1. Warm-up Activity Titanpad
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Warm-up Activity Titanpad
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Use the web address above to answr these questions:
Describe an online activity done with students.
How did it go?
What did you like?
What didn’t you?

2. Tim Swann tswann@aacps.org www.tinyurl.com\aacpsdatabases
Online Databases
Tim Swann

3. Introductions Who are you? (grade/subject)
What do you want to get out of today’s workshop?

4. The Journey

5. Goals
Compare/contrast online databases with websites.
Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum.
Design an instructional activty you can use this year.

6. Plan of Action
Compare/Contrast databases with websites & ebooks
Tour databases- identify useful ones & look for differentiation
Independent exploration
Design your own activity.
Summary/Exit

7. websites databases ebooks
What’s the difference?
websites
databases
ebooks

8. Written by anyone; Credibility? Objectivity?
Websites
Written by anyone; Credibility? Objectivity?
Content not necessarily reviewed; Authoritativeness?
Citation info rare or takes time
Haphazard for student research
Currency* often unknown
MOI for each free site
Copyright issues?
*date

9. AACPS Databases
Information from professionals or experts in the field.
Vetted published works
Citations usually provided
Suggest related subjects to narrow down.
Regularly updated and include the date of publication.
All content AACPS approved
Source: Databases vs. Websites." Hennepin County Library. Hennepin County Library, Web. 30 Mar

10. Ebooks – personal & institutional
Digital files
Often exact copies with photos, etc.
Most downloadable (Kindle, Nook, pdf)
Single copies or simultaneous access
Often hosted on publisher platforms
Mackinvia.com = home access to databases
Sometimes expensive for libraries

11. Not teaching research skills Ads proliferate
Why not?
Advantages
FAST!!!!
Wikipedia (surprisingly reliable)
What kids do at home & on a cell/tablet
Current info can be found after a bit…
Disadvantages (think: instruction)
Content sometimes objectionable
Not teaching research skills
currency, authoritativeness, etc.
Ads proliferate

12. Searchable Databases are …..
by keywords, subject, author, title, publication title, date, etc.

13. Reliable & Authoritative Works
Databases have …..
Reliable &
Authoritative
Works
magazine and newspaper articles, encyclopedias and reference books

14. Citations Databases provide …..
author, title of article, publication (magazine, newspaper, or book),
publisher, date, etc..

15. many subjects Databases have …..
From science to history to biography, current events to general reference

16. Collated and Updated for Research
Databases have …..
Collated and
Updated for
Research
Created with students/researchers in mind. Print, save or an entire article depending on the rights.
*Most of the time…..

17. Available at home* & school
Databases are …..
Available at
home* & school
*Using librarian provided passwords or Mackinvia.com

18. opac.aacps.org Let’s start the journey!
link on school library page
AACPS online catalog & databases

19. Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum.
Independent Time
opac.aacps.org
Survey databases to match specific content with your curriculum.
Comparison Chart

20. Independent Time Design an instructional activity using databases
you can use this year.
Lesson Seed
Sample
Lesson Seed Planning Device

21. Share an instructional activity using database(s)
Share & Evaluate
Share an instructional activity using database(s)
you can use this year.

22. Thank you! Tim Swann School Librarian Northeast High School