My biggest discovery of this class has been the use of the Chilton Library, number one because my husband and I have just gotten into looking up videos for how to repair different things. I thought it was great to see all of the available parts, repair videos included with the Chilton Library. We plan to use it to fix the sliding door on our old van. We have the parts, but our service man is so busy that we have decided to use helpful videos and see if we can do it ourselves.
I also discovered by reading about my family's history on Heritage Quest that my family's name long ago and my father's namesake Ode Odens was not actually that, but rather, Ole Olens. It seems to me that the people who were recording his name when he immigrated did not understand his name quite clearly, so they wrote Ode instead of Ole, and Odens, instead of Olens. I can understand how it happened, accents were hard to understand. This information is helpful to me to be able to follow the genealogy farther back because I know about the name change now. I plan to do more reading on this site.
I also found some interesting information about a family in Pollock for whom I am presently typing a family history book.. They have been looking for some missing links also, and I think I may have found some pictures that they would like to see. The family history is also very interesting to me, and I think they will enjoy reading it too. I plan to show the author of the book how to use this library site. He has a SD library card, so I will show him how to use this site.
I will also make use of the World Cat site more commonly after spending time using it.
I enjoyed Ancestry.com and will use it the next time I am in a community library that has the connection for that site. It gives me some options of how to use the community library.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Lesson 9
I was able to go to a public library in another town today to do my assignment. I enjoyed using Ancestry.com. I found this information under immigration and travel, and then I chose ships and their pictures. I searched for the sister ship of the Titanic and found it!
| Olympic | |||||||||
| Years in service: | 1911-1934 | ||||||||
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| Funnels: | 4 | ||||||||
| Masts: | 2 | ||||||||
| Shipping line: | White Star | ||||||||
| Ship description: | Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 45,324. Dimensions: 852' x 92' (882' o.l.). Triple-screw, 23 knots. Triple expansion engines and one low pressure steam turbine. Two masts and four funnels. | ||||||||
| History: | Laid down on December 16, 1908. Launched, October 20, 1910. Note: From keel to top of funnels 175 feet. Navigating bridge was 104 feet above keel. Displacement of 60,000 tons. Draft of 34 1/2 feet. The promenade deck had an extreme breadth of 94 feet. The bower anchors weighed 7 3/4 tons each. The centre anchor weighed 15 1/2 tons. Cost $7,500,000 to build. Passengers: 1,054 first, 510 second, 1,020 third. The crew numbered 860. Maiden voyage: Southampton-New York, June 14, 1911. Rammed and holed by the British cruiser Hawke, September 20, 1911, but was not seriously damaged. After the sinking of the Titanic, her construction was altered. The changes increased her tonnage to 46,439. Served as a troopship in World War I. Thoroughly reconditioned in 1921, including conversion to burning oil fuel. She rammed and sunk the well-known lightship Nantucket off the New England coast, May 16, 1934, during a thick fog. The seven members of the lightship crew were lost. The great liner was withdrawn from service in March 1935 and sold to British ship breakers later in the year. The scrapped hulk was finally dismantled in 1937. Sister ship:Titanic.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
lesson 8 World Cat
For the first part of the lesson I had to use World Cat to find a juvenile level non-fiction book about Martin Luther. I tried the typical route of just typing in his name, nothing was available, so I tried connecting "personal name" with Martin Luther, limiting phrase of geographical location Germany, limited to English. I went back and forth several times, followed the help suggestions, looked at the various ways to find a book about Martin Luther, and finally decided that there is one main book about the life of Martin Luther entitled Here I Stand by Roland H. Bainton. The book is written in German and in English. It is definitely a resource book for younger readers. I would say most of them would not read a 400 page book. The topics that worked to find this book were: name, biography, Germany. The library closest to the Mobridge, SD area that has this book is the Rapid City Public Library.
The next section was to look through the classic graphic novels and pick one to add to our local library as a suggestion. I would choose Tom Sawyer by Tim Mucci, Rad Sechrist, Mark Twain. I like the cover illustration because it fits the character of Tom Sawyer. The book is also written in Spanish if a library did need some classic graphic novels for Spanish speaking children. Tom Sawyer is a fictional character that both boys and girls like to read and imagine being his friend during his adventures. The pictures would make the story even more enjoyable.
The nearest library that has the book is the Laramie County System Library in Laramie, Wyoming.
There are 339 libraries in the world with this book. If a person wants the Spanish version, there are only 4 copies available worldwide.
The next assignment of this lesson was to find the vocal score for "My fair lady." I had to do some searching to find the right words to search to find what I wanted. The title had to be "My fair lady,"
the keyword had to be "vocal score." It wasn't helpful to add in the author's name because the search was too refined and the right item did not show. I tried musical composition, musical recording, several words, but I was finally able to get the right set of words to get what I wanted.
The newest one I found was printed in 1969, entitled "My fair lady" by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerne, Bernard Shaw, with the printing of 1969 and 1956. This one has the vocal score with piano. The accession number is 26429906.
I found another "My fair lady" printed in 1956 with vocal score excerpts. The accession number for that one is 22601829.
The one I like best has the same title, but it is for voice and piano and has chord symbols, and ukulele chord diagrams. It was printed in 1956 in New York by Chappelle and Company. The accession number for this one is 2052359.
I do not have a school in the town where I live and the library we have is a small community library.
I am not able to get the CAMIO program to work for me. I have tried the advanced search and different ways to search, but I get no page to come or it says "page not available."
I decided to look for this information under "World Cat" to see what I could find. I found by typing in "dress" and the years 1837-1901, several books with the clothing worn during those years in England. One book was the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion from 1066 to the present by Jack Cassin Scott, printed by Studio Vista in London, 1994. This book shows the styles of clothing worn by during the time period of the Norman Conquest of Britain.
The other book I found that looked very helpful was the Historical Encyclopedia of Costume by A. Racinet. It is a 6 volume set, printed in New York, 1988, and this set includes 19th Century Europe, 1876-1888.
