Six Spectacular Biography Resources For All Curricular Areas From INFOhio
October 1, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.Come explore the powerful new biography resource, Biography Reference Bank, with more than 550,000 biographies of people from all time periods, including today. This tool also provides thousands of photos, links to numerous full-text magazine articles and abstracts, and even primary source documents from Speeches of the American Presidents.We will also highlight resources from the new World Book Web and SchoolRooms and rediscover biographies from some other INFOhio resources such as SIRS Discoverer, the Digital Video Collection, and EBSCOhost. To top it off, we will share resources for promoting biographies and biography assignments. Discover how it is easier than ever to have an abundance of quality biography information about the great men and women of history for your students!The session presenters are Cathie Cooper (ccooper@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us), Librarian, Adena Local Schools, and Melissa Higgs-Horwell (melissah@scoca-k12.org), Distance Learning Coordinator at SCOCA.
Cost? Nothing!
Contact:
Melissa Higgs-Horwell
Curriculum Integration Coordinator
SCOCA
175 Beaver Creek Rd.
Piketon, OH 45661
800-634-8828
Cell: 740-352-6820
Fax: 740-289-2082
melissah@scoca-k12.org
A complete listing of the first semester videoconferences can be found at: http://mail.esclc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N0o5y_Ph-rNnFsVBfBGqc55AwRSzzbVqMv3Wd4m-kFwfMGEIhMlPLQRZtXHYESSAid3B9tX-c2wBMtZy28S6zp7R1ftx9YYDtOFArsQ9k_O4uTbxHbBaMKhfMxKDCY740AFO2TmP8gF7uUz32D9S-Q==.
Upcoming professional development sessions in October are : INFOhio Update - What's New With INFOhio's Core Collection (rescheduled) - October 8, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.* World Book Web for High School and Middle SchoolOctober 15, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.* World Book Kids and World Book Online Reference Center for Elementary and Middle SchoolOctober 16, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.* Digital Video Collection and New Resources from the National Underground Railroad Museum October 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
