EDUC 201 Spring 09

The handout for the demonstrations and tour

The Curriculum Center at EWU Libraries is here to provide resources and materials for your success as an EWU student and perspective teacher.

EDUC 413- Content Reading

Handout about K12 materials that assists you in successful lesson planning with expository writing suitable for K12 students.

Sustainability curriculum

EDUC 497 handout

World Book Online

Nadean won at conference one full year of free EWU access to the new World Book Online including the kids version, Spanish and French version .

There are many ebooks, videos, audio clips and more...

Short videos about each database

World Book Online -- Access specialized encyclopedias, including: World Book Advanced (high school/undergraduate), which includes an atlas, dictionary, 14,000 historic entries, 10,000 images, primary sources, and public domain e-books; World Book Kids (elementary); World Book Student (middle/high school); and World Book Discover (for differentiated instruction).

English Language Learners

Handout from class for EDUC 480

Intellectual Freedom EDUC 401

Intellectual Freedom, Censorship, Book Banning, Controversy in books inthe classroom and the First Amendment are "big ideas"

This handout has interactive quizzes, resources and scenarios to think about.

ENGL 101- arguments

Handout from class

RefWorks importing citations from proQuest

Currently ProQuest does not import directly from the marked list to RefWorks. It should be fixed by June. Here is a short video made by Jing to show you the alternate steps to get your ProQuest citations into RefWorks.

Jing is a free download ( either PC or Mac) that allows you to screen capture images or short ( up to 5 minute) videos. It is great to show others directions.

EDUC 420 handout

Handout with hotlinks

Remember:
Praxis test to practice Learning Express Databases and more...

Presentation equipment to practice Lower Level JFK Library

• document camera
• SMARTboard
• Video projector
• All on a cart with software, laptop and directions

Discovery Streaming Video Database-- search by Washington State Standards, grade and subject- some video clips can be donwloaded and edited too.

EDUC 401 Spring 2009

Handout for Audiobooks with linked resources. Remember EWU libraries has 30 ipod shuffles for checkout that have over 60 children's literature titles that reflect cultural diversity.

Handout of top YA authors and numbers of books available

New database: Something about the Author pdf lengthy articles about author' s life, critical readings of their work and key titles.


Handout of demonstrations in class instruction about resources
Handout about graphic novels, book reviews and experimenting with databases

EDUC 520 Library Research

Handout-- with hotlinks
RefWorks Reminders

Additional education statistics web sites:

http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies).The WWC regularly updates the WWC Technical Standards and their application to take account of new considerations brought forth by experts and users. Such changes may result in re-appraisals of studies and/or interventions previously reviewed and rated. The current WWC Standards offer guidance for those planning or carrying out studies, not only in the design considerations but the analysis and reporting stages as well. The WWC Standards, however, may not pertain to every situation, context, or purpose of a study and will evolve.

National Study for Educational Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

CARET

http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm

CARET bridges education technology research to practice by offering research-based answers to critical questions.

Educator’s Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org/

The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings you the resources you have come to depend on. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

MCREL- Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning

http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/index.asp

Presentation practice cart available

The JFK Lower Level Services Desk will check out a practice cart for room L15 to practice with:





-- Document camera
--SMART board

It is connected to laptop and video projector.

Make your group presentations high tech and smooth by practicing together first.

RCLS 425 Handout

Handout

Basic Research Process assistance and introduction to EWU Libraries journal article databases

• Keywords
• Using general databases-- searching tips and visual searching
  
• Using subject specific databases
• Finding "just right amount" of "good" material
• Finding the fulltext of articles
  

Information on RefWorks and citation styles including a short Flash tutorial for APA citation style.

RefWorks Reminder handout