Lesson 7 WorldCat
1. When clicking on the drop down menu I noticed there are many of different ways you can search for a title. This would come in handy for a librarian because they would not need to get out of one program and get into another. It is conveniently located in one spot.
2. Again, I chose to complete this question with my 11 year (5th grade) son. Again, we chose to look up books about fishing. We found the perfect one...The young fishing enthusiast. There were 909 libraries worldwide that had this book. The #1 library was Alexander Mitchell Library.
3. There must be something wrong with the links to all the South Dakota libraries because all the links that I clicked on said "Error". I finally chose Bettendorf Public Library in Iowa. The call number is J799.1 BA. When I clicked on the Author of the title, the next page not only showed me 5 other titles written by the same author, but various other authors with a similar name. When I clicked on the subject, I was very impressed with how many other books with the same topic came up for me to choose from.
Common Core:
When I went to the advanced tab and put in the information I was impressed with not only the amount of titles to select from, but when I found one of interest, I was equally impressed with how many libraries owned a copy. This site is excellent! I would feel very comfortable using this site to help my 9th grade science students find information about any topic they are researching. The best part is that my students would not have any excuse for not being able to check out a title that would help them with any research they are doing for any subject, not just my science class. As far as a common core standard, when a student uses this site they would meet any of the state standards for reading.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Lesson 6 Ebooks
Lesson 6 Ebooks
1. I chose to complete this assignment with my 11 year old son. We chose various non-fiction titles from fishing to football. Some of the subjects had an extensive selection while others were limited to only one book. There were even some that did not cover the subject at all. As far as a resource I think there needs to be more work done here. This is one tool that I think can be used a ton, but when we couldn't find any information on a subject we became frustrated.
2. Some appropriate titles for researching Constitution Day are Bill of Rights, Illustrated Dictionary of Constitutional Concepts, Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments
3. When I went to advanced search and looked up information on Nebraska I noticed that there was some information that pertained to Western History however, I was not impressed with the selections. I did not think it searched for appropriate information. After typing in Nebraska, received information about Africa...hmmmm. I think the search engine needs to be updated. Again, I found myself getting frustrated searching for the information I was looking for.
Common Core:
1. Like I said above, I searched for information with my 11 year old son. Even though we could not find information on all the subjects we were looking for, we did find plenty of information that interested him. We clicked on 5 books of each subject area about football and basketball. We downloaded one to read together. After reading the book, we met every reading standard for the 5th grade. The one that applied most was
Reading Standard 5th Grade # 7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
1. I chose to complete this assignment with my 11 year old son. We chose various non-fiction titles from fishing to football. Some of the subjects had an extensive selection while others were limited to only one book. There were even some that did not cover the subject at all. As far as a resource I think there needs to be more work done here. This is one tool that I think can be used a ton, but when we couldn't find any information on a subject we became frustrated.
2. Some appropriate titles for researching Constitution Day are Bill of Rights, Illustrated Dictionary of Constitutional Concepts, Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments
3. When I went to advanced search and looked up information on Nebraska I noticed that there was some information that pertained to Western History however, I was not impressed with the selections. I did not think it searched for appropriate information. After typing in Nebraska, received information about Africa...hmmmm. I think the search engine needs to be updated. Again, I found myself getting frustrated searching for the information I was looking for.
Common Core:
1. Like I said above, I searched for information with my 11 year old son. Even though we could not find information on all the subjects we were looking for, we did find plenty of information that interested him. We clicked on 5 books of each subject area about football and basketball. We downloaded one to read together. After reading the book, we met every reading standard for the 5th grade. The one that applied most was
Reading Standard 5th Grade # 7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
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