The next section was to look through the classic graphic novels and pick one to add to our local library as a suggestion. I would choose Tom Sawyer by Tim Mucci, Rad Sechrist, Mark Twain. I like the cover illustration because it fits the character of Tom Sawyer. The book is also written in Spanish if a library did need some classic graphic novels for Spanish speaking children. Tom Sawyer is a fictional character that both boys and girls like to read and imagine being his friend during his adventures. The pictures would make the story even more enjoyable.
The nearest library that has the book is the Laramie County System Library in Laramie, Wyoming.
There are 339 libraries in the world with this book. If a person wants the Spanish version, there are only 4 copies available worldwide.
The next assignment of this lesson was to find the vocal score for "My fair lady." I had to do some searching to find the right words to search to find what I wanted. The title had to be "My fair lady,"
the keyword had to be "vocal score." It wasn't helpful to add in the author's name because the search was too refined and the right item did not show. I tried musical composition, musical recording, several words, but I was finally able to get the right set of words to get what I wanted.
The newest one I found was printed in 1969, entitled "My fair lady" by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerne, Bernard Shaw, with the printing of 1969 and 1956. This one has the vocal score with piano. The accession number is 26429906.
I found another "My fair lady" printed in 1956 with vocal score excerpts. The accession number for that one is 22601829.
The one I like best has the same title, but it is for voice and piano and has chord symbols, and ukulele chord diagrams. It was printed in 1956 in New York by Chappelle and Company. The accession number for this one is 2052359.
I do not have a school in the town where I live and the library we have is a small community library.
I am not able to get the CAMIO program to work for me. I have tried the advanced search and different ways to search, but I get no page to come or it says "page not available."
I decided to look for this information under "World Cat" to see what I could find. I found by typing in "dress" and the years 1837-1901, several books with the clothing worn during those years in England. One book was the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion from 1066 to the present by Jack Cassin Scott, printed by Studio Vista in London, 1994. This book shows the styles of clothing worn by during the time period of the Norman Conquest of Britain.
The other book I found that looked very helpful was the Historical Encyclopedia of Costume by A. Racinet. It is a 6 volume set, printed in New York, 1988, and this set includes 19th Century Europe, 1876-1888.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Lesson 7 ebooks on Ebscohost
I decided to take the subject of "South Dakota" for my search on Ebscohost. I typed in "South Dakota," then clicked "advanced search." I found 12 books. I decided to look at the relevant pagaes and the table of contents pages instead of downloading the whole book. I read through the relevant pages of these books: Nothing but Prairie and Sky: Life on the Dakota Range in the Early Days by Bruce Sibert and Wyman Walker Demarquis;The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Oscar Micheaux, 1994; and Bachelor Bess, Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919. I read several of the relevant pages in each book plus additional pages since I could just read on if I wished from the section I had taken. I found that to be similar to what I would do if I had the book in my hands in a library.
Next, I chose to try to find some books on country schools in South Dakota. I tried to find a book on the first school in Bon Homme County, but I was not successful. I then used "smart text" and found the book America's Country Schools by Andrew Gulliford, 1996. I was able to read about country schools in South Dakota in that book.
The next search I did used "smart text" again because no books came up just using the "advanced search." I searched South Dakota and Missouri River. One book was shown: Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows by Edwin Thompson Denig, 1961. I definitely like the search option of relevant pages and the table of contents so a person can scan to see if the book has the information that the reader wants.
The second part of the lesson was to look for fairy tales that used colored paper for covers. I found them by typing in "fairy tales" in the search, then scrolling down to "fairy tales and children."
The books that were listed were the Violet book and the Yellow book. The stories were written by Andrew Lang. I read the preface of the Yellow book and found that they wrote about the Blue, the Green, and the Yellow book. I found it interesting to read that the president of the Folk Lore Society did not like the fact that the books were published in red, green, and blue, but the Editor and Mr. Jacobs who did the publishing decided that there was no harm in doing so and printed more books as well. They started a new idea! Now we have all sorts of colors in our books!
Next, I chose to try to find some books on country schools in South Dakota. I tried to find a book on the first school in Bon Homme County, but I was not successful. I then used "smart text" and found the book America's Country Schools by Andrew Gulliford, 1996. I was able to read about country schools in South Dakota in that book.
The next search I did used "smart text" again because no books came up just using the "advanced search." I searched South Dakota and Missouri River. One book was shown: Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows by Edwin Thompson Denig, 1961. I definitely like the search option of relevant pages and the table of contents so a person can scan to see if the book has the information that the reader wants.
The second part of the lesson was to look for fairy tales that used colored paper for covers. I found them by typing in "fairy tales" in the search, then scrolling down to "fairy tales and children."
The books that were listed were the Violet book and the Yellow book. The stories were written by Andrew Lang. I read the preface of the Yellow book and found that they wrote about the Blue, the Green, and the Yellow book. I found it interesting to read that the president of the Folk Lore Society did not like the fact that the books were published in red, green, and blue, but the Editor and Mr. Jacobs who did the publishing decided that there was no harm in doing so and printed more books as well. They started a new idea! Now we have all sorts of colors in our books!
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Lesson 6 Use of the Gale Virtual Reference Library
A. Spring festivals from around the world:
The first article I read was the "Mimouna Festival." This article was found in the Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East and North Africa. The festival is a Jewish festival which begins the evening Passover ends. The ladies set tables adorned with green stalks, dried fruits and nuts, fava beans, wheat, honey, sweets, milk, fish, and crepes. The families go visiting each other, some go on a picnic.
I found this information by searching "spring celebrations" in the top search section. Next, I used the left side to search in a specific book.
