Technology to Testing

Librarians prepare students through technology

TAKS Testing• Students in Grades 3-5 are expected to

complete standardized states assessments.

• 3rd Grade: Reading, Math• 4th Grade: Reading, Math, Writing• 5th Grade: Reading, Math, Science

Databases at our Fingers

State Funded Databases

What Librarians Do• Promote reading at a young age• Conduct research skills with both text

and computer.• Presents lessons in multimedia formats• Encourage students to create

multimedia products.• Conduct Electronic Resources update

workshop yearly to staff• Collaboration, Collaboration,

Collaboration!!

Librarian’s Tools

• Elmo Document Cameras

• Data projectors• Laptop/desktop

computers• Digital cameras• Video cameras• Distance Learning

Centers Equipment

• Senteos (Interactive Response System)

• Airliners• Up to date book

collection (fiction & Nofiction)

• Magazines• eBooks

• Within each 50 minute class time. (Enrichment Class)

• Collaboration with classroom teachers• With other educators across the world• Small groups of students• Individual students• Some lessons are on an as needed basis

How do we use them?

Web 2.0 Applications to use

• Wikis• Big Huge Labs• Flickr• Wordle• Blogs• Webcasts

Cont.

• Podcasts• Google Earth• Audacity• Web 2.0 Awards• Prezi (new favorite presentation tool)• Glogster

• Educational Service Center Region 20, (2011), http://web.esc20.net/k12databases/lessonplans.html

• Fort Bend Independent School District, (2011), http://fortbend.k12.tx.us/library/LibraryDatabases.cfm

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