Administration

Scholastic for Administrators

Copyright & Plagarism

Copyright and K-12
Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teachers’ Guide
United States Copyright Office

Web Site Evaluation

Critical Evaluation Information
Fact Checked Ed

BOCES Instructional Media – Web Max III

Order online or download streaming video

Library Guides

Library Resources
• automated public access catalogs
      -Voorheesville MS-HS
      -47 local school libraries
      -public libraries and local college libraries
• books
      -non-fiction – 7,100 volumes
      -fiction – 1,700 volumes
      -reference – 1,300 volumes
      -paperbacks – 700 volumes
      -professional – 300 volumes
• magazines
      -curriculum-related
      -leisure reading
      -current 4 years of paper copies
      -some go back to 1960 on microfilm
• online databases
      -magazines and newspapers – various EBSCO and Gale databases, including General Science Collection
      -eChoices – careers and colleges
      -Grolier Encyclopedias
      -Health Reference Center
      -Informe – magazines and newspapers in Spanish
      -Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center –social issues
      -Student Resource Center (SRC) – searches magazines, newspapers, reference books, and primary documents simultaneously
      -Twaynes Authors
• World Wide Web
• daily newspapers – Times Union, Daily Gazette, New York Times, USA Toady
• weekly newspapers – Altamont Enterprise, Spotlight
• pamphlets – Life Skills, Opposing Viewpoints, and vertical file

How your librarian can help you:
• provide maximum access to the library
• schedule convenient times for your classes to work in the library
• help your students locate, access, organize, and evaluate information
• teach students information literacy skills in the context of curriculum-related projects
• prepare carts of books for use in your classroom
• collaborate with you on the design of projects
• develop bibliographies and collect materials on specific topics
• work with individuals and small groups of students
• make suggestions on the use of informational technologies
• teach you and your students how to use the online catalog and databases
• automatically circulate periodicals to you
• purchase new curriculum-related materials bases on your recommendations
• provide access to professional journals and books
• provide a space for you to work during planning periods
• provide access to filmstrips, BOCES videos, and AV equipment (except TVs and VCRs)
• provide access to Group Wise e-mail and WinSchool

How you can help your librarian help you:
• encourage your students to use the library
• send students to the library with specific goal tasks
• take advantage of the library’s many services
• schedule the use of the library for groups and classes
• collaborate with the librarian to develop projects that require library materials and/or research
• allow time for the librarian to recommend and demonstrate appropriate resources to your classes
• make the librarian aware of up coming assignments that will require the use of the library and its materials
• recommend new materials for library purchase
• invite the librarian to department or team meetings
• give the librarian feedback on library activities, policies, and practices

Periodicals

Professional list – last 4 years in hard copy (* Stored by department chairs)
American Biology Teacher
American Literature
*Art Education
*Art in America
*Communication Arts
Concord Review
Education Digest
*El Diario
English Journal
*France Today
Harvard Education Letter
*Instrumentalist
*Journal Francais Mathematics Teacher
Middle School Journal
*People en Espanol
Phi Delta Kappan
*Piano Explorer
*Rhythm
*School Arts
School Library Journal
*Sculpture
Teacher Librarian
Tech Trends
Technology & Learning

Periodicals

Student list – last 4 years in hard copy
Altamont Enterprise
BMX Plus
Calliope
Car & Driver
Choices
Cobblestone
Consumer Reports
Current Health 2
Current History
Current Science
Dirt Bike
Discover
Good Housekeeping
Health
Horse Illustrated
Kids’ Discover
Nation
National Geographic
New York Times Upfront
Newsweek
Off Road Physics Today
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science
Psychology Today
Read
Science News
Science World
Scientific American
Seventeen
Skateboarder
Ski
Sports Illustrated
Spotlight
Super Science
Teen People
Time
Today’s Science on File
US News & World Report
Zoobooks

Subject Areas

ART
Artsedge – lesson plans, activities, etc. on the arts
The Incredible Art Department – links to many art resources

HISTORY
History Matters – U. S. history links for teachers

LIBRARY
Resources for School Librarians
Writing School Library Web Pages
Library in the Sky
Scholastic for Librarians

MATH
ENC Online – math and science teacher center

SCIENCE
ENC Online – math and science teacher center
Science Learning Network

TEACHING
Education Index – guide to the best education web sites
Educator’s Reference Desk – resources, lesson plans
The Gateway to Educational Materials
Internet Issues Links
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – useful web sites for teachers
Kid Info
The Learning Page – for teachers from the Library of Congress
Marco Polo – Internet content for the classroom
New York Times Learning Network – students, teachers, parents
Scholastic for Teachers
Teachers’ Hub – teachers’ resources, quizzes, learning resources at all levels
Teachers’ Links
Teachers’ Resources links

TOOLS
Filamentality – tool for putting your webquest or hotlist on the web
Rubistar – tool for making rubrics
Awesome Clipart for Educators

WEBQUESTS
About WebQuests
The WebQuest Page
Understanding and Using WebQuests

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