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January 2003
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Occasional News from the
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University
366 Tate Page Hall
270-745-4552
Visit our website!
http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/edcenter.htm
New Service @ the ERC: @ the Movies @ the ERC! Bibliographic Instruction Teaching Resources Staff Picks Online Articles, Anyone? Online Resources ERC Hours Special Resources
New Service @ the ERC:
@ the Movies @ the ERC!One Friday afternoon per month, we will be showing
a feature film, including classics, timely, and topical titles! Each film will be introduced by a library staff or faculty member, and we will provide a handout
with relevant websites!Friday, January 31: Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing -- Bask in the sunny Italian landscape and laugh along with Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, and Denzel Washington! Friday, February 28: Orson Welle's The Magnificent Ambersons -- The film that some consider to be as important as Citizen Kane, but which was wrested from Welles' control by the film studio! More movies to come throughout the
Spring 2003 semester!
Stay tuned for more titles!Films will be shown at 5:00 p.m. on designated Fridays, after the ERC closes. Seating is limited. Call the ERC for more information, 270-745-4552. TOP
At-Your-Service Bibliographic Instruction Roxanne Myers Spencer, ERC Coordinator, invites all education faculty to schedule bibliographic instruction classes in the Educational Resources