Lesson 4 2015
Advanced Challenge
SIRS Discoverer
1. A third grader who reads below grade level needs articles on the solar system for a school project. How would you find appropriate materials for this student, and what are your results? (Hint: Advanced Search is useful here.) Thanks for the hint. I went to the advanced search and put in solar system, then I marked only easy (green) and arranged it by Lexile scores. I came up with 47 results with Lexiles between 510L and 1290L, because this student reads below grade level I would probably stick with the top four that have have reading lexiles below 700L.
2. What are two ways you can use SIRS Discoverer to find maps/images of volcanoes? How many results did you get with each? The first way was to do a keyword search for volcanoes and then I clicked on the graphics tab which showed 151 graphics of volcanoes. The next search I did was for the words map and volcanoes. I got back 16 specific graphic maps for volcanoes. There were also over 200 articles in which I could also find maps. The second way was to use the subject tree search for science. Then I clicked on geography and geology. Then the subtopic of volcanoes. Through this process I found 184 graphics. What this showed me was not to just rely on one way to find information.
SIRS Issues Researcher1. A committee of teachers needs good websites about suicide prevention for teens. How do you help them using SIRS Issues Researcher? I would show them the A-List and the search engine, then after they find suicide, prevention I would have them click on the 5 websites in the left hand box so they could check out the websites. Is this a better way to search for web sites than using a search engine such as Google? Why or why not? This is a better way to search because they are vetted by educators and are safe. This is important when you're working with schools.
2. Recent drought is causing your town to consider restrictions on water use. Citizens disagree about the need for restrictions. What subjects would you search in SIRS Issues Researcher to provide information for civic discussion? This was a fun one to figure out. I went to leading issues. There I found a topic of water use which led me to a great page which had the pro/con issues and essential questions. Exactly what I was looking for. There was also an interactive USGS Groundwater Data for the Nation link. I went to South Dakota just to see what was there and you can really find a lot of information. How neat.
I think a lot of people would be amazed by how much information our libraries have available to them. The public can go in and access this information for free. There is no better bargain than our libraries.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Lesson 3 2015
Advanced Challenge - Learning Express 1. A fourth-grader needs help with reading comprehension. What are 3 things you will show him on Learning Express? I would show the student how to get into Learning express and where to find the elementary section. Since the student is having trouble with reading comprehension I would point out the English Language Arts skills improvement and then the Informational Reading Practice and the Literature Reading Practice. Both have two practice sets for fourth grade.
2. A recent high school graduate has her eye on an office manager job, but she knows she needs to improve her skills before she applies. What do you recommend for her in Learning Express? I would have the graduate go to the Career Center and Build Your Workplace Skills. This section has multiple ways to help someone prepare for an office manager job. I would also encourage the person to check out the Preparing for WorkKeys Assessments. It is a ways for someone without work experience to show a potential employer they have taken a job skills assessment.
3. A high school student comes to you for help on his report on careers. He is interested in being either a nurse or a pharmacist someday. What do you show him on Learning Express? In the Careers Center there is a section for becoming a nurse which has everything a person might need to know. I wasn't able to find pharmacist in the Learning Express. I did a general search for all areas and was able to find pharmacy technician but that was as close as I was able to come.
Advanced Challenge - Learning Express 1. A fourth-grader needs help with reading comprehension. What are 3 things you will show him on Learning Express? I would show the student how to get into Learning express and where to find the elementary section. Since the student is having trouble with reading comprehension I would point out the English Language Arts skills improvement and then the Informational Reading Practice and the Literature Reading Practice. Both have two practice sets for fourth grade.
2. A recent high school graduate has her eye on an office manager job, but she knows she needs to improve her skills before she applies. What do you recommend for her in Learning Express? I would have the graduate go to the Career Center and Build Your Workplace Skills. This section has multiple ways to help someone prepare for an office manager job. I would also encourage the person to check out the Preparing for WorkKeys Assessments. It is a ways for someone without work experience to show a potential employer they have taken a job skills assessment.
3. A high school student comes to you for help on his report on careers. He is interested in being either a nurse or a pharmacist someday. What do you show him on Learning Express? In the Careers Center there is a section for becoming a nurse which has everything a person might need to know. I wasn't able to find pharmacist in the Learning Express. I did a general search for all areas and was able to find pharmacy technician but that was as close as I was able to come.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Lesson 2 2015
Chilton Online Auto Repair
Advanced Discovery Exercise
Chilton Online Auto Repair
Advanced Discovery Exercise
1. Your neighbor needs to replace the steering wheel on his 1982 Jeep Cherokee. He thinks he can do it himself, but he’d like to see some videos before he gets started. How can you help him? I'd send him to the Chilton Library where he can look up the year, make and model of his vehicle. Then he can go to "steering" then "steering wheel removal and installation." This will not only give him videos, but animations and tech tips.
