INFOhio Back to School Teacher Checklist, 2003-2004

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Back to School Teacher Checklist, 2003-2004
To better make use of INFOhio's Core Collection of Electronic Resources and other online features, library media specialists are encouraged to print copies (MS Word) of this checklist or electronically forward this page to their colleagues

q Is the INFOhio Web site a favorite or a bookmark on all the computers in your classroom? …in the school library? Is the INFOhio URL a prominent button on your library/building/district home page? If your library/building/district does not have its own home page, consider making INFOhio <www.infohio.org> your default home page.)

q Are the INFOhio username/password bookmarks for home access copied and ready to be given to every student in your classroom? (See your library media specialist for copies.)

q Do you have a copy of Electronic Resources 2003-2004 from INFOhio, the flyer that provides an overview of 13 resources available without charge to every Ohio K-12 student and teacher? The flyer includes seven new resources for 2003-04 and has a direct URL for downloading or printing: http://www.infohio.org/FallUpdate2003/ElectronicResources2003.pdf

q Are you planning to suggest to your students that they use INFOhio’s Core Collection of Electronic Resources to help complete your assignments? All 13 resources are listed on one convenient Web page: http://www.infohio.org/ER/ER2003.html

q Have you visited the Help Resources page for each resource in the Core Collection to understand better how to relate each tool to your instruction? The Help Resources are linked from the Core Collection page, from each resource’s authentication page, and linked together from: http://www.infohio.org/ER/ERhelp2003.html

q Have you made an appointment to collaborate with your school library media specialist to correlate classroom lesson plans with available resources?

q Are you aware of the 500+ full-text professional journals available now through EBSCOhost to help you with your professional development (e.g., Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, and Reading Teacher)? See your library media specialist to sign up for EBSCOhost's Alert feature, where articles can be e-mailed regularly to you.

q Have you visited OH! Teach recently for Web resources available to help plan lessons and support your instruction? OH! Teach has its own button on the INFOhio home page.

q Have you visited INFOhio’s Educator Resources page for other links to lesson plans, such as those collected by Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Reading and those submitted to INFOhio by Ohio colleagues: http://www.infohio.org/Educator/educator.html

q Have you subscribed to INFOhio’s Information Literacy E-List, a listserv to share ideas and best practices related to using information literacy in a standards-based classroom? A free subscription starts at: http://listserv.oecn.esu.k12.oh.us/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=infohio-l&A=1
(Or, from the INFOhio home page click on About INFOhio, E-List in the left menu, and Join or leave the INFOhio E-List. Select INFOHIO-INFO-LIT-L from the dropdown menu, and confirm your subscription within 48 hours.)

q What Information Literacy Skills model do you use in your instruction? Have you taken a look at INFOhio's DIALOGUE Model?

q Have you urged your students to get an Ohio public library card? Do you have one yourself?