B. The next article I found was labeled "China." It was found in the Junior World Mark Encyclopedia of Holidays. The Ching or Qing Ming Spring Festival is held on April 5 or 6. It means "pure and bright, or clear and bright." They have feasts, fairs, parades, hunts, play games, fly kites, and plant trees. They wear a willow sprig to attract good spirits and drive away sickness. They have a "Cold Food" day to remember a leader who suffocated in a cave because he did not understand why the top leader wanted him to come out, so he wouldn't come out. The top leader wanted him to come out so badly, he started a fire to smoke him out, and the person died in the cave.
C. Another part of the assignment was to find recipes that are used for the celebrations.
I found recipes in the Algeria Foods and Recipes Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia. I also read about 2 local festivals in Algeria every spring. One is the "Cherry Mousse" in Tlemcen, and the "Tomato Mousseam" in Adrar.
I also found that the Western Region of the United States has a practice of some spring festivals. Recipes were also found in site under the Foods and Recipes.
The last part of the assignment was to find articles listed in 2012. The "Algeria Foods and Recipes" in the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia was one listed in 2012. The other most common articles that had information about spring festivals or celebrations were colleges. Several of these colleges listed a "spring fling" as one of their college activities to entertain the college students.
The first article I read was the "Mimouna Festival." This article was found in the Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East and North Africa. The festival is a Jewish festival which begins the evening Passover ends. The ladies set tables adorned with green stalks, dried fruits and nuts, fava beans, wheat, honey, sweets, milk, fish, and crepes. The families go visiting each other, some go on a picnic.
I found this information by searching "spring celebrations" in the top search section. Next, I used the left side to search in a specific book.
B. The next article I found was labeled "China." It was found in the Junior World Mark Encyclopedia of Holidays. The Ching or Qing Ming Spring Festival is held on April 5 or 6. It means "pure and bright, or clear and bright." They have feasts, fairs, parades, hunts, play games, fly kites, and plant trees. They wear a willow sprig to attract good spirits and drive away sickness. They have a "Cold Food" day to remember a leader who suffocated in a cave because he did not understand why the top leader wanted him to come out, so he wouldn't come out. The top leader wanted him to come out so badly, he started a fire to smoke him out, and the person died in the cave.
C. Another part of the assignment was to find recipes that are used for the celebrations.
I found recipes in the Algeria Foods and Recipes Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia. I also read about 2 local festivals in Algeria every spring. One is the "Cherry Mousse" in Tlemcen, and the "Tomato Mousseam" in Adrar.
I also found that the Western Region of the United States has a practice of some spring festivals. Recipes were also found in site under the Foods and Recipes.
The last part of the assignment was to find articles listed in 2012. The "Algeria Foods and Recipes" in the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia was one listed in 2012. The other most common articles that had information about spring festivals or celebrations were colleges. Several of these colleges listed a "spring fling" as one of their college activities to entertain the college students.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Lesson 5
The first assignment was to look for literary criticism on the novel Les Miserable. I followed the instruction to click on full text, then document type, then subject limiters. I looked to the right sidebar to get the literary criticism about the novel. There were 334 results. There were 314 Scholarly Journal articles, 13 magazine articles, and 7 trade journals.
I looked for information on the ways libraries aided their communities during and after Hurricane Sandy. The first article I found was by Gordon Flagg on American Libraries. The article was from August 2006. The libraries were commended for their tireless efforts in helping people with gathering information and providing internet services and other library services when other community businesses were shut down.
Next I limited my search and went to the Pro Quest in Science and Technology. I found three articles that told about the work the libraries in the Hurricane Sandy areas had done during the time of disaster. The most recent article I found was in Young Library Services, "Learn to Code, It's a Life Skill," written by Jessica Klein, Winter 2014: 25-27.
I looked for information on the ways libraries aided their communities during and after Hurricane Sandy. The first article I found was by Gordon Flagg on American Libraries. The article was from August 2006. The libraries were commended for their tireless efforts in helping people with gathering information and providing internet services and other library services when other community businesses were shut down.
Next I limited my search and went to the Pro Quest in Science and Technology. I found three articles that told about the work the libraries in the Hurricane Sandy areas had done during the time of disaster. The most recent article I found was in Young Library Services, "Learn to Code, It's a Life Skill," written by Jessica Klein, Winter 2014: 25-27.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Lesson 4
Lesson 4, first section
The object of the lesson is to help a third grader with a report about the solar system. The student needs a lower lexile for independent reading.
I used the SIRS data base and typed "solar system" in the "advanced search." I set the lexile level for 400-500 and easy reading. I found several articles.
The first article is entitled, "How Many Moons?" from the April 3, 2006 Scholastic News, Vol. 62, pp. 4+.
The second article is entitled, "Mars Is More than Just a Candy Bar" from the Boys Quest, Aug. Sept. 1996, pp. 20-21.
The third article is entitled, "Super Science," by Geoff Alan from the U.S. Kids magazine, June 1999, pp. 16-17.T
The fourth article is entitled, "Saturn's Rings Around the Planet" from the Club 2! magazine, Sept. Oct. 1997, pp. 20-21.
All of these articles are informational, and do not have difficult sentence structure or vocabulary words.
I checked the encyclopedia to see if I could find some pictures of the solar system for the student and found that by clicking on the search under encyclopedia and "solar system," that I could find pictures that the student could use for the report as well. The article was found in Compton's by Brittanica, August 1, 2011.
Part 2 of Lesson 4
I had to find two ways to use SIRS Discoverer to find maps/images of volcanoes and list the number of results.
First of all, I typed in "volcano images" in the "keyword" search. For all searches, 126 articles were listed. Nineteen graphics were included in this listing which were very interesting.
I found 2 "web find" sites under volcano images. One was a 3-d tour of the Solar System which gave information and pictures of volcanoes on different planets. The other web find was "Mars Quest online."
Under "websites," I found 2 articles specifically written about volcanoes under "science."
I found 12 articles under "Exploring Nature.org" that gave information and graphics about volcanoes.
Part 3 of Lesson 4
This section involves the use of SIRS Researcher and a topic. The topic is "suicide prevention."
