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Monday, October 28, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Moore AP Bio Site
Below is the link to Ms. Moore's new AP Bio site, where you can see all the powerpoint lectures
https://sites.google.com/a/shenschools.org/moore-ap-bio/
Folder with lectures:
https://drive.google.com/a/shenschools.org/folderview?id=0B4igNz2VVMQ0aTNta2FDWmtxNTQ&usp=sharing#
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Using Audacity
Audacity is a free program that allows you to make podcasts (edited recordings that contain voice, sounds and music) and export them as an mp3 file. Here are some easy guides to using the program
SHEN Trac Top Tips Sheet for Audacity
SHEN Trac Top Tips Sheet for Audacity
Podcasting with Audacity Video Tutorials
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Crump/Quinn American Studies: Genealogy Project
Hi all-
It looks like you will be researching the immigration process and then exploring your own family history. Your teachers will have you start by getting some info from this site-
I am going to show you Proquest Historical New York Times, which is an online database that has the full content of the New York Times from 1851 to 2007, including classified adds. It is a great way to get a picture of daily life during different time periods. You will need a password from home so be sure to grab a “Home Access Password” sheet.
Mrs. Quinn asked me to share with you my experiences in tracing my kids family history – my family and my wife’s. Here is a link to what I found-
I did this a few years ago using mostly Ancestry.com and interviewing living family members. Ancestry has added way more features and content. All you do is enter what you know and it matches it against what they have- you keep clicking till it cant find anymore. It is a pay site but you can do a 30 day trial
Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates has a page with great links to get started on your own family history-
I was fascinated with what I found, but I wish I had spent more time interviewing and videotaping my older relatives while they were still alive- when they are gone a lot of great stories and details are gone forever. Talk to your older relatives while you can- they will appreciate being able to pass on their stories, and you will be able to pass them on to the next generation.
Please feel free to stop by and see me if you are interested in further exploring your family history through online sources. I would be happy to help.
OK see you soon
Mr. Davidson
Rosmarin – History of Early Childhood Ed project
Hi all-
We have put together a few resources to get you started on your research on the history of Early Childhood Education and Teaching Approaches.
The best resource is the cart of books we have pulled for you. These were aquired over the years by Mrs. Powell, our recently retired Librarian, and have the most comprehensive information on many of your topics. The cart is labeled“Rosmarin-Early Childhood Ed” and while you cant check the books out, you can use it during class, free periods, lunch, and before and after school.
Secondly, try out our Online Databases, specifically Proquest Platinum, JSTOR, and elibrary. Do a keyword search and then sort by relavance. These require a password from home, so be sure to pick up a Home Access Password Sheet when you are in the library.
Lastly try our EBooks collection. These are the full text of many referebnce books a available in an online format. Do a search for your subject and it will return the books that cover the subject.
As always be sure to cite your sources. We can help with the details.
OK see you soon.
Mr. Davidson
Health: Non Communicable Diseases Project
Hi all-
We have a few resources that will help you with this project.
1. BOOKS!
We have pulled a cart of books covering the topics you are researching. We update this every year so the information is up to date. You may find a book just on your disease or a larger book on diseases in general, in which case jump to theINDEX and see what pages have information about your topic.
Also, if you don’t see it on the cart, try a subject search on the Online Catalogto see if there are any additional books on the shelf related to your topic.
2. EBOOKS
EBooks are online versions of print resources. Your teacher will consider it a book source, even though you see it online. These can be accessed from home.
Go to the Library’s Online Database page and click ebooks. You will get a search screen from the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Search for your disease. All your results will be from ebooks. Click on the PDF option, as it will contain all the graphics that are on the page of the book.
We have a number of online databases that will provide useful info from books, magazines, newspapers and television and radio transcripts. Go to the library’s Online Database page and try the Health and Wellness Reference Center, elibrary, Health Reference Center Academic, and Opposing Viewpoints (not the viewpoints but the articles and statistics).
As always you will need to cite your sources. You can always ask Library staff for help with this.
Good luck and don’t be afraid to ask for assistance from myself or any of the library staff.
Mr. Davidson
Author Research
Hi all-
it looks like you will be researching an author of your choice. Depending on who your author is, you will find results in different places.
1. Older or ”Literary” Authors
If you are choosing an author of an older work (Wolff, Dickens, Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc.) or someone who may be considered“literary” (Morrison, Tan, Vonnegut,ask Ms. Kirkpatrick if you are not sure), my advice is to first search the online catalog to see if we have a book about the author. Do a subject search using their last name and see what you find.
I would also go to the corner in the reference section and try theContemporary Literary Criticism and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism series. These are the brown books in the corner. Choose the highest number volume you can find and then check the Cumulative Index in the back- it will tell you which volumes of CLC and TCLC have entries for that author.
More Recent or Popular Authors
Some authors, though popular (Grisham, King, etc.) , are not usually reviewed in literary journals or book reviews. For those authors, I would try one of the Online Databases. Elibrary is good for magazines, especiallyRollingStone, which will have feature stories on musicians (Jim Morrison, Alicia Keys, etc). LexisNexis Scholastic is good for Newspapers, which are often the only place some authors are interviewed or written about (usually in their local paper). Use the password shs123 and then click on the Newsmodule.
If Nothing Else Works
Some very recent authors (or authors who have only written one or two books) may not show up in any of these sources. If you have tried all the above go toAmazon.com and search your book. Under Editorial Reviews, you may find a brief review from Booklist or Publisher’s Weekly, which may be the only place a review appeared.
remember that you have to cite your sources. Please don’t be shy and be sure to ask me or any of our staff for help if you are stuck.
Mr. Davidson
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