INFOhio Electronic Resources in the Vocational Program

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INFOhio Electronic Resources in the Vocational
Program

• Diane Deibel
• INFOhio Consultant
• for Building and District Support
• eTech Ohio Conference 2009

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INFOhio

• INFOhio, the Information Network For Ohio
  Schools, is a statewide cooperative project to
  create an electronic network linking Ohio
  students, teachers, library/media specialists and
  others via computer to
• School libraries in same district and across the
  state.
• College and University libraries through
  cooperative efforts with OhioLINK.
• Public and special libraries through cooperative
  efforts with OPLIN.
• Electronic databases of government, education and
  other information

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INFOhio components include

• Electronic resources for schools
• Instructional development for teachers
• School library automation
• Media resources
• Curriculum Resource Catalog
• All promoting information literacy
• and media literacy through
• the use of technology

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Computer literacy does not equal information
literacy

• Google generation born after 1993
• Study from British Joint Information Systems
  Committee finds young people
• Dont develop good search strategies to find
  quality information
• Find information on the Internet quickly, but
  lack ability to evaluate quality
• Lack Internet understanding a vast network with
  many different content providers

The Wired Campus. (Jan. 16, 2008) Chronicle of
Higher Education.
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Ohios 21st Century Literacies

• Information Literacy focuses on information
  found
• Technology (Digital Literacy) more than
  computers knowing how to use the digital
  containers (Internet, blogs, wikis, databases) of
  information
• Media Literacy ability to access, analyze,
  evaluate and produce print and electronic media

Small, R. (Winter, 2008) Surviving in the
Information Age, Threshold.
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Where are we today

• Library Automation
• 2,394 buildings / 472 districts
• 1.1 million students
• Automated catalogs are in SchoolRooms
• Electronic Resources
• Core Collection of 14 resources
• Free to all Ohio K-12 students educators

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Why use electronic resources?

• Develop critical thinking skills
• Develop multicultural and global literacy skills
• Develop basic literacy skills
• Develop information literacy skills
• Develop effective use of real-world tools
• Awareness of economic information and decisions
• Awareness of rapidly changing scientific and
  medical information

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INFOhio Resources for Librarians, Teachers, and
Parents
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Educator Resources
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Academic Content Standards
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ODE Career-Tech
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INFOhio Toolkit
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INFOhio Username/Passwords
You are free to publicize the username and
password in school print materials but not on a
Web site
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INFOhio Core Collection of Electronic Resources

• Ohios entire PreK-12 community
• IP registration, for most
• Home access

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Core Collection access
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www.infohio.org/ER/TechSupport.html
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New Electronic Resources

• Biography Reference Bank
• World Book Encyclopedia
• Science Online
• Consumer Health Complete
• SchoolRooms

Think INFOhio !
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INFOhio Core Collection

• Free to Ohio K-12 students and educators
• Username / password required

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SchoolRooms

• Created by teachers and librarians!
• Based on state and national content standards.
• Student tested for usability.
• 71 different rooms for elementary, middle and
  high school (grades 3-12).
• Guides for educators, librarians, and parents.
  Also one for childrens and young adult
  literature.
• An outstanding learning portal to guide students,
  teachers and parents!
• Best of Web and Single Search
• Includes your library card catalog

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INFOhio Help Resources
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HELP
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SchoolRooms Help
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SchoolRooms Help
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Getting Started Guide
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SchoolRooms
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SchoolRooms
Choose your district
INFOhio Username / Password for home use
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INFOhio SchoolRooms!
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SchoolRooms
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Audience, reading program
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Educators Guide
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SchoolRooms 2009-2010

• Health
• Vocational
• Foreign Language

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Digital Video Collection
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Ohios Area Media Centers (AMC) Digital Video
Collection (DVC)

• Available to all Ohio K-12 schools at no cost to
  districts, educators or students.
• Collection made possible, in part, through a
  Library Services and Technology Act grant awarded
  to the AMCs by the State Library of Ohio
• Funding to maintain and increase the DVC is
  provided by the AMCs
• The DVC is hosted by INFOhio

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INFOhio Digital Video Collection

