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What’s New with INFOhio

Electronic Resources?

On the World Wide Web: http://www.infohio.org

Objectives for today’s session

Core Collection of Electronic Resources

What’s new with our resources
Curricular applications
Support materials: The INFOhio Toolkit

Questions/Answers

INFOhio’s Vision

INFOhio, a virtual K-12 library, transforms teaching and learning by connecting educational resourceswith the power of information technology.

ThinkingStandards-BasedEducation

Matching INFOhio Resources

and

Ohio Academic Content Standards

Why Standards?

“ Standards guide instruction that is focused on student learning.”
“Standards serve as a basis for instructional planning that ensures all teachers first consider what they want students to know and be able to do as a result of their instruction.”

ODE INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, 2005

Looking at Standards-Based Education through the INFOhio Lens

Keeping the Focus on Learning

Username/Password for 2005-2006

One username/password, statewide
Username: __________
Password: __________
Not case-sensitive
Bookmark master: handout and electronic document
Caution: Avoid public availability!

Minimodules

Brief tutorials are self-guided animations that have been added to key encyclopedia articles in molecular biology

Amino acids, peptides, and proteins
Enzyme active sites
Enzyme classification
RNA and DNA structure compared
RNA polymerases
Biological roles of RNA
The genetic code

Visual Learning Modules

Self-directed lessons consisting of animations and corresponding texts providing in-depth graphic reviews of fundamental scientific topics.

Nucleic Acid Hybridization*New Module
DNA Replication
Transcription: DNA to RNA
Translation: RNA to Protein
The Chromosome: DNA Packaging and Chromatin Remodeling
The Eye: Structure and Function
Coming soon... Cloning

Study Guides for Advanced Placement

Customized study aids created for high school students navigating their way through the Advanced Placement curriculum. Based on the course descriptions offered by the College Board, we have compiled, listed, and linked AccessScience content in one easy-to-use study guide.

Biology
Chemistry
Physics C

Searches the following EBSCOhost databases:

Funk&Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Middle Search
EBSCO Animals
Primary Search
Newspaper Source
TOPICsearch

Looks the same but searches different databases

Columbia Encyclopedia
Middle Search Plus
Newspaper Source
TOPICsearch
Vocational and Career Collection
PLUS
Health Source – Consumer Edition
MAS Ultra – School Edition

Columbia Encyclopedia
Middle Search Plus
Newspaper Source
TOPICsearch
Vocational and Career Collection

Parents paying big bucks to prepare kids for tests

COLUMBUS (AP) - Parents increasingly stressed about their children's ability to get into a good college are forking over big bucks to companies that prepare students for standardized tests.

Business is booming for companies like Sylvan Learning Center, Kaplan Inc. and Huntington Learning Centers. The College Board, which administers the SAT, says 98% of students do some kind of test preparation.

"Parents are looking for a leg up for their children, who now see tutoring as more acceptable rather than punitive," said Steven Pines, executive director of the Education Industry Association. "Tutoring companies have become more skilled at marketing, prices are more competitive, and an improving economy is providing parents with more disposable income to pay for services."

Two-thirds of education service providers expect revenues to increase more 25 percent this year, said Pines, whose association represents private providers of education services…

For those favoring a more personal approach, individual tutoring at centers like Sylvan can run parents between $30 and $80 per hour, Pines said.

"I like coming here because you get smarter when you do," said 9 year old Emily Kleinhenz as she studied analogies at the Sylvan center in Delaware, a Columbus suburb. "On my last report card, I got four A's because I learned so much here.“ July 2005

LearningExpress Library

More than 100 programs to learn, practice and prepare for tests on a variety of subjects in elementary, middle and high school.

ACT Preparation

SAT 2005 Preparation

Advanced Placement

Elementary Skills Improvement

MS Math

MS Reading

MS Writing

Featured Resources for Schools

HS Math
HS Reading
HS Writing
Job Search & Success Skills
Job & Career Test Prep
Resume & Interviewing Success Skills

and MORE!

Access from the Core Collection

or from any grade level button

Users must set up an account so that practice and test results can be saved

First-time users, click on New User to set up an account

Type in a unique username and password

When registration is confirmed, have students write down their username & password

Select the test or practice and click on the link

Click Details to learn more

Instructions are given for each product

Answer questions or skip until later

Go back to Instructions

Go to Questions
Save completed work and Finish Later
Score My Test
Time Remaining

Let’s try something easier!

