Social Studies Department Meeting

Information and Resources

From the Media Center

November 8, 2010

Media Center homepage

Go to http://mthebron.com then click on “Media Center”

Home page has “Cool Stuff”

Diigo – great place to organize, access, and share bookmarks with each other and students

Media Center Webpage

Social Studies Links PageThese links can be rearranged, added, and deleted as necessary

Email Melissa to have changes made

Pages can also be created for specific assignments

Individual teachers can create their own pages

Use a blog as a class site

Create your own Google site

Encyclopedias & Databases page

Contains links and search options for all subscription databases

Passwords are required for home use and can be found in the front of the agenda book. Handouts with passwords are also available.

ABC-CLIO databases

American History and American Government

Search by Keyword, Subject, or Topic

Filter results by type or resource

Multimedia and image results

ABC-CLIO Databases

Topic providesOverviewVisualsSuggested activities and discussion questions

No need to reinvent the wheelAssign activity to classInformation and questions will already be directly related

ABC-CLIO Databases

Analyze feature providesKey Question

Dilemma

Information

Project ideas

Great for dissecting/practicing the research process

Guides data gathering

Gale Cengage Databases

Opposing Viewpoints

Search using Search bar or Browse by topic

Can also search by State Standards

Each entry provides background information and links to Viewpoints, Reference, News, Magazines, Academic Journals, Statistics

Video, audio, and image results are also given

List of results also provides Content Level symbol

Opposing Viewpoints

Results can be sorted by relevance, date, or content level

Results can also be filtered

Each article providesCitation information

Easy access to email and print article

Translate feature

Read aloud feature

SIRS by ProQuest

Issues Researcher

Each Topic entry providesOverviewEssential Questions for Pro and ConGlobal ImpactStatisticsTimeline List of related articles

Great Educator ResourcesCan also search by State Standards

Issues Researcher

Results can be sorted by relevance, date, or content levelResults can also be filteredEach article provides

Citation informationEasy access to email and print articleTranslate featureRead aloud featureRelated search terms

Also contains Note-Taking Interactive Feature

SIRS Decades

Provides great overviews sorted by time period

Good selection of primary sources including news clippings, images, cartoons, editorials, and maps

Great Educator Resources

Can also search by State Standards

Turn it in

Originality report to teach about plagiarism

Peer edit feature

Discussion board

Allows you to grade papers without carrying around a stack of paper.

Turn it in

Noodle Tools

Online citation generator for APA or MLAStudents still need to find correct information, but do not need to worry about punctuation or hanging indentsProvides collaboration among students for group projectsAllows note cards and Annotated Bibliographies

Noodle Tools

Media Center Staff

We can help byCollaboratively planning a project

Teaching lessons on effective research strategies

Teaching lessons on identifying and using good sources

Providing technical assistance