NY State Standards K - 12
Brain Pop Barbara Drayer, HS East
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
Brain Pop BrainPOP movies cover all academic areas Science Math English Social Studies Health Technology Arts and Music
Gale Student Resource Center Ralph DiCicco, HS West
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
Search types Basic Advanced (allows Boolean operators) Topic Trees Publication Curriculum standards
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
Thank you for the opportunity to share!

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Lib Preso Apr 2008

  • 1. Online Resources Half Hollow Hills PTA Education Committee April 4, 2008
  • 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
  • 4. Web-based Materials Catalog Diane Calise, West Hollow
  • 5. What is Destiny A completely web based automated system Accessible from any computer at school or at home, with Internet access
  • 6. Searching Destiny Keyword Title Author Subject and series Advanced search
  • 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
  • 10. TumbleBooks.com Online collection of books to encourage reading www.tumblebooks.com username: hhh password: books Language Options - English, French, Spanish Picture Books, Story Books, Audio Books
  • 11. World Book Online Debbie Castiglia, Otsego
  • 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
  • 13. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive Diane Bishop, Candlewood
  • 14. Subscription Service Associated Press Multimedia Archive: 1,000,000+ Photos 1826-today 10,000s Graphics 4500 hrs Audio Clips: 1920s-today Text: captions for photos and clips Correlations Content connected NY State Standards K - 12
  • 15. Brain Pop Barbara Drayer, HS East
  • 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
  • 18. Gale Student Resource Center Ralph DiCicco, HS West
  • 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
  • 20. Search types Basic Advanced (allows Boolean operators) Topic Trees Publication Curriculum standards
  • 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
  • 22. Thank you for the opportunity to share!