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Monday, November 10, 2014

New Resources from EBSCO this year!



EBSCO has added or expanded several new resources and databases this year. Take a look at some of the new offerings and share them with your teachers and students!

History Reference Center: This site is great for US and World History classes and as a teacher reference.

The Science Reference Center is a high school reference, but contains many different experiments that could be used with students or suggested for science fair!

Hobbies and Crafts Center...it's easy to get lost in this one! You can share it with all your teachers, but especially your CTE, CTE Intro, and FACS teachers! (BTW...there is a holiday focus section with some great craft and food ideas!)

The Literary Reference Center is another high school reference that contains author background and criticism on many works our ELA teachers are using their classrooms.

The Magazine database has been expanded!

The Newspaper Source Plus database now has even more international newspapers--share this with your language teachers as well as your teachers doing current events!

The Poetry and Short Story Reference Center has full texts of poems and stories as well as criticism and author information--this is a high school resource.

For your debaters or ELA teachers working on argument writing (from the UCS), the Points of View Reference Center is a great resource. It presents current issues with an overview and a point/counter point.

And for your school in general, don't forget the Professional Development Collection database with over 500 high-quality journals. A great place to find articles to support PLCs, new teachers, or your own professional reading!

How do you use Pioneer Library in your library? What UEN.org resources are the most popular in your school? What are some of the ways you've been successful in sharing online resources with your teachers?

An Hour of Code...a Step Into the Future!


Hour of Code

More than 44 million people of all ages have learned an Hour of Code, a one-hour introductory course designed to demystify computer science and show that anybody can learn the basics. Participate this December 8-14 during Computer Science Education Week and help reach 100 million students by the end of 2014.

The Hour of Code is happening in December. This is a great opportunity to  introduce students to thinking through the process of coding in age-appropriate, interesting ways. The number of jobs in this field is growing, and the number of people ready to take those jobs isn't keeping up. What a great way to create interest in technology, learning, and thinking through your library!

The site provides all the information, videos you can share with your teachers and students--or over a student broadcast--posters, and step-by-step instructions. You don't have to know how to code to run a coding session. It's fun and engaging--and a perfect thing to support as the LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY TEACHER! 

And, just a little intra-district competition: the SLCSD library with the most student participating during that week will win a Cordless Book Scanner with a USB Cradle!

Have you hosted an Hour of Code before? Tell us what went well. Interested in doing one? What questions do you have? Let's help each other put this together for our students!