1. eResources for ELAR Marcy Sparks, Library Services Coordinator
Yvonne Dominguez, Secondary ELAR Instructional Officer
Mari Sosa, Elementary ELAR Instructional Officer

2. What resources do you regularly use when planning your lessons?

3. My students and I like Google.
Search: What information does Google collect on me?
Things you do
Things you create
Things that make you “you”?!
Traveler's Trailer

4. Online resource concerns
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet
Unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors
Measures restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA)
Imposes requirements on online services directed to children under 13 years of age.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Gives parents protections regarding their child’s education records

5. [Non Google] eResources for ELAR
Clever App
MackinVIA App
TexQuest Databases
eBooks bought by for your campus
Audiobooks bought for you campus
Website links that have been evaluated

6. MackinVIA Scavenger Hunt
What categories does your Home page include?
How many eBooks are available?
What are two areas you can focus on in Advanced Search?
Provide two titles for available databases.
What audio book is available by Spencer Quinn?
How can you tell if the resource is a link to a website?
What is the MLA8 citation information for A Fine Dessert?
How can you tell that you are logged in and able to use the backpack feature?

7. Share some feedback about MackinVIA

8. Why you should use TexQuest.
Access to quality online educational resources 24/7
Appropriate content for all learning levels
Develop college & career readiness skills
Articles and most material can translate into multiple languages
Aligned to TEKS
Equal access to resources for all Texas students
Resources are school safe and copyright compliant
Search by reading level and/or have articles read aloud
Full text eBooks and magazines to enjoy for fun

9. SIRS Discoverer: ProQuest
Locate and browse Educators’ Resources
Look through at least two activities under Reading & Language Arts
Look for Features > Nonfiction Books
Browse by your Grade Level
How many resources did you find?
Choose one to assess quality and accuracy.
Look for Features > Pro/Con Leading Issues
What are positives about the layout of this section?
What are negatives about the layout of this section?
Browse Subjects > Language Arts > Subject Tree > Read-Aloud Stories

10. What is something you find useful from ProQuest?

11. EBSCO host eBook collection
Find the eBook Support Information section
Locate a Fiction book you think students would want to read in your class.
Use Limit features (found on the left side) or Advanced Search features to help narrow your searches.
What information are you able to find out about the book from the Detailed Record?
Where is the Permalink option located?
the link to yourself.
Additional information needed…
Try Teachingbooks.net
Username: {leave blank}
Password: Socorro

12. Teachingbooks.net Things to browse:
Username: {leave blank}
Password: Socorro
Things to browse:
Popular > Instructional Uses for Teachingbooks > ELA
Author & Book Resources > Book Trailers
Text Complexity Results
Vocabulary List

13. https://padlet.com/mpayne1/f3c3tgi7r5oy
In what instances would you find EBSCO eBooks and TeachingBooks most useful?

14. Gale Databases: General OneFile
High interest magazine articles!
Locate Topic Finder and search for “fake news” and browse how the Visualization Wheel works.
Check out features of Publication Search
Sign in with Microsoft
Save articles, highlight and take notes on something you find interesting outside work

15. Tips when using these resources with your classes
Request specific eBooks and resources from your librarian to add to MackinVIA
Always save the Permalink or copy the full citation into your lesson plan
Download, print or yourself a copy for your records
Use OneNote to screen capture portions you want to use for whole group lessons
Ask your librarian to help you get search results
Easily modify lessons with built-in features (translations, audio readings, dictionary, font size)
Databases include a variety of resources like videos, images, and audio clips

16. Share your thoughts…