The first thing I noticed about SIRS Researcher is that they have the latest topics under a long listing of various topics. I looked up "suicide prevention" and found many articles. Part of the lesson was to compare this data base to Google search on the same topic. The SIRS Researcher is much better because the listing includes information from newspapers, magazines, and internet sources. The information is much easier to access on the SIRS Researcher. Another great addition to this SIRS Researcher site is that tools are provided for the student to organize notes and a list of other research tools to help the student organize the information they are reading.
The second part of this section on SIRS Researcher is to find information on "water use" to prepare for a town meeting discussing the necessity of water restrictions and why. The Pro Con issues would be very helpful to read through and collect important information for the meeting.
One of the articles that would be helpful to read as background is the article about ways that different states are recycling water. Perhaps this group of people could also be encouraged to think of ways that they could recycle water in their town so less fresh water would be needed.
It seems to me that during a time of drought citizens must be more conscientious about reusing the water that they have so they don't run out of drinking water.
The object of the lesson is to help a third grader with a report about the solar system. The student needs a lower lexile for independent reading.
I used the SIRS data base and typed "solar system" in the "advanced search." I set the lexile level for 400-500 and easy reading. I found several articles.
The first article is entitled, "How Many Moons?" from the April 3, 2006 Scholastic News, Vol. 62, pp. 4+.
The second article is entitled, "Mars Is More than Just a Candy Bar" from the Boys Quest, Aug. Sept. 1996, pp. 20-21.
The third article is entitled, "Super Science," by Geoff Alan from the U.S. Kids magazine, June 1999, pp. 16-17.T
The fourth article is entitled, "Saturn's Rings Around the Planet" from the Club 2! magazine, Sept. Oct. 1997, pp. 20-21.
All of these articles are informational, and do not have difficult sentence structure or vocabulary words.
I checked the encyclopedia to see if I could find some pictures of the solar system for the student and found that by clicking on the search under encyclopedia and "solar system," that I could find pictures that the student could use for the report as well. The article was found in Compton's by Brittanica, August 1, 2011.
Part 2 of Lesson 4
I had to find two ways to use SIRS Discoverer to find maps/images of volcanoes and list the number of results.
First of all, I typed in "volcano images" in the "keyword" search. For all searches, 126 articles were listed. Nineteen graphics were included in this listing which were very interesting.
I found 2 "web find" sites under volcano images. One was a 3-d tour of the Solar System which gave information and pictures of volcanoes on different planets. The other web find was "Mars Quest online."
Under "websites," I found 2 articles specifically written about volcanoes under "science."
I found 12 articles under "Exploring Nature.org" that gave information and graphics about volcanoes.
Part 3 of Lesson 4
This section involves the use of SIRS Researcher and a topic. The topic is "suicide prevention."
The first thing I noticed about SIRS Researcher is that they have the latest topics under a long listing of various topics. I looked up "suicide prevention" and found many articles. Part of the lesson was to compare this data base to Google search on the same topic. The SIRS Researcher is much better because the listing includes information from newspapers, magazines, and internet sources. The information is much easier to access on the SIRS Researcher. Another great addition to this SIRS Researcher site is that tools are provided for the student to organize notes and a list of other research tools to help the student organize the information they are reading.
The second part of this section on SIRS Researcher is to find information on "water use" to prepare for a town meeting discussing the necessity of water restrictions and why. The Pro Con issues would be very helpful to read through and collect important information for the meeting.
One of the articles that would be helpful to read as background is the article about ways that different states are recycling water. Perhaps this group of people could also be encouraged to think of ways that they could recycle water in their town so less fresh water would be needed.
It seems to me that during a time of drought citizens must be more conscientious about reusing the water that they have so they don't run out of drinking water.
Water Can Be Reclaimed, Reused Instead of Wasted is a very good article to have available for people in drought areas to read and think about.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Lesson three
The first part of Lesson 3 requests ways to help a 4th grader with reading comprehension by using Learning Express on the South Dakota State Library site.
1. The student must go to the South Dakota State Library site, click on the data base listing, and find Learning Express. Click on Learning Express.
2. Click on the "School Center." On the left side, click on "Elementary School, English Language Arts Skills Improvement." To be able to use this feature, the student has to log in as a user. After doing this, the students should click on "Informational Reading" and do the Practice tests, 1 and 2.
I went through both of these tests. I would say that the student should do them, get them scored, and then do them again to practice the features that the student does not get the first time. After getting a perfect score, I would have them work on the Literature Reading Practice and do the same practice with those two tests to help the student practice on skills that need improvement.
Part 2 of Lesson 3
This lesson requests ways to help a high school graduate improve his/her skills in office management in order to be able to get a job in this field.
First of all, I would make sure the person was able to access the South Dakota State library site by having a library card number and password. I would then show the person how to find the data bases and the section on "Learning Express." I would show the student how to find the section on careers.
I went through all of the lessons in the section "Learn More About a Career." This section is excellent and would be useful for any person who works with others in any business or organization. The sessions I would recommend are called "Build Your Workplace Skills." These sessions would be good reminders for teachers at the beginning of a school year, or any person who works with a group to refresh proper etiquette and communication to keep a positive business atmosphere.
I would certainly recommend that the student read all of the information, take the quizzes, and the test. I would also encourage the student to go back and see what questions were missed and what the correct answers are. If the student had difficulties, I would suggest that he/she go through the information more than once and take written notes to help recall the information.
Part 3 of Lesson 3
This lesson has the student go through the section in Learning Express on the Career Center. First of all, I would make sure the student is able to access Learning Express and has a library number and password to make full use of the site.
After the student clicks on "Career Center," he/she should look on the top listings and click on "Guidance,"and then "Explore Careers." The student should read the information found under "nurse," and "pharmacy technician." The preparation tests and information should be read and instructions followed on each page. After these steps have been completed, he/she should look on the left side of the page and go through each item: "Succeed in the Workplace; Prepare for Workkeys Assessments, and TOEIC." I have read through this information and found it very helpful. I would have liked to had this information as a high school student when I was looking for the career of my choice. I would have also really appreciated all of the practice tests to review information that I may not have understood during my high school education or may have forgotten. This information is excellent as a refresher course once a year, or when a person is anticipating a job change.
