2. San Antonio Public Library
• SAPL Library Cards
• Free Databases
– Learning Express Library
– Live Homework Help
– Academic Search Complete
– Biographies in Context
– Opposing Viewpoints
– World Search Plus
3. Databases Continued
• Searchasaurus
• Student Research Center
• Images
• Novelist
• Ebooks downloadable
– (nook/kindle overdrive)
4. Resources Library Should have
• Books
• DVDs
• Audio-visual
• Latest Technology
– Check out the kindle
– Computer Lab
5. ProQuest
• Provides Sources like databases and teaching
tools
• Creates lesson plans that are correlated to
National and State Teaching Standards.
• Bookcarts are available to save permanently e-
library resources on curriculum topics.
6. Podcasting
• Is an efficient way to present info (audio or visual)
• Students can sing rap songs about 6th grade
science unit of study
• Fun and engaging for students
• Save as an MP3 format to your kindle or ipad
• Need a blog, record on garageband.com, need
microphone, upload it to your website
7. Webinars
• To have discussions back in forth in a
classroom or at home
• Need a computer and headphones
8. Smart Boards
• Engages students and meets all learning
styles.
• Hear and touch and internalize learning
• Interactive
• Download state standard approved classroom
resources like the Food Pyramid or anything
that you are studying.
9. Doc Camera
• No more transparencies or using a projector
• Easy to use
• Use as a web cam real live objects, can zoom
in
11. After school activities
• Robotics
• Problem solvers
• Chess club
• Scrambler
• Web Hunt
• Contest to read 25 books
12. Student Activities
• OPAC
• What databases to use at 6th grade science
level
• Research/library skills
• Parent Night/Open House
• How to do a bibliography
– How to take notes from sources
– How to prevent plagiarism
