databases and digital products : from dull to dazzling! libby mcgee-tmisd librarian jennifier...
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Databases andDigital Products:
From dull to dazzling!
Libby McGee-TMISD Librarian Jennifier Krnavek- FBISD LibrarianTCEA Conference2/10/2011
What are the K-12 Databases?Unbiased collection of authoritative and reliable sources
State funded by the 80th Texas legislature
Free to all Texas public schools and public charter schools
http://web.esc20.net/k12databases/accessk12.html
Why use K-12 databases?
“…the internet is an open sewer of untreated, unfiltered information…”
Thomas Friedman, Meet the Press, 9/6/09
K-12 Databases Educationally sound, quality resources
checked for “PABAT”
◦Purpose◦Authority◦Bias◦Accuracy◦Timeliness
Why digital products?
Address technology TEKS
Address TEKS in core subjects
Easy to useFreeFun and engagingCan use higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Old version New version
A word about plagiarism…Think Bloom’s taxonomy
Think structureAvoid “research and present” assignments
Add a twist
Bighugelabs.comMagazine coversTrading cardsMovie PostersCaptionerMotivator posters
Magazine Covers
Trading Cards
Movie Posters
Captioner
Motivator poster
Getting started:Choose topicChoose productDesign your project
Create it
Works citedHamalaine, Maryellen. “Useful Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism.” Library Media Connection. March 2007: 40-41.
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
Contact info:Libby McGee [email protected] Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School
Jennifier Krnavek [email protected]
Flour Bluff Junior High School