1. The student must go to the South Dakota State Library site, click on the data base listing, and find Learning Express. Click on Learning Express.
2. Click on the "School Center." On the left side, click on "Elementary School, English Language Arts Skills Improvement." To be able to use this feature, the student has to log in as a user. After doing this, the students should click on "Informational Reading" and do the Practice tests, 1 and 2.
I went through both of these tests. I would say that the student should do them, get them scored, and then do them again to practice the features that the student does not get the first time. After getting a perfect score, I would have them work on the Literature Reading Practice and do the same practice with those two tests to help the student practice on skills that need improvement.
Part 2 of Lesson 3
This lesson requests ways to help a high school graduate improve his/her skills in office management in order to be able to get a job in this field.
First of all, I would make sure the person was able to access the South Dakota State library site by having a library card number and password. I would then show the person how to find the data bases and the section on "Learning Express." I would show the student how to find the section on careers.
I went through all of the lessons in the section "Learn More About a Career." This section is excellent and would be useful for any person who works with others in any business or organization. The sessions I would recommend are called "Build Your Workplace Skills." These sessions would be good reminders for teachers at the beginning of a school year, or any person who works with a group to refresh proper etiquette and communication to keep a positive business atmosphere.
I would certainly recommend that the student read all of the information, take the quizzes, and the test. I would also encourage the student to go back and see what questions were missed and what the correct answers are. If the student had difficulties, I would suggest that he/she go through the information more than once and take written notes to help recall the information.
Part 3 of Lesson 3
This lesson has the student go through the section in Learning Express on the Career Center. First of all, I would make sure the student is able to access Learning Express and has a library number and password to make full use of the site.
After the student clicks on "Career Center," he/she should look on the top listings and click on "Guidance,"and then "Explore Careers." The student should read the information found under "nurse," and "pharmacy technician." The preparation tests and information should be read and instructions followed on each page. After these steps have been completed, he/she should look on the left side of the page and go through each item: "Succeed in the Workplace; Prepare for Workkeys Assessments, and TOEIC." I have read through this information and found it very helpful. I would have liked to had this information as a high school student when I was looking for the career of my choice. I would have also really appreciated all of the practice tests to review information that I may not have understood during my high school education or may have forgotten. This information is excellent as a refresher course once a year, or when a person is anticipating a job change.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
lesson 2
Lesson 2
I think the person could fix their steering wheel by watching the videos and reading the fact sheets. Since I am not a mechanic, I would print everything and have it right beside me so I would not make a mistake. I would be concerned about the air bag deploying, but the explanation is complete, and if directions are followed, the person should not have a problem. I thought it was great.
The part number for the 1989 Geo Prizm is A131L.
Lesson 2: the Mango lesson
I would show the student how to connect to the main library site, make sure the person had a library card number and knew their password. I would then help them find Greek or Hebrew and go through a lesson with them. I did Lesson 1 in the Greek. It was very well done, and it makes me think that it would be a fun challenge to learn a different language for my own information and experience. It would certainly be a helpful aide for a student who has other homework to do as well, and their time to practice a new language is limited.
Lesson 2, Tumblebook exercise
First of all, I would show them how to sign in to the library site along with their password, go to online resources listing to find the Tumblebook site.
After that, I would show him how to click the word "Mysteries," and then go to the Junior site and have pick the listings he would like to go through. I would suggest the 40 periodic references for a starting point, then go back and check the others. He should be able to find a book he has not read. He can also check further when he is reading these references to see if the book is appropriate for his age level and interest.
I think the person could fix their steering wheel by watching the videos and reading the fact sheets. Since I am not a mechanic, I would print everything and have it right beside me so I would not make a mistake. I would be concerned about the air bag deploying, but the explanation is complete, and if directions are followed, the person should not have a problem. I thought it was great.
The part number for the 1989 Geo Prizm is A131L.
Lesson 2: the Mango lesson
I would show the student how to connect to the main library site, make sure the person had a library card number and knew their password. I would then help them find Greek or Hebrew and go through a lesson with them. I did Lesson 1 in the Greek. It was very well done, and it makes me think that it would be a fun challenge to learn a different language for my own information and experience. It would certainly be a helpful aide for a student who has other homework to do as well, and their time to practice a new language is limited.
Lesson 2, Tumblebook exercise
First of all, I would show them how to sign in to the library site along with their password, go to online resources listing to find the Tumblebook site.
After that, I would show him how to click the word "Mysteries," and then go to the Junior site and have pick the listings he would like to go through. I would suggest the 40 periodic references for a starting point, then go back and check the others. He should be able to find a book he has not read. He can also check further when he is reading these references to see if the book is appropriate for his age level and interest.
Tumble book activity
The assignment was to match 2 fiction story books from Tumble books with a science lesson for third graders.
I looked through the science stories, both nonfiction and fiction, listened to several of them and decided to use Ace Lacewing Bug Detective, and Ace Lacewing, Bad Bugs are my Business. These stories would fit it very well with lessons on insects. I would use it to introduce a unit on insects. I would have the children listen to the stories or read them on their computers. Their objective would be to collect information about insects that the stories included. Their next objective would be to recognize how the author used those facts to make an interesting mystery story. Last, I would have the students give a try at writing a fictional story about one of the insects used in the stories.
I looked through the science stories, both nonfiction and fiction, listened to several of them and decided to use Ace Lacewing Bug Detective, and Ace Lacewing, Bad Bugs are my Business. These stories would fit it very well with lessons on insects. I would use it to introduce a unit on insects. I would have the children listen to the stories or read them on their computers. Their objective would be to collect information about insects that the stories included. Their next objective would be to recognize how the author used those facts to make an interesting mystery story. Last, I would have the students give a try at writing a fictional story about one of the insects used in the stories.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Lesson 1a World Book for Kids Lesson 1b, Lesson 1c
First of all I checked the Science Projects section. I enjoyed looking over the projects and found some simple projects for younger students using worms. The hydrofoil experiment was an easy project.