Instructions are easy to understand

There are several screens which limits the need to scroll

Some have illustrations, graphs or charts

Score your test or go back to check answers or complete skipped items

Keep your fingers crossed!

Your score is listed as well as a link to view your answers

Incorrect answers are explained

MENU BAR choices

HOME

Takes you back to the lists of tests and programs available

MY ACCOUNT

Displays the tests or programs you have taken and your scores

SIGN OUT

Takes you back to the log-in screen

HELP

Answers Frequently Asked Questions

Link to HELP

Other Ideas

Click on the Information button for more useful tools for LearningExpress Library or any of the INFOhio Electronic Resources!

Flyers, posters, etc.

World Data Analyst

Detailed statistics for more than 200 countries that can be compared in tables and charts.

from Encyclopaedia Britannica

Skills promoted:

Graphing skills
Ability to interpret graphs
Critical thinking skills
Knowledge of geography
Technology application skills

from “Teacher Tips” sheet

Access from the Core Collection,

from any grade level button,

Use World Data Analyst to view:

Country Snapshots

Current Comparisons

Chronological Comparisons

Ranked Statistics

Help & Guided Tour

Country SnapshotsConcise, current information on over 200 countries displayed in PDF format

Current information is dated 2004

Political Information

Area & Population

Demography

Vital Statistics

National Economy

Foreign Trade

Transport & Communication

Education & Health

Military

Contents include:

Articles contain footnotes and many have Web links to further information, such as:

Census and Statistics Departmenthttp://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd

Current Comparisons

Select:
One or more Countries
One or more Statistics
Then choose to display as either a:
Table or
Chart

Table format

The statistics are displayed beside the year the data was acquired or the date of the prediction.

Chart format

Export data to spreadsheet

Export to a Spreadsheet for additional computation or graphing

Chronological Comparison

Chronological Comparisons

Choose one or more country
Choose only one statistic
Compares statistics over a period of years
Tip: You can jump to a category by typing a letter:

D = Demography, V = Vital Statistics, N = National

Economy, F = Foreign Trade, E = Education and Health,

T = Transportation and Communication, M = Military

Export to spreadsheet

Ranked Statistics

Highest Rankings
Lowest Rankings
Special Attributes

“Highest Ranking” allows selection of region or continent.

Highest 10, 25, 50, 100 or all

Cellular Phone Subscriptions

The United States ranks number fifty …but that was in 2002!

Lowest rankings

Export data to spreadsheet

Print or E-mail

Largest:

Islands

National Parks

Universities (by enrollment)

Longest:

Tunnels

Rivers

Bridges

Major:

Canals

Caves

Earthquakes

Mountains

Natural Lakes

Volcanoes

Most Populous Urban Areas

Oceans & Seas

Waterfalls

Deserts

Special Attributes

Some statistics list both

common and metric measurements

How can World Data Analyst be used in the classroom?

Social Studies, Grades 3-5

Social Studies Skills & Methods

Communicate social studies information using graphs or tables.

Read about another country in a library book, on Britannica Elementary or Country Snapshots.

Use Current Comparisons to create graphs or tables comparing that country to the United States in such things as Average Household Size, Total Area, Electrical Consumption, Total Farms, etc.

Social Studies, Grades 6-8

Economics

Explain why trade occurs and how historical patterns of trade have contributed to global interdependence.

Study the Country Snapshots for the United States, Iraq and Russia.

Use Current Comparisons to create graphs or tables comparing Annual Natural Gas Production, Annual Electricity Consumption and other statistics.

Discuss the changes in the patterns of trade to obtain needed resources. Discuss political relations with other countries based on needs for these resources.

Mathematics, Grades 11-12

Data Analysis & Probability

Design and perform a statistical experiment, simulation or study; collect and interpret data; and use descriptive statistics to communicate and support predictions and conclusions

Do a chronological comparison on a statistics such as Daily Newspaper Circulation and Personal Computers.

Export the data into a Spreadsheet and manipulate data into graphs and charts.

Use this data and current knowledge to predict what may happen in this area in the next ten years.