2. What is the Transmission transaxle part name/number for a 1989 Geo Prizm with 3 speed automatic transmission? Now if I found this correctly I believe the part name/number is A131L, which is a transaxle for a 3-speed automatic. I also found a nice diagram under transaxel identification which shows you where to find the automatic transaxle identification number.
Mango
Advanced Discovery Exercise
1. A Christian seminary student is struggling to learn the languages of Old and New Testament times. What would you show this student to help? I would show this student the Mango library and then see what the student is looking for. I went to Biblical Hebrew to start with. It was a very interesting lesson. I don't think I'd ever be able to learn it, but it was interesting to listen to him reading and how the English words changed into the Hebrew.
Tumblebook Library
Advanced Discovery Exercise
1. Alex, a 3rd grader, has read every mystery in the library. Use TumblebookLibrary to find titles Alex hasn't read. Describe the process and your recommendations in your blog posting. I put in the word mystery in the search enginge so I could show Alex the different books that were available to him. My recommendation for Alex would be Private I. Guana. It looks like a great book, is in his reading level and has a video to go along with it.
2. You are preparing for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) story time for school-age kids, connecting a fiction book with a science activity. You would like to offer some ebooks as enrichment. What TumblebookLibrary fiction books would you recommend? The first book I'd recommend would be Science which is a collection of three books: Gotcha, A Moldy Mystery and Our Seasons. Another cute book is Dinosaurs Roar, Butterflies Soar as well as Don't Squash That Bug.
1. Alex, a 3rd grader, has read every mystery in the library. Use TumblebookLibrary to find titles Alex hasn't read. Describe the process and your recommendations in your blog posting. I put in the word mystery in the search enginge so I could show Alex the different books that were available to him. My recommendation for Alex would be Private I. Guana. It looks like a great book, is in his reading level and has a video to go along with it.
2. You are preparing for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) story time for school-age kids, connecting a fiction book with a science activity. You would like to offer some ebooks as enrichment. What TumblebookLibrary fiction books would you recommend? The first book I'd recommend would be Science which is a collection of three books: Gotcha, A Moldy Mystery and Our Seasons. Another cute book is Dinosaurs Roar, Butterflies Soar as well as Don't Squash That Bug.
Lesson 1 2015
I checked out World Book Online Kids in two areas; games and activities and animals. I was looking for something I could do with my grandson when he comes to visit. I was very impressed with how the games start very simple and work their way up. I did the addition color sheets because I wanted to see if that was something he'd be able to do and I was happily surprised. I like the fact that you can also print your color sheets to complete them by hand coloring or to print the completed color sheet after you've colored it online. I also wanted to check out the animals because my grandson loves animals. They have great pictures and the information is easy to read and understand. I had no idea a cobra could stand up to 6 feet tall and had a speed of up to 5 mph. Yikes!
Next I reviewed the World Book Online Info Finder's Virtual Tours. I took the swamp tour. What I like about the virtual tours are that the videos are short and to the point, it is easy to move back and forth between the videos and they give you a lot of additional resources and I thought the interactive green swamp was intesting. There are student activities and teacher activities. The easy science lessons would work well as a home activity also. I think because the videos are short and interesting it would keep a student's interest.
Lastly I reviewed the World Book Online Refence Center for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The book is broken out by chapters and with the online tools you can even have it read to you. The tools also allow for online translation which could be very helpful for both adults and children where English is not their first language. In the related information you can find websites that can give you more information on not only the book you are currently reading, but the author and his other works. There are also primary sources you can research and back in time articles. These really give you a broad picture of the time period from which this work comes.
I checked out World Book Online Kids in two areas; games and activities and animals. I was looking for something I could do with my grandson when he comes to visit. I was very impressed with how the games start very simple and work their way up. I did the addition color sheets because I wanted to see if that was something he'd be able to do and I was happily surprised. I like the fact that you can also print your color sheets to complete them by hand coloring or to print the completed color sheet after you've colored it online. I also wanted to check out the animals because my grandson loves animals. They have great pictures and the information is easy to read and understand. I had no idea a cobra could stand up to 6 feet tall and had a speed of up to 5 mph. Yikes!
Next I reviewed the World Book Online Info Finder's Virtual Tours. I took the swamp tour. What I like about the virtual tours are that the videos are short and to the point, it is easy to move back and forth between the videos and they give you a lot of additional resources and I thought the interactive green swamp was intesting. There are student activities and teacher activities. The easy science lessons would work well as a home activity also. I think because the videos are short and interesting it would keep a student's interest.
Lastly I reviewed the World Book Online Refence Center for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The book is broken out by chapters and with the online tools you can even have it read to you. The tools also allow for online translation which could be very helpful for both adults and children where English is not their first language. In the related information you can find websites that can give you more information on not only the book you are currently reading, but the author and his other works. There are also primary sources you can research and back in time articles. These really give you a broad picture of the time period from which this work comes.
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