Warm-up Activity Titanpad Copy short URL goo.gl/W1NLtB Warm-up Activity Titanpad goo.gl/W1NLtB Use the web address above to answr these questions: Describe an online activity done with students. How did it go? What did you like? What didn’t you?

Tim Swann tswann@aacps.org www.tinyurl.com\aacpsdatabases Online Databases Tim Swann tswann@aacps.org www.tinyurl.com\aacpsdatabases

Introductions Who are you? (grade/subject) What do you want to get out of today’s workshop?

The Journey

Goals Compare/contrast online databases with websites. Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum. Design an instructional activty you can use this year.

Plan of Action Compare/Contrast databases with websites & ebooks Tour databases- identify useful ones & look for differentiation Independent exploration Design your own activity. Summary/Exit

websites databases ebooks What’s the difference? websites databases ebooks

Written by anyone; Credibility? Objectivity? Websites Written by anyone; Credibility? Objectivity? Content not necessarily reviewed; Authoritativeness? Citation info rare or takes time Haphazard for student research Currency* often unknown MOI for each free site Copyright issues? *date

AACPS Databases Information from professionals or experts in the field. Vetted published works Citations usually provided Suggest related subjects to narrow down. Regularly updated and include the date of publication. All content AACPS approved Source: Databases vs. Websites." Hennepin County Library. Hennepin County Library, 2016. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

Ebooks – personal & institutional Digital files Often exact copies with photos, etc. Most downloadable (Kindle, Nook, pdf) Single copies or simultaneous access Often hosted on publisher platforms Mackinvia.com = home access to databases Sometimes expensive for libraries

Not teaching research skills Ads proliferate Why not? Advantages FAST!!!! Wikipedia (surprisingly reliable) What kids do at home & on a cell/tablet Current info can be found after a bit… Disadvantages (think: instruction) Content sometimes objectionable Not teaching research skills currency, authoritativeness, etc. Ads proliferate

Searchable Databases are ….. by keywords, subject, author, title, publication title, date, etc.

Reliable & Authoritative Works Databases have ….. Reliable & Authoritative Works magazine and newspaper articles, encyclopedias and reference books

Citations Databases provide ….. author, title of article, publication (magazine, newspaper, or book), publisher, date, etc..

many subjects Databases have ….. From science to history to biography, current events to general reference

Collated and Updated for Research Databases have ….. Collated and Updated for Research Created with students/researchers in mind. Print, save or email an entire article depending on the rights. *Most of the time…..

Available at home* & school Databases are ….. Available at home* & school *Using librarian provided passwords or Mackinvia.com

opac.aacps.org Let’s start the journey! link on school library page AACPS online catalog & databases

Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum. Independent Time opac.aacps.org Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum. Comparison Chart

Independent Time Design an instructional activity using databases you can use this year. Lesson Seed Sample Lesson Seed Planning Device http://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore/index.html

Share an instructional activity using database(s) Share & Evaluate Share an instructional activity using database(s) you can use this year.

Thank you! Tim Swann School Librarian Northeast High School tswann@aacps.org www.tinyurl.com\aacpsdatabases