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Digital Libraries in the Classroom

Digital Libraries in the Classroom. Using the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) to Support Learning. Kathryn Ginger & Mary Marlino UCAR/ The DLESE Program Center (DPC) ginger@ucar.edu 2002 American Meteorological Society Presentation. A True Story from 1998:.

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Digital Libraries in the Classroom

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  1. Digital Libraries in the Classroom Using the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) to Support Learning Kathryn Ginger & Mary Marlino UCAR/ The DLESE Program Center (DPC) ginger@ucar.edu 2002 American Meteorological Society Presentation

  2. A True Story from 1998: • 5th grade teacher struggles to answer her students questions about El-Niño • She is not sure where to look for materials or how to judge the quality of the materials she finds • She contacts me for online references The DLESE Program Center

  3. Her Requirements Included: • Trusted source of scientific accuracy • Shows El-Niño in action but is understandable • Increases her knowledge of El-Niño • Has an appropriate 5th grade activity The DLESE Program Center

  4. Titles of the URLS Provided: • Scientific accuracy: sites from NOAA, NASA and the EPA • El-Niño in action: Idealized ENSO Simulation • Increase knowledge:What is El-Niño • 5th grade activity: Coastal Areas: What is El-Niño The DLESE Program Center

  5. Teacher’sResponse: • “Wonderful, this is great” • But …. • “Isn’t there someplace I could go and get this same information [list of URLs]?” The DLESE Program Center

  6. My Response in 1998: • No, not really • You could try the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse or browse some NOAA sites • Wait for AMS Education to finish creating ENSO-lyzer The DLESE Program Center

  7. My Response in 2002: Is different The DLESE Program Center

  8. DLESE Digital Library for Earth System Education www.dlese.org The DLESE Program Center

  9. DLESE is: • An information system to: • Discover on-line educational resources about the Earth • Locate and visualize datasets (future) • Identify trusted and reviewed resources • A virtual community center for: • Collaborative networking • News • Opportunities The DLESE Program Center

  10. DLESE is: • Community of people: designing & building the library in a distributed way using participatory design & the user-as-contributor Feedback News Governance User scenarios Services (e.g. EET) Diversity Data Tools Resources K-gray The DLESE Program Center

  11. The DLESE Difference: • Use of metadata for enhanced educational description and discovery • Combination of metadata and resource content searching • Visualizing data (future development) • Access to other collections like NASA and Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype The DLESE Program Center

  12. Let’s Search Using Google The DLESE Program Center

  13. Let’s Search Using DLESE The DLESE Program Center

  14. Let’s Search Using Google The DLESE Program Center

  15. Let’s Search Using DLESE The DLESE Program Center

  16. How Has DLESE Been Used: • Provided “classic” Earth graphics for the classroom • Discussion forums to design curriculum and visualizations • Increased resource comprehension by teachers • Helped resource creators document and manage their own collections The DLESE Program Center

  17. Conclusions • Digital libraries can be useful tools in the classroom from searching for resources to visualizing data • DLESE as a geoscience digital library can become a first-choice, one-stop resource • www.dlese.org The DLESE Program Center

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