UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL DIGITAL CURRICULUM WITH GALE RESOURCES Julie Pepera, Customer Education Specialist

Today’s Agenda: Introductions Assess technology integration/ classroom set up –Assessment of skills Orientation to the site - from a student perspective –Overview of History In Context product Site Use – teacher perspective –Teacher v. Student views –Customization Project Based Learning Experience –Integration/ lesson planning

CONTENT SOFTWARE HARDWARE INSTRUCTION The Digital Curriculum Puzzle

Content Areas Major Content Sets Electronic Resources Primary Source Collections World’s largest publisher / aggregator

What are eResources? Academic Journals Magazines WebsitesReference Books Videos Newspapers

College Readiness Bilingual Programs Struggling Readers Differentiated Instruction Project-Based Learning Reading in the Content Areas Information Literacy Curriculum Support Pathfinders

Gale Digital Curriculum Solutions Provide content hand-aligned to your course curriculum Provide an instructional path to robust content Link to Portal Pages, Articles, and multimedia that are fully integrated with web 2.0 features

Access Links: School Level Access: – –Password: uhs General Log in for Teachers: –

Admin/ Teacher Views: Admin Log-in: – Username: uniondale Password: admin Teacher Log-in: – Username: teacher address Password: password Student View –

Let’s Test what we have learned!!

Add a Menu Link Locate a website that you currently use in class. Figure out the Topic that you use it for. Create a link in the website under the Menu Section. Add an Article Take a look at the different Subtopic Areas and choose one you are particularly interested in. Search on that topic in the Gale resources. Create a bookmark link to an article. Add that article to the Subtopic area.

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