The second place I checked was the Games and Activities. I tried the mazes, the tic tac toe games, and the math activities that involved coloring. I tried different levels to see how difficult each level was.
I tried the flag matching activity. I found that to be challenging. I think the students would enjoy giving that a try as an activity that they don't spend a lot of time studying on a regular basis.
For the lesson 1b, I checked out the section, "Behind the Headlines." I read through articles on animals, weather, space, and historic celebrations. I also tried the Current Events game for several weeks. I discovered that I needed to do more careful reading before I take the quizzes. All of these articles would be very helpful to teach critical thinking for older students, plus provide up to date information for them on a variety of topics. A student could choose an area of interest, read a certain number of articles and summarize them. Following that activity the student could try the current event quiz and see how well they comprehended what they read. The articles are quite easy to read and are interesting to read as well.
For the lesson 1c I checked the Advanced World Book section. First of all, I looked through the story list of Hans Christian Anderson. I decided to read through the Ugly Duckling. After reading the story, I checked the notes and articles related to the author. I didn't find a great deal of material that was as helpful as I expected, but I did find historical notes.
Next, I looked at the story of Huckleberry Finn. I checked out the historical notes, the articles that could be found about Mark Twain and other available information. I found this story to have some very interesting articles linked to the author and the story. I especially enjoyed the news story of Mark Twain's visit with Helen Keller. I would think it would be quite an experience to tell a story with a person touching your lips to follow the story and the teller's expressions. The story was very interesting. It would be particularly helpful to use after students did a study of Helen Keller and watched the movie of her and her teacher Anne Sullivan," The Miracle Worker."
I also think I would use the feature of having the story read aloud to the students. I would encourage each student to sign in to the story and listen to it personally and then read the articles of interest that the teacher assigns and one that the student has chooses. Students enjoy some illustrations when they read, so since there are no illustrations, it would be helpful to have them listen to the story to help hold their interest.
For the next lesson on World Book Discover, I checked out the World Book videos. They were interesting and would help a student find a topic of interest. The section on how to do a research project is definitely very helpful. I would definitely put each student to work on an individual computer and have them work through this whole section. Too often students do not understand the differences between primary and secondary resources. They do not know how to cite and they do not what to take the time to gather all of the information. World Book Discover has all of the information in one site. I think students would enjoy making their own podcast, too. Making a podcast would be a good addition to their written research paper because it would help them realize what they understood about their research.
The second place I checked was the Games and Activities. I tried the mazes, the tic tac toe games, and the math activities that involved coloring. I tried different levels to see how difficult each level was.
I tried the flag matching activity. I found that to be challenging. I think the students would enjoy giving that a try as an activity that they don't spend a lot of time studying on a regular basis.
For the lesson 1b, I checked out the section, "Behind the Headlines." I read through articles on animals, weather, space, and historic celebrations. I also tried the Current Events game for several weeks. I discovered that I needed to do more careful reading before I take the quizzes. All of these articles would be very helpful to teach critical thinking for older students, plus provide up to date information for them on a variety of topics. A student could choose an area of interest, read a certain number of articles and summarize them. Following that activity the student could try the current event quiz and see how well they comprehended what they read. The articles are quite easy to read and are interesting to read as well.
For the lesson 1c I checked the Advanced World Book section. First of all, I looked through the story list of Hans Christian Anderson. I decided to read through the Ugly Duckling. After reading the story, I checked the notes and articles related to the author. I didn't find a great deal of material that was as helpful as I expected, but I did find historical notes.
Next, I looked at the story of Huckleberry Finn. I checked out the historical notes, the articles that could be found about Mark Twain and other available information. I found this story to have some very interesting articles linked to the author and the story. I especially enjoyed the news story of Mark Twain's visit with Helen Keller. I would think it would be quite an experience to tell a story with a person touching your lips to follow the story and the teller's expressions. The story was very interesting. It would be particularly helpful to use after students did a study of Helen Keller and watched the movie of her and her teacher Anne Sullivan," The Miracle Worker."
I also think I would use the feature of having the story read aloud to the students. I would encourage each student to sign in to the story and listen to it personally and then read the articles of interest that the teacher assigns and one that the student has chooses. Students enjoy some illustrations when they read, so since there are no illustrations, it would be helpful to have them listen to the story to help hold their interest.
For the next lesson on World Book Discover, I checked out the World Book videos. They were interesting and would help a student find a topic of interest. The section on how to do a research project is definitely very helpful. I would definitely put each student to work on an individual computer and have them work through this whole section. Too often students do not understand the differences between primary and secondary resources. They do not know how to cite and they do not what to take the time to gather all of the information. World Book Discover has all of the information in one site. I think students would enjoy making their own podcast, too. Making a podcast would be a good addition to their written research paper because it would help them realize what they understood about their research.
Friday, April 1, 2011
comment
I was rereading my blogs and saw I typed "Gentle Reader" twice when I listed the blogs, sorry about not rereading my work carefully enough. I have learned that it is best to write down the name before I switch to the next page. I forget blog names pretty easily.
I am hoping to download some ebooks. I am presently looking for some picture books that I can use for my students for group reading at the Promethean Board. I am reading some of Beatrix Potter's books to them. The pictures are so nice and big on the Pr. Bd. Plus they are in color, it is marvelous.
I am trying to find more books that have illustrations that I can read with the group. It is so nice to have everyone look at the same page at the same time.
I am hoping to download some ebooks. I am presently looking for some picture books that I can use for my students for group reading at the Promethean Board. I am reading some of Beatrix Potter's books to them. The pictures are so nice and big on the Pr. Bd. Plus they are in color, it is marvelous.
