[kids-lib] Great web resources

Tue Apr 1 08:56:42 PST 2008

Hello children's librarians!  The email below was just sent out on the Oregon Association of School Libraries listserv, I thought you may be interested in several of these sites as well.  Particularly the El día de los niños/El día de los libros site.

Katie Anderson
Youth Services Consultant
Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator
Library Development 
Oregon State Library
503-378-2528
katie.anderson at state.or.us

From: oasl-all at memberclicks.com [mailto:oasl-all at memberclicks.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Bryant
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:47 PM
To: oasl-all at memberclicks.com
Subject: oasl-all: Great web resources for you and your staff...

Hi all,
I have come across several good resources that might be of interest to you and/or your staff. 
Kelly

Link a Celebration of Childhood with Literacy-LANGUAGE ARTS
Celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), also known as Día, in your classrooms and communities on April 30, 2008 with brochures, posters and bookmarks featuring Dora the ExplorerTM. Día, which emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds, is sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). 
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/diadelosninos/diadelosninos.cfm

Learn How to Use Google Docs-TECHNOLOGY
Atomic Learning recently announced a free tutorial series on Google Docs, the free Web-based word-processing program that allows users to keep documents up to date and allows selected individuals to update files from their personal computers. The Atomic Learning series, titled "Google Docs-A Focus on Docs," includes more that 60 short, show-and-tell movies that guide users through the creation, implementation and use of Google Docs. Topics include working with documents, organizing files, document options, sharing and publishing, working with collaboration, and utilizing the edit, insert and revision tab options. The series is being offered, free of charge, through May 1, 2008.
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/google_docs/

Map the News-SOCIAL STUDIES
MetaCarta is a free Web site that maps news articles to their location on a map. The site indexes more than 1,400 sources, including stories from the Associated Press, Reuters, and other news sites and blogs. Search for a place name or zoom into the map to a specific location, and articles related to that spot will be displayed. Repositioning the map refines the search. Browse by category, such as health, politics, sports and world news.
http://geosearch.metacarta.com/

Prevent Plagiarism in Student Writing-LANGUAGE ARTS
Do you have questions about research and plagiarism? Laura Hennessey DeSena, author of Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques, focuses on strategies that encourage students to discover self while still cultivating authority of point of view in the research process. Learn more about DeSena's techniques by signing up for the free Web seminar "Engaging the Subjective Eye/I in the Authentic Research Experience" on Wednesday, April 9, 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT. The online session, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), will consider strategies that encourage original expression in the generation of an original thesis idea and suggest ways that teachers can help prevent plagiarism in student writing. 
http://www.ncte.org/store/webseminars/129209.htm

Plus: Can't make it on April 9? Order the free archived version of the seminar. 
http://www.ncte.org/store/129210.htm

Get a Gallery of Google Gadgets-TECHNOLOGY
Google recently unveiled Gadgets for Spreadsheets in Google Docs, allowing you to create graphical representations of data in spreadsheets and publish them on Web sites. Google Docs lets you turn your data into a Motion Chart in a spreadsheet via a Google Gadget. Google has put up a gallery of specialty gadgets to choose from. They include gadgets to display data on a pie chart, map, time chart, funnel chart, Gantt chart, pivot table and on a heat map if it's geographical data. You can even create interactive charts like those used by Google Finance and for Motion Charts. Gadgets will soon be coming to other apps in Google Docs to help you find relevant content and links.
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gadgetgallery.html

Save a Virtual World-SCIENCE 
Kinetic City is a collection of science experiments, games and projects for students in grades 3-5 to enjoy both online and away from the computer. The Kinetic City Super Crew needs your students' help to save their virtual world of Vearth from the science-distorting computer virus Deep Delete. The more your students play, the more standards-based science content they will learn! Kinetic City is a production of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Sign up online to start a Kinetic City Club; it's easy and it's free. 
http://www.kineticcity.com/

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT- Peruse Lincoln's Sum Book Pages-MATH/HISTORY
Abraham Lincoln practiced arithmetic problems in a sum book made of folded paper and stitched in the middle. Historians believe that Lincoln practiced the problems shown on this Web page in 1824, when he was 15 years old. Note the verse in the lower left corner of Illustration 1: Abraham Lincoln / his hand and pen / he will be good but / God knows when. In Illustration 2, Lincoln assigned himself the problem of multiplying 342,435 by 342. Attempt to solve this problem. Once you have your answer, try to check it the same way Lincoln checked his answer.
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/126libo/126visual1.htm

Get Writing Advice from Well-Known Poets(April is Poetry Month)-Language Arts
A new Web-based entertainment program for budding poets offers writing advice and recitations from well-known poets. Viewers of Borders' Open Door Poetry also may submit their own work for judging.
http://www.bordersmedia.com/odp/

Kelly Bryant
Library Materials Specialist
Southern Oregon Education Service District
101 N. Grape St. Medford, OR 97501
Phone 541.772.2751  1.877.763.6466
Fax  541.858.6749
kelly_bryant at soesd.k12.or.us
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