1. Welcome Welcome to the library! Here are some great resources for you and your students to use this year! Please let Jamie or Christa know if there’s any way we can help you or your class! We look forward to working with classes on research strategies, internet safety topics, and best of all, choosing great literature to engage our Bobcats and help create life-long readers and learners! A note on Region IV Resources Professional Development The Region IV web site has LOTS of professional development opportunities listed, and the workshops that they sponsor are usually top notch! You can even sign up for them online! Most of them are held on school duty days though, so be sure to get permission from Dr. L before you make plans! http://www.escweb.net/tx_esc_04/default.aspx After you’re okayed to take a class, you can register for Region IV classes online. Here’s how: **Log in info: Benfer’s School ID is 101-915-107 Teacher ID is last 4 digits of your SSN Search our online catalog any time at: http://karl.kleinisd.net Don’t forget the library web site! Links to all of these resources are there! Check out the Benfer Library! http://classroom.kleinisd.net/webs/benferlibrary Additional teacher resources on the(unofficial) library wiki: http://benferlibrary.wikispaces.com Fall 2009 a note from jamie… recently, I have been working on a resource wiki for our teachers that I hope to grow this year with your help. On the wiki, I hope to include information & web resources for teachers: nationally celebrated days/month (Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Veteran’s Day, etc), book recommendations, digital citizenship resources, author study info, professional development resources, etc. Join This Wiki! Please take a look at it, and help me gather usable web resources for our teachers! If you’d like to collaborate, just click the button that says Join This Wiki! http://benferlibrary.wikispaces.com

2. District Teacher Resources… Atomic Learning LOTS full klein email address_____ Atomic Learning: Computer tutorials for LOTS of different programs such as MS Office Suite, Inspiration, podcasting & bunches more. Your ID is your full klein email address, and your sign up password is _____. Change that password on your first login! http://www.atomiclearning.com Eduphoria: Eduphoria: You will come to know Eduphoria well! Here, you access district professional development class registration, curriculum links, computer help questions & answers, lesson planning and much more. Mybookmarks: ___________ Mybookmarks: The library & some grade levels maintain a list of web sites that you might find useful! Help us by adding web sites that you think other teachers and students will find useful! Have a look! http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/benfer To add web sites you must log in: Login: ______ Pass: _____ http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/benfer TeachingBooks: _______________________ TeachingBooks: LOADS of web resources, including author interviews (audio and video). This is a very useful resource for fresh ideas and information about books and authors! http://www.teachingbooks.net Login: ____________ Password: ___________ http://www.teachingbooks.net Discovery Education Streaming: Discovery Education Streaming: Streaming video & graphics for classroom use. You’ll LOVE this! Great videos for your students, lesson ideas from other teachers, etc. You sign yourself up for Discovery using Benfer’s Passcode: ____________ http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Resources for Students and Teachers… Students and Teachers… Remember to look at Studentnet at school to remember all the online databases and district-recommended web sites available. At home, an easy place to remember to go for links to these Texas Databases is:http://esc20.net/k12databases/accessk12.html Here are the recommended research databases that your students can use to locate reliable information. BEFORE Students should use these BEFORE they Google to get reliable, authoritative information!! Now, all Database Passwords are the same for Benfer users! Username: Password: EbscoHost: EbscoHost: Primary grades will love Ebsco’s Searchasaurus, an online research database, searchable by Lexile level! Or try out Kids Search! This is a great source for professional literature—looking for an article from a professional journal? EbscoHost is your source! http://search.ebscohost.com http://search.ebscohost.com Encyclopedia Britannica Online: Encyclopedia Britannica Online: This online encyclopedia will be a favorite resource both for browsing and researching! Choose information by level (elementary, intermediate, high school), find images, videos and even play games on the new Learning Zone! http://school.eb.com http://school.eb.com Nettrekker _______ Nettrekker : An educator-reviewed search engine that is a PERFECT alternative to Google for the classroom! Search for images, lesson plans and take a look at the timeline feature too! Returning teachers should already have set up your own accounts. New staff and students who don’t yet have an account can get one using Benfer’s Registration code: _______. http://www.nettrekker.com http://www.nettrekker.com