I am trying to find more books that have illustrations that I can read with the group. It is so nice to have everyone look at the same page at the same time.
World Cat lesson
I looked up the site, I misnamed it. It is entitled Church of Changing Frontier by Helen Belknap.
I put it into my book bag and then tried to download it, but my computer did not recognize the print, and I had it search the internet to find the right program, but I was not successful. I am thinking about trying sections of it at a time, rather than the whole thing. I thought I would try to email it to myself, and see what happens. I think some of the chapter titles look quite interesting in the Table of Contents.
I put it into my book bag and then tried to download it, but my computer did not recognize the print, and I had it search the internet to find the right program, but I was not successful. I am thinking about trying sections of it at a time, rather than the whole thing. I thought I would try to email it to myself, and see what happens. I think some of the chapter titles look quite interesting in the Table of Contents.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
notes on reading other blogs for lesson 7
I read through the blogs of "Gentle Reader," "Discover FCS," "Gentle Reader," "Teacher CJ," and "My Library Blog."
I found that several of them had very similar comments to my own. I was interested to see what topics they chose and the books and publications they found. I noticed that they didn't have the same library listed at the top as I did, but we also didn't look for the same book. I noticed that when I was looking for juvenile literature stories that involved dogs and horses, that Alexander Mitchell Library came up first several times, and Brookings Public Library came up several times. I decided that they must have excellent children's sections in their libraries. I have visited the Alexander Mitchell Library in Aberdeen and did find it to be a wonderful place for children's stories. Since I teach younger children, I am always looking for good picture books and quality stories for children in grades K-5.
I found that several of them had very similar comments to my own. I was interested to see what topics they chose and the books and publications they found. I noticed that they didn't have the same library listed at the top as I did, but we also didn't look for the same book. I noticed that when I was looking for juvenile literature stories that involved dogs and horses, that Alexander Mitchell Library came up first several times, and Brookings Public Library came up several times. I decided that they must have excellent children's sections in their libraries. I have visited the Alexander Mitchell Library in Aberdeen and did find it to be a wonderful place for children's stories. Since I teach younger children, I am always looking for good picture books and quality stories for children in grades K-5.
World Cat
I did miss this lesson the first time through.
I started by looking up books on dogs in juvenile boys' literature. I found the Diary of the Wimpy Kid,. I also found a cute book about April Fools. I looked through to see what library had it. I plan to order the book through the library. Next, I looked up a book with the title, Sounder. There are 3,634 libraries that have the book. Alexander Mitchell Library from Aberdeen came at the top of the list for me. The Class Description for Sounder is 813/.54.
I looked to see other books written by the author. I found A Reading Guide Through Troubled Waters, Reading Sounder, and a sound recording of William H. Armstrong. I checked to see how many libraries had the sound recording, and there were only 4. It is a cassette, so that would explain why few have it.
Next, I checked the OAIster list of records, and I typed in "South Dakota." 58 records were found for SD. I looked at the Heart of the Badlands, A Homesteader and his Church Building, and A Farmer's Homestead.
I was interested to see that some of them are very old and have scanned photos from long ago. I looked through the Table of Contents of the Farmer's Homestead to see what would be available to see without ordering thee information. They only show the one picture of the farmer's log cabin. The Table of Contents looks interesting, though, and I think it would be a great book to look through for research on early settlers' homes in the Dakotas.
I started by looking up books on dogs in juvenile boys' literature. I found the Diary of the Wimpy Kid,. I also found a cute book about April Fools. I looked through to see what library had it. I plan to order the book through the library. Next, I looked up a book with the title, Sounder. There are 3,634 libraries that have the book. Alexander Mitchell Library from Aberdeen came at the top of the list for me. The Class Description for Sounder is 813/.54.
I looked to see other books written by the author. I found A Reading Guide Through Troubled Waters, Reading Sounder, and a sound recording of William H. Armstrong. I checked to see how many libraries had the sound recording, and there were only 4. It is a cassette, so that would explain why few have it.
Next, I checked the OAIster list of records, and I typed in "South Dakota." 58 records were found for SD. I looked at the Heart of the Badlands, A Homesteader and his Church Building, and A Farmer's Homestead.
I was interested to see that some of them are very old and have scanned photos from long ago. I looked through the Table of Contents of the Farmer's Homestead to see what would be available to see without ordering thee information. They only show the one picture of the farmer's log cabin. The Table of Contents looks interesting, though, and I think it would be a great book to look through for research on early settlers' homes in the Dakotas.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wrap-up session
First of all, I would say my biggest discovery from taking this class was all the online training sessions. I hope to try to check in on one of these during the school day. It doesn't always fit our schedule, but I am going to try to make it work.
I am positively amazed at all of the information available at my fingertips that I can find through the South Dakota State Library. What a person needs to do is take notes and save them in a special account so I can remember which data base I used for each topic. I am not accustomed to using this as a starting point, but I am working in that direction as I have my students look up the answers to various questions.
I had two of my students order library cards today so they can use the online World Book, the practice tests, the ebooks, etc. I called their parents and explained the purpose of the card and invited them to spend a little time with me to make better use of the card for their families.
I checked the puzzle site with all of the various resources available. I also looked at the other links listed.
I hope to continue to spend some free time at least once or twice a week to familiarize myself with more of the information so I can refer my students to the correct data bases that I want them to use for the research I assign.
It is good to use a safe site. I find searching with Google to be quite time consuming for students because there is too much information that does not apply specifically to what they are needing. Labeling the articles with the ease of reading labels helps a lot. Using the Google way is often very difficult for younger students because they can't skim for the information fast enough, and they get frustrated. Using information written at their level will be very helpful for them and their teacher.
I am positively amazed at all of the information available at my fingertips that I can find through the South Dakota State Library. What a person needs to do is take notes and save them in a special account so I can remember which data base I used for each topic. I am not accustomed to using this as a starting point, but I am working in that direction as I have my students look up the answers to various questions.
