NCWiseOwl

NCWiseOwl ([|www.ncwiseowl.org]) 8/23/10 Speaker: Mr. Dan Sparlin (DPI) []


 * Explained the importance of students NOT spending time "googling" during the research process--dangerous--so many sites are not valid
 * Only 52% of college students and high school students can determine if a website is objective

WiseOwl Upgrades:

Note:
 * Added 19 new databases
 * Dropped Grolier
 * If you run into a password-protected site and do not know the password, contact Millie
 * The password should never be displayed on a school/media website--only certain organizations have access to NCWiseOwl resources
 * Searchasauras (can choose lexile level)
 * Use for elementary students
 * Haiku: 143 results
 * Student Research Center
 * Can use for middle/high school
 * 107 articles on haiku
 * Novelist K-8 Plus
 * Will provide a list of books on haiku
 * Books have popularity rating (very valid)
 * Award Winners
 * Book Talks
 * Literary Reference Center
 * Used for high schools
 * 343 hits for haiku
 * Brittanica Online
 * Has multimedia
 * videos can be downloaded and saving on your computer
 * Excellent as a "research-starter"
 * InfoTrac Student Edition
 * Allow advanced searches
 * Polar NOT global warming (will allow students to learn about polar bears without having to sort through resources about global warming and how it relates to polar bears
 * InfoBits
 * Elementary level
 * groundhog/poem
 * Lands and Peoples
 * Great for maps
 * Can be printed
 * Cumbre
 * Spanish
 * In all zones
 * Elementary encyclopedia
 * Science Encyclopedia
 * Upper Elementarty/Middle
 * Amazing Animals
 * Very popular for younger grades
 * Britannica Learning Zone
 * Interactive
 * Sounds, numbers, time, etc.
 * Novelist Plus
 * High School
 * Newspapers
 * in middle/high zones
 * advanced search--allows you to search for a specific newspaper
 * Ebsco Host
 * Will have to choose the database
 * Images button is very powerful (images can be used each year)
 * Specialized Databases
 * Automotive, etc.
 * eBook Center
 * Find what you are interested in and print it out
 * Careers
 * Be sure to logout when finished (limit of 3500 logins per day for each LEA)
 * Huge college resource!!
 * PBS Videos
 * Streaming videos--cannot be downloaded
 * Bandwidth hasn't seemed to be a problem
 * Has to be accessed from the public library/need the NCLive password
 * The Professional Zone
 * Featured Web sites-very popular
 * Can be used for special holidays/topics--the resources have been evaluated by Dan
 * Black History Month
 * Constitution Day
 * Student Art Gallery
 * Each school has its own site
 * Can post our student work/can see other student work from schools across the state