1. iSEEK Education in the MY Access! Classroom
May 14-16, 2008

2. iSEEK Enhances MY Access! by:
PART ONE
iSEEK Enhances MY Access! by:
Allowing students to find age-appropriate resources and activities that support My Access! prompt topics. (Reading-Writing Connection)
Allowing teachers to find standards-aligned activities and lesson plans to focus their writing instruction.
Important: Know your audience and choose demo prompts that will interest them. This increases the likelihood of your getting a “Wow!” when you demonstrate iSEEK.

3. Example MY Access! Prompts:
Animal Testing (Middle School Persuasive)
2. Do You Want Fame? (Middle School Persuasive)

4. Animal Testing Grade Level: Middle School Type of Writing: Persuasive
Cosmetic and drug companies continually face opposition due to the fact that they use animals for the testing of their products. Some feel that this procedure goes against the rights which are given to all living beings, including animals, while others see the positive impact that animal testing brings to the lives of human beings. Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you state and defend your position. Be sure to include specific details and examples to support your argument. MY Access!
Grade Level: Middle School
Type of Writing: Persuasive
Queries
User story

5. Do You Want Fame? Grade Level: Middle School
Some people spend their entire lives seeking the rewards of fame and fortune.  Others shy away from the spotlight due to the downsides of celebrity.  If you had the opportunity, would you want to be famous?  Why or why not? Write a multi-paragraph essay taking a stand on whether or not fame is really advantageous. MY Access!
Grade Level: Middle School
Type of Writing: Persuasive
Queries
User story

6. Start here
Your Turn!
Now, take the time to research iSEEK for one of the following prompts & write your own teacher stories:
Bullying (High School Informational)
Effects of Television Viewing on Young People (High School Informational)
Historical Periods in Time (High School Expository)
Life Without Electricity (High School Narrative)
Monitoring a Storm (Elementary Narrative)
Poetic Devices in “Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes (Middle School Literary)
Rebuilding Your Park (Elementary Expository)
Rock Climbing (Middle School Informational)
Violence on Television (Middle School Persuasive)

7. PART TWO What is the “value-add” of iSEEK Education?
How do I address the competition?
Who are current partners and power users?

8. Teachers with resources are happy teachers!
iSEEK™ Education Searchblade™
Resources for Your Teachers
FACT: Teachers spend more time developing a lesson plan than teaching the lesson.
FACT: Many of the resources that K-12 teachers spend hours producing already exist & are available on iSEEK Education.
Teachers with resources are happy teachers!

9. Locating Resources Isn’t Easy
Addressing a Need:
Locating Resources Isn’t Easy
FACT: Many teachers have 100s of their own lesson plans, PowerPoint® Presentations, and worksheets, but they have difficulty finding what they are looking for each year.
FACT: Many districts want to index and access their teachers’ materials on the Web, but they don’t have the time or the resources.
How can MySEEK help?

10. Locate Resources Quickly
MySEEK Library-building:
Locate Resources Quickly
iSEEK Education is accepting teacher resources! Use the “Contact Us” form to find out how to submit a resource.
Every resource can be bookmarked using the icon.
Once you’ve bookmarked an item, you can search for it in your own, personal, Web-based library: MySEEK (see link above).

11. Addressing the Competition: “But we have netTrekker…”
180,000 hand-picked resources for students
Alignment to state standards
$1 per student
More than 220,000 hand-picked resources for students, teachers & administrators + filtered Web content
Alignment to national & state standards statements, visible at-a-glance with iViews
Free to everyone

12. Eyes on iSEEK™ Education: Partners & Power Users
American Association of School Administrators (Walter Amphrey & Associates)
Mississippi Department of Education (MY Access!/SPMS)
Thomas Edison Middle School, CT (MY Access!)
Texas Education Research Center (WebCCAT)
Los Angeles Unified School District
Milwaukee Public Schools
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Utah Department of Education
Florida Department of Education

13. Intelligent, and Time Saving
Safe, Authoritative,
Intelligent, and Time Saving
You have a library in your house, in your community, and another in your school – isn’t it time you had one that goes anywhere you go?