EBooks on EbscoHost

Advanced Challenge

     1. Looked up Bullying and got 6 results. Chose the book Bullying and Harassment by Kathleen Conn. I was really impressed
by the Tools on the right side espcially the Bookmark and Annotate
and of course the Cite feature. I discovered the Search Within tool but then also found that I could just click on each chapter on the left side which seemed to be much easier. I found this site to be fun
to maneuver around on and it would definitly use it to supplement printed material in my library. Could probably use it for both my
Junior High and High School.

     2. For this I put in Fairy Tales and got 82 results before I tried to
refine my search I scrolled down the page and found the books.
The author was Andrew Lang and they consisted of the Violet,
Blue, Yellow and Red Fairy Book.


Common Core Standard:

      Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12. Integration of
Knowledge and Ideas 9-10: 9  Analyze seminal U.S. documents
of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell
Address, The Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedom's
speech, King's " Letter from Birmingham Jail"), including how
they address related themes and concepts.

     Students will find speeches on EbscoHost and write a paper
analyzing and addressing the requirements of the above Common
Core.
           

Week 5 - GVRL

      Advanced Challenge:

      1. Put in Spring Holidays and got 422 results. I then narrowed it down by doing an Advanced Search after the time period 2011   
clicking on Subject Area - Education and Target Audience - General. The best resource turned out to be Junior Worldmark
Encyclopedia of World Holidays. I found information on Carnival (Mardi Gras), Buddha Day, and Easter. Found games and food but
not sure the actual recipes could be found on this site.  Did find a
resource on May Day but it was very brief.

     2. Searched for articles on Common Core Standards and got
475 results. Narrowed it down by clicking on Teacher Education
on the left hand side and came up with 24.

     Overall this site has some worthwhile resources. I would definitily use it with older high school students. Once you get the hang of navigating it gets easier to find your information. I can see
if you a limited Reference section this would be beneficial since it
has so many encyclopedia and dictionary sources.


 Common Core Connection:

     Put in Creativity and from Speech and Theater Education read an article which said, " College admissions personnel have identified speaking, listening and critical thinking as skills and knowledge crucial to success. Competence in oral communication -
speaking, listening, and media literacy - is prereuisite to student's
personal and academic success in life."  This is exactly what the Common Core Standards stress as goals to prepare for students for further education and beyond in life.

     An article from The Encyclopedia of Education on Cooperative
and Collaborative Learning said, "One perspective would suggest
that the joint knowledge of the group member is greater than the
individual knowledge of any member. This again is a goal of the
Common Core. Ex. Speaking and Listening Standards 6-12
Comprehension and Collaboration: 1. Initate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12
topics, texts, and issues, building on other's ideas and expressing
their own clearly and persuasively.

      Speaking and Listening Standard 11-12: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas #5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in
presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
      In small groups 2-3 Senior students will research a topic using
two different articles from GVRL. One they will have read to them
with the Listen option and one they will read themselves. They will
then design a brochure advertising the benefit of one over the other.

 

ProQuest Advanced Challange & Common Core

     When I put in Les Miserables and tried to find just literary criticism's I came up with 1605 results. I used the Document Type and Subject limiters on the side but still ended up getting movie and play reviews. I even limited it to Scholarly Journals thinking that would help.
     I then worked on the Hurricane Sandy question. When I put in
Hurricane Sandy Libraries and searched I got 668 results. When I
was more specific and put in Hurricane Sandy Impact on Libraries
got 264 results but after scrolling through 4 pages not one of them
pertained to the actual question. I became very frustrated and found
Proquest to be a very cumbersome site to use espcially after using
SIRS. It would be interesting to see if the students would like the
Create Alert feature when doing research for a paper. It seemed
easy enough to set up.

Common Core

     1.12.5 Critique resources for accuracy, currency, reliability,
usefulness, validity, scope, purpose, and intended audience.
(Evaluate)

      11th Grade students would each be given a current topic
and using both SIRS and Proquest would research and evaluate
the two sites using the criteria above. Results would be given in
a one to two page paper.

 
 

SIRS Issue Re

     I researched the topic Animal Cruelty which brought up 421 newspaper articles, 217 maganzine articles, 10 viewpoints ( which
I'm not sure would be that useful), 2 Reference articles, 103 Graphic, Media sources ( might be useful for Powerpoints), and
13 Web Sites. After scrolling through the newspaper and magazine
articles I was impressed enough to recommend this as another alternative to Proquest. It is something I would definitely recommend to students.

     The Pro/Con Issues and Essential Questions feature would be an excellent source for Debate students as would the Debate Guide under the My Analysis tab. Also the Creating Powerpoint Presentations would be a fun resource for students and teachers alike. There was a Citation Guidelines which as always is invaluable.  The Timeline feature was very easy to use and the
Statistics could be very useful for both research papers and
speeches.

      I was not as impressed with the Curriculum Pathfinder feature.
Maybe it was just me but I did not find it that userfriendly. I chose
Mythology to research. There was definitely a lot of information but again I did not find it easy to navigate.

Common Core Connection

     Speaking and Listening 9-10: Presentation of Knowledge and
Ideas. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly,concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

     In doing research for Informational speeches students will be required to use the Note Organizer format on SIRS Issue Reseacher to organize their research.