1. Welcome back to school! August 2011

2. Prior Knowledge During the school year you will be looking for great resources for yourself and for your students. Don’t forget those resources that you may reach at home or at school by just using your computer. OLGS subscribes to a few resources for which you need a username and password. And there are free online resources for which you just need to register.

3. Something in the back of your mind: 21 st Century Learning Skills

4. One is Encyclopedia Britannica Online Address: http://school.eb.com Username: olgs Password: 21120 Let’s search: gnp

5. Another is Enchantedlearning.com http://www.enchantedlearning.com Username: olgs Password: 21120 Let’s search: South Sudan

6. Sirs Discoverer provides a database for magazine and newspaper articles Address is: http://ars.sirs.com/discover er.html Username: MD85179 Password: 21120 Let’s select a topic at random and view results and tabs; see reference selections; see teacher resources

7. And Culturegrams provides great Geography resources Address: http://culturegrams.com Username: ologs Password: ologs Let’s look at Canada and provinces; do a distance measurement between Victoria British Columbia and Montreal, Quebec; and investigate other cool features.

8. Two other resources are available using your own unique username and password:

9. Address: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.comhttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com Username: Password: Let’s search for a video about Christopher Columbus; see quiz at end of video; see citation information; see other teacher resources. Let’s review other nice teacher resources beyond video.

10. And Accelerated Reader Address is only available at school because this program is on our school server Address is: http://server01.ourladygrace.org/RenaissanceServer/ Username: Password: Take a test? More information at another time.

11. Finally remember the library webpages for more information: http://olgslmc.wikispaces.com

12. Add other favorites: Thinkport http://www.thinkport.org/ Recall that there are virtual field trips and great professional development resources. Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/ Sign up and view resources for teachers and more.

13. Partial Bibliography All about South Sudan. South Sudan – Enchanted Learning. C2011. http://enchantedlearning.com/africa/southsudan/ (webpage from South Sudan search) http://enchantedlearning.com/africa/southsudan/ Canada. Proquest LLC and Brigham Young University, c2011. http://online.culturegrams.com/provinces/index.php (webpage ) http://online.culturegrams.com/provinces/index.php Framework for 21 st Century Learning. Partnership for 21 st Century Skills. 2009. http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf (webpage) "gross national product." Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2011. Web. 10 Aug. 2011.. (middle school article from gnp search)http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9274674 Gross national product. Video. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 10 Aug. 2011.. (video from gnp search)http://school.eb.com/eb/art- 95887 Holiday Facts and Fun: Columbus Day. Colman Communications, 2004. Full Video. 10 August 2011.. (Video from Columbus day search)http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Think Family & Community: Online Field Trips. © Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education 2003-2011 http://www.thinkport.org/FamilyCommunity/oftrips.tp http://www.thinkport.org/FamilyCommunity/oftrips.tp (webpage)

14. If you can’t remember a wonderful resource you’d like to use: Ask a student.He or she just might remember something from Library class!