1. Warm-up Activity Titanpad 1.Use the web address above to answer these questions: 2.Describe an online activity done with students. 3.How did it go? 4.What did you like? 5.What didn’t you? http://goo.gl/k1Iloy

2. Online Databases May 2, 2015 Tim Swann tswann@aacps.orgtswann@aacps.org www.tinyurl.com\aacpsdatabases

3. Introductions  Who are you?  (grade/subject/fun fact)  What do you want to get out of today’s workshop?

4. The Journey

5. Goals Compare/contrast online databases with websites. Identify and describe online AACPS databases useful for you and your students. Identify how to use databases to differentiate reading choices. Design & share a lesson seed you can use this year.

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

7. What’s the difference?

8. Websites Written by anyone Content is not necessarily reviewed Don’t have complete citation info Aren’t organized to support a student’s research May not indicate when they’re updated ‘It’s the wild, wild west.’‘It’s the wild, wild west.’

10. Library Databases Get their information from professionals or experts in the field. Contain published works where facts are checked. Easy to cite in a bibliography and may create the citation for you. Can help you narrow your topic or suggest related subjects. Updated frequently and include the date of publication. Source: Databases vs. Websites." Hennepin County Library. Hennepin County Library, 2013. Web. 30 Mar. 2013.

11. Ebooks – personal & institutional Digital files Sometimes exact copies with photos, etc. May be downloadable – like Nook, Kindle, iBook files One copy or simultaneous access? Often hosted on publisher platforms Can be more expensive At most AACPS schools AACPS still investigating system-wide fiction platform

12. 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

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

14. Databases have ….. magazine and newspaper articles, encyclopedias and reference books

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

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

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

18. Databases are ….. *Using librarian provided passwords

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

20. Independent Time Identify and describe online AACPS databases useful for you and your students. Comparison Chart opac.aacps.org

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

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

23. Thank you! Tim Swann School Librarian Northeast High School tswann@aacps.org www.northeasthigh.org