Archive for the ‘databases’ CategoryCuration tools & the databasesSunday, September 11th, 2011
One is my usual advice about carefully selecting sources and making use of the riches we provide in terms of our subscription databases. The other will be the importance of new strategies for curation, both for school research and for those daily information… Read More Free stuff from JSTORThursday, September 8th, 2011My kiddos are true JSTOR junkies. They rely on the scholarly database for their research in many areas, but particularly in history and lit crit. Alas, not every high school can squeeze this subscription into their budgets. But cheer up, young historians and scholars . . . Earlier this week, JSTOR announced that they are making their early journal content (stuff published prior to 1923… Read More Web 3.0: We have so much stuff!Saturday, September 3rd, 2011I’ve been looking for a strategy to describe the value of curation strategies to other librarians, my own faculty, and to my students. Last year we established that notebooks just weren’t working for us. This school year I want to be better able to address
ERIC gets social (5 new ways to do ed research)Saturday, August 13th, 2011
In case you never had the pleasure . . . Sponsored by… Read More Mr. Database Man (a proof of concept)Wednesday, July 6th, 2011This spring, I asked a few of my always game filmmakers to create a series of proof-of-concept films to promote the use of databases across industry and brand. Maya, who is looking forward to a marketing career, delivered one of their products just as the school year ended. It stars Matt as Mr. Database Man. We have a concept for a second film promoting database use among younger… Read More Everyone is talking apps, but . .Sunday, June 26th, 2011At ISTE11 everyone is talking about powerful apps for learning. Apps for creating art and music and for publishing. Remarkable apps for special education. And apps for research. Educators here are discussing the powerful role mobile devices and apps can play in student research. But no one is talking about library apps. No one is talking about apps for the databases school and public libraries subscribe to… Read More AASL Launches Lesson Plan DatabaseWednesday, April 20th, 2011
AASL just announced the launch of its Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database, designed to be: Building on the template provided in Standards for the 21st-Century Learner In Action, the Lesson Plan Thanks, Gale. And I want more of these.Sunday, October 10th, 2010Thanks to a Cathy Oxley’s post on our TL Diigo group, I just discovered Gale Cengage’s new YouTube video promoting AccessMyLibrary School Edition. Here’s why this matters. It matters because the market for this little video is not librarians. The market is kids. The story is why kids need reliable information and how easy it is to get it. Load that… Read More POWER Library: A shadow of its former selfSaturday, August 28th, 2010The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania’s public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. The POWER library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from
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