I had two of my students order library cards today so they can use the online World Book, the practice tests, the ebooks, etc. I called their parents and explained the purpose of the card and invited them to spend a little time with me to make better use of the card for their families.
I checked the puzzle site with all of the various resources available. I also looked at the other links listed.
I hope to continue to spend some free time at least once or twice a week to familiarize myself with more of the information so I can refer my students to the correct data bases that I want them to use for the research I assign.
It is good to use a safe site. I find searching with Google to be quite time consuming for students because there is too much information that does not apply specifically to what they are needing. Labeling the articles with the ease of reading labels helps a lot. Using the Google way is often very difficult for younger students because they can't skim for the information fast enough, and they get frustrated. Using information written at their level will be very helpful for them and their teacher.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Ancestry Archive Library lesson
I was able to find my grandparents and parents in the census collection using this database. I was unable to find my own marriage license, however. I tried my maiden name and also my married name. I was able to find information on my husband's family, too. I tried to read about some of the families that would be connected to my students, but I wasn't able to find any. I am assuming it is because I am missing some information that would help get me to the place. I am going to have my students try it and fill in the information that they know. If they can't remember it all, they can ask their parents, and we can try it again.
I was puzzled by the fact that I couldn't find my Dad's military record since he was a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II. I think that I didn't quite get all of the correct information typed in, so the information would not show for me. I plan to try again to see what I can find.
It was quite amazing to see all of the handwritten work the people did during the early years to record all of the people in each area. What a huge task!
I was puzzled by the fact that I couldn't find my Dad's military record since he was a captain in the U.S. Army in World War II. I think that I didn't quite get all of the correct information typed in, so the information would not show for me. I plan to try again to see what I can find.
It was quite amazing to see all of the handwritten work the people did during the early years to record all of the people in each area. What a huge task!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Sanborn maps and Heritage Quest
I checked through the Heritage Quest Census for my grandparents, and none of their names came up in SD or IA. I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong, so I typed in George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I found information on both of them, so then I knew I was doing the search right. Next, I checked out Samuel Clemens from Missouri. I found information on him. Next, I decided to try my husband's grandfather's family name. I found information on him! So I saved a copy to my file to show to my husband.
I checked through the Sanborn maps. Tyndall, SD was the closest town to my hometown. I found the Tyndall Presbyterian Church which I know is still there today. I also checked out the courthouse at Parker, SD, and found it on three different maps showing how the size of the building increased over the years. It stayed in the same location. It would have been fun if I could have looked at maps from my home town of Springfield, SD. It is a little easier to know where historic buildings are if it is in a person's hometown.
I checked through the Sanborn maps. Tyndall, SD was the closest town to my hometown. I found the Tyndall Presbyterian Church which I know is still there today. I also checked out the courthouse at Parker, SD, and found it on three different maps showing how the size of the building increased over the years. It stayed in the same location. It would have been fun if I could have looked at maps from my home town of Springfield, SD. It is a little easier to know where historic buildings are if it is in a person's hometown.
CAMIO Library
I looked through the Paul Revere prints and other pictures. The thing I found interesting was to compare how various artists depicted historical pictures. I looked through the pictures, drawings, and paintings of the Sioux. I saved and watched a slide show of what I kept. I also looked up famous SD artists from our study in SD history. I looked up John Audubon, George Catlin, and Bodimer's works. I plan to show these to the students when we do our weekly lesson on SD Pathways.
I also typed the theme of "Missouri River" to see what paintings, etc. would be available. I plan to show the students some of those as well.
I have showed my students different ways of making pictures, and this will give me a way to quickly find examples of the type of art I am teaching about, woodcuts, sculpture, oil painting, collage, etc.
As far as community use, I think it would be good to show it to people that are part of the community library staff so they would know this site is available. Some times people like to know the history of a particular painting and this site would provide that information for them.
I also typed the theme of "Missouri River" to see what paintings, etc. would be available. I plan to show the students some of those as well.
I have showed my students different ways of making pictures, and this will give me a way to quickly find examples of the type of art I am teaching about, woodcuts, sculpture, oil painting, collage, etc.
As far as community use, I think it would be good to show it to people that are part of the community library staff so they would know this site is available. Some times people like to know the history of a particular painting and this site would provide that information for them.
Archive Library lesson
I went to the school and worked on the Archive Library site. It is an amazing resource.
I looked at some of the information on Sitting Bull. I was mostly interested in looking at the texts and abstracts available online in children's literature. I saw book titles that I have not seen before. I am familiar with the more common ones, but these looked more interesting for my students since they are quite familiar with the common stories about Sitting Bull.
I checked out other children's stories about George Washington, stories about communism, and American history. I didn't quite understand at first what they meant when they said "full text PDF." I thought that meant you could view the book online and read parts of it. Instead, you get an excerpt from the School Library Journal that gives a review about the book. The review and short description of the book are very helpful and would certainly help a person make a good decision about whether a particular book is fitting for the child or lesson that the book was needed for.
It is a great site. I think it would be the most useful for a person who was not sure of what he/she were looking for, and also for research when the person has to be sure the information is at the level of reading that it needs to be.
I looked at some of the information on Sitting Bull. I was mostly interested in looking at the texts and abstracts available online in children's literature. I saw book titles that I have not seen before. I am familiar with the more common ones, but these looked more interesting for my students since they are quite familiar with the common stories about Sitting Bull.
I checked out other children's stories about George Washington, stories about communism, and American history. I didn't quite understand at first what they meant when they said "full text PDF." I thought that meant you could view the book online and read parts of it. Instead, you get an excerpt from the School Library Journal that gives a review about the book. The review and short description of the book are very helpful and would certainly help a person make a good decision about whether a particular book is fitting for the child or lesson that the book was needed for.
It is a great site. I think it would be the most useful for a person who was not sure of what he/she were looking for, and also for research when the person has to be sure the information is at the level of reading that it needs to be.
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