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Applications and Skills
Google Earth Basic Excel and how to create charts. Inspiration--Concept Mapping Discovery Streaming

Websites
[|Read, Write, Think!] [|iKnow That: Science Labs] & More [|The Big 6] [|Scholastic Author Video Index] [|Kids' Vid]-Video Production Guidelines

Web 2.0 Tools
Google Docs [|Moodle]-discussions boards and journals Wikis [|VoiceThread] [|Tikatok]-write and illustrate your own books

Power Library Databases
More than 500,000 current and historical photographs and graphics can be searched by date, place and subject. More than 800 photographs are added to the archive daily.
 * Associated Press - AP Images**

Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and cataloged, high-quality websites designed to enhance curriculum support in schools and patron research in public and academic libraries. The DartClix records containing multiple fields are loaded into the Access PA Database where they may be searched, and then link users to the websites.
 * DartClix**

Find in-depth information including the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Indexes, abstracts and full text formats are available. This database is designed for children’s interest in the world of animals.
 * EBSCO Animals**

Suggested for middle and junior high research, full text information is available from more than 150 magazines – some from as far back as 1990. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile.)
 * Middle Search Plus**

Suggested for elementary school research, full text information is available from more than 60 magazines – some from as far back as 1990. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile.)
 * Primary Search**

Online database with over 78,000 fiction and nonfiction titles for juvenile readers making this a powerful and creative educational tool for media specialists, teachers and students. Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists, and Book Discussion Guides are just some of the additional features available with this database. Ideas for integrating reading into a variety of content areas at multiple grade levels is available through the Curricular Connections section.
 * NoveList K-8 Plus**

Suggested for children, this resource includes an encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches for primary and middle school grade levels, a dictionary, photos, maps and flags. A good homework resource.
 * Searchasaurus**

The Student Research Center (SRC) is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12. SRC provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain the information that they need from their EBSCO databases. Students can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
 * Student Research Center (6-12)**

Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level –Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.
 * SIRS Discoverer**

The Elementary School Module teaches younger students how to ask questions, use core reference resources, understand indexes, choose research topics, search online, and read charts and graphs. The Middle School Module provides content written for students in grades 5-8 and is designed for students able to use a more sophisticated format.
 * Facts For Learning**