The weather is great! Almost all the snow is gone! YEAH!
This week I'm at WH on Tuesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, I meet with the 1st and 4th grades. The 1st graders listened to "In the Garden: Who's Been Here?" by Lindsay Barrett George. After the story we worked on sequencing by naming the visitors to the garden. The 4th graders watched a video called "Using the Internet". We discussed the difference between search engines, subscription databases, and subject directories as well as plagiarism, Boolean logic, URL's, and hyperlinks.
On Thursday, K-Jass will discuss the difference between fiction and nonfiction by comparing a real and fake mouse before listening to the story, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Then 2-Tangeman will explore the 398.2 area [fairy tales and fables] of the Dewey Decimal System by listening to "The Giant and the Beanstalk" by Diane Stanley. [not just your usual Jack, Giant and beanstalk story]
Google, Alta Vista, and Teoma are examples of SEARCH ENGINES. Search engines use computer robots or spiders to match Web documents to the words and phrases you enter in their search boxes. Search engines vary in the way they sort results and in the way you are expected to use the search box.
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES are catalogs of Web sites collected, organized and maintained by people. Information is organized into large categories and smaller subcategories and is usually searchable through a search box. Yahoogians and KidsClicks are examples of subject directories.
Schools and libraries purchase Web-based services, or SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES, that offer premium content inaccessible by standard search engines. The services often provide full-text magazines, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and reference content. West Hancock is a member of the list of schools that purchased the Iowa Online databases provided by AEA 267. A password is usually needed to access a subscription database.
Sit outside and read a book!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
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