• This collection contains hundreds of full-length
  streaming videos
• All grade levels
• All subject areas
• Available to stream live or download
• Many are segmented
• Available from school or home

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Digital Video Collection

• Same username and password as the rest of the
  Core Collection
• Multiple access points
• View Now (streaming)
• Download (as a local file)
• CD versions (physical media)
• New titles for 2008-2009

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Digital Video Collection
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Search for videos
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Search results
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Record enhancement Academic Content Standards
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Content segments
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Digital Video Collection

• Newest titles RSS
• Flash
• A current browser such as Mozilla Firefox,
  Internet Explorer, Netscape, Chrome and Safari.
  There may be others.
• The free Flash player plug-in must be installed.
• www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

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Learning Express Library
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Learning Express Library

• Job Search Success Skills
• Job Career Test Prep
• Resume Interviewing Success Skills
• Tests
• Practice programs
• Courses
• E-books

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Featured Resources for Schools

• ACT Preparation
• SAT 2005 Preparation
• Advanced Placement
• Elementary Skills Improvement
• MS Math
• Skills Improvement

• MS Reading
• MS Writing
• HS Math
• HS Reading
• HS Writing
• Civil Service
• E-Books

• Computer Skills new in 2008-09

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Learning Express Library
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It not only addresses national tests, but Ohio
assessments in math and reading.
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Click on New User
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Create unique username and password
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Student account for storing work
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Select the test or practice and click on the link
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Click Details to learn more
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Instructions are given for each product
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Answer questions or skip until later
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• Go back to Instructions
• Go to Questions
• Save completed work and Finish Later
• Score My Test
• Time Remaining

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Sample test 4th grade math
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Easy to understand instructions
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Multiple screens limit scrolling
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Illustrations, graphs or charts
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Score your test or go back to check answers or
complete skipped items
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Score link to your answers
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Explanation of incorrect answers
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My Account now My Center
Displays the tests or programs you have taken
and your scores
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Results in account for one year
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It not only addresses national tests, but Ohio
assessments in math and reading. New for 2008-09
Computer Skills
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INFOhios vision

• SchoolRooms
• Internet2
• Research Project
  Calculator
• 12-13 Transition Project

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Research Project Calculator
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12-13 Transition Project

• White Paper Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners
  for Success The Role of Information Literacy and
  Libraries
• Research Project Calculator

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Consumer Health Complete

• Published by EBSCO
• Supports patients information needs
• Fosters understanding of health-related topics
• Full-text database for topics such as aging,
  cancer, diabetes, drugs alcohol, nutrition
  dietetics, childrens health and more

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EBSCOhost
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World Book Encyclopedias
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World Book Advanced
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WorldBooks includes

• Enhanced content
• Citation information
• Citation builder
• Research guide
• E-Books
• Primary sources
• Graphics, charts, maps, etc.
• Recommended periodical articles
• Recommended Web sites

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Science Online

• Published by Facts On File
• 1,000 experiments, activities
• 6,300 printable diagrams, illustrations and
  images
• Thousands of biographies of key scientists
  through history
• Content tied to state and national science
  education standards

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Biography Reference Bank

• Published by H.W. Wilson
• More than 550,000 individuals from antiquity to
  today
• More than 36,000 images
• 5,000 entries from American National Biography

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MORE

• Statewide resource sharing program coordinated by
  the State Library of Ohio.
• Ohio public and school libraries can bring their
  patrons MORE - an acronym that represents Moving
  Ohio Resources Everywhere.
• The MORE network brings library patrons more
  resources, more books, more music and more videos
• Imagine having access to 50 million items in
  Ohio's public and school libraries for your
  students and teachers.
• The desired material will be delivered to your
  library via the statewide delivery network.

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Keeping up with INFOhio

• Listserv
• The RECORD
• Help resources/Product updates
• Toolkit
• Updated in early August
• Check Whats New for the 2008-2009 School Year
  for a list of ER changes

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What can INFOhio do for you?

• Central_at_infohio.org
• Deibel_at_infohio.org
• We welcome your suggestions and feedback
  regarding
• any of our services and products.