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INFOhio
IVDL Sessions
Winter/Spring 2007
RSS Feeds and INFOhio |
SIRS Discoverer for the Classroom | Taking Advantage of the 2007 INFOhio Preview | YA
Literature Update and Discussion For Librarians, Reading Teachers and
Classroom Teachers | Children’s Literature Update
and Discussion For Librarians, Reading Teachers and Classroom Teachers |
"All the News That's Fit to See": INFOhio’s Online
Newspapers | “Primary Source” Resources From
INFOhio and Beyond | Using American National Biography
With the Academic Content Standards: The Arts, Language Arts, Social Studies
and Science | From Kids Search to Student
Research Center: What's New With INFOhio's EBSCOhost |
Transition to College: Let INFOhio's EBSCOhost
Guide the Way | RSS Feeds and INFOhio
INFOhio's winter/spring 2007 series of 60-minute, interactive video conference
professional development workshops is for teachers, librarians, curriculum coordinators,
guidance counselors and technology coordinators. Librarians are encouraged to organize a
group of participants with computers at their sites, as there will be hands-on activities
in most of these presentations. CEU certificates will be provided. This connection is for
ATM sites.
To schedule a video conference, e-mail Melissa Higgs-Horwell, Distance Learning
Coordinator at SCOCA, with your contact information, video conference contact person, site
name, DID number and troubleshooting phone number. Or, use the Site Registration Form
for the appropriate session. Deadline to register: Three days prior to each
session
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RSS Feeds and INFOhio
January 11, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Keep your library
relevant and competitive and promote the development of information skills
by setting up RSS Feeds for your teachers, administrators and students.
Learn some small steps you can take using the EBSCOhost databases and
AccessScience to create RSS feeds and deliver current, authoritative information
on hot topics and projects to your desktop daily or weekly. For teachers,
librarians and curriculum coordinators.
Presenter: Melissa Higgs-Horwell, SCOCA Curriculum Integration Coordinator
 SIRS Discoverer for the Classroom
January 25, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
You are invited to a
workshop on SIRS Discoverer, an information and learning resource for
elementary and middle school teachers and students. Come join us for an
informative hands-on workshop which focuses on integrating SIRS Discoverer in math,
science, language arts and social studies curriculum. SIRS Discoverer is an
award-winning resource for students that makes learning fun and intuitive.
It helps students in grades 1-8 develop their writing, language, research
and computer skills. SIRS Discoverer provides schools with compelling,
multidisciplinary learning resources for extending and reinforcing student
achievement at all levels. This workshop will explore SIRS Discoverer's
content and features, as well as methods for differentiating instruction
using SIRS Discoverer resources. Special focus will be given to development
of information literacy skills.
Presenter: Sally B. Fell, ProQuest's Manager of the K-12 Account
Development Group
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Taking Advantage of the 2007 INFOhio Preview
February 22, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio schools, provides an annual
Web-based online preview for a variety of educational resources that support
PreK-12 classroom instruction and student learning. All Ohio students,
teachers and administrators are encouraged to participate in Preview 2007,
more than 131 educational products from 29 vendors, available for purchase
with building and district funds. Many classroom teachers use these preview
resources for special projects. This session will highlight a number of the
resources available this year and how they can be used to support Ohio's
Academic Content Standards.
Presenter: Tony
Marshalek, INFOhio’s Content & Collection Development Specialist
YA Literature Update and Discussion for Librarians, Reading
Teachers and Classroom Teachers
March 1, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Rollie Welch, has served on the YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young
Adult Readers and is currently serving on YALSA's Best Books for Young
Adults Committee. He is a reviewer for Kirkus, VOYA,
Library Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He works as a
Young Adult Librarian with Cleveland Public Library and will introduce some
current award winning young adult books and discuss trends in publishing and
marketing books to young adults. A listing of selection tools available
through INFOhio to assist in YA literature collection development will be
included. Please bring one or more titles to share with the group as well as
suggestions on programming and how to acquire promotional materials to
provide programming for new titles.
Presenter: Rollie Welch, Young Adult Librarian, Youth
Services, Cleveland Public Library
Children’s Literature Update and Discussion for
Librarians, Reading Teachers and Classroom Teachers
March 15, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
This interactive workshop will introduce some recent titles from the
annual recommended reading and award lists and suggestions for use of these
titles. A listing of selection tools available through INFOhio to assist in
children’s literature collection development will be included. Please bring
one or more titles to share with the group as well as suggestions on
programming and how to acquire promotional materials to provide programming
for new titles.
Presenter: Elaine Fultz, MLS, IMC Director, Weller
Elementary, Centerville
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"All the News That's Fit to See": INFOhio’s Online
Newspapers
March 19, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Use INFOhio’s online newspapers to help your teachers meet Academic
Content Standards in every subject area. Explore these rich collections for
librarians and teachers and discover a multitude of classroom applications.
Learn advanced search techniques for finding current information for every
subject area and reading level. This hands-on session reviews the electronic
newspapers available through NewsBank, EBSCOhost and SIRS
Discoverer.
Presenter: Jay Burton, Professional Development, State
Library of Ohio
“Primary Source” Resources From INFOhio and Beyond
March 29, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Students and researchers now have greater access to primary source
materials for historical research than ever before. Primary sources are
original records created at the time historical events occurred or well
after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. While traditional
sources in print format are still first place to look, students now have
access to primary sources materials in digital format.
Join us as we explore how the INFOhio resources can be used to help students
locate and analyze primary sources. Resources covered include Annals of
American History, The ART Collection and EBSCOhost. Other
resources to be discussed include American Memory, Ohio Memory and
NARA (National Archives).
We will be sharing sample lessons and ideas on how these resources help meet
academic content standards in many subject areas.
Presenter: Cathie Cooper, Librarian, Adena Local, Frankfort
 Using American National Biography With the Academic Content
Standards: The Arts, Language Arts, Social Studies and Science
April 19, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
A biography database can do all that? Yes, it can and more! Using
American National Biography, you will find information that correlates
to the Academic Content Standards in the arts, language arts, social studies
and science. Find out how to use ANB and make those
connections/correlations! It’s not only a great biographical resource but
one that gives a backdrop to history of this great nation with articles from
The Oxford Companion to United States History. (Grades 6-12)
Presenter: Sue Subel, Library Media Specialist, Kenston High
School
 From Kids Search to Student Research Center: What's
New With INFOhio's EBSCOhost
April 25, 2007, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Learn more about the latest EBSCO features and rich
resources for your students in a range of EBSCO resources. Topics
will include the basics of the different ways of searching the
interfaces, commonly-used limiters, "My" folder and advanced
source type searching. Learn new features including dictionary
improvements, selected charts and tables, enhanced error message
presenting list of alternate terms and Visual Search. (Grades K-12)
Presenter: Mary Callahan, Customer Account Specialist, EBSCO
Publishing
Transition to College: Let
INFOhio's EBSCOhost Guide the Way
April 26, 2007, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Topics will include where to find information on How to Avoid
Plagiarism, How to Write a Thesis Statement and How to Cite
Information via Student Success Tools. Other topics will discuss the
differences between peer-reviewed and popular magazines and how to identify
and use scholarly articles in college; tips for students to help navigate
college library Web pages; what to look out for and what to look for on the
journey of obtaining research articles; which databases for the subject of
research; persistent links: what they are, where they are and how they can
help; My EBSCOhost folder; and advanced search strategies, such as
limiters, expanders and Boolean operators. (Grades 7-12)
Presenter: Mary Callahan, Customer Account Specialist, EBSCO
Publishing
RSS Feeds and INFOhio
May 3, 2007, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Keep your library
relevant and competitive and promote the development of information skills
by setting up RSS Feeds for your teachers, administrators and students.
Learn some small steps you can take using the EBSCOhost databases and
AccessScience to create RSS feeds and deliver current, authoritative information
on hot topics and projects to your desktop daily or weekly. For teachers,
librarians and curriculum coordinators.
Presenter: Melissa Higgs-Horwell, SCOCA Curriculum Integration Coordinator
Session Resources (The current INFOhio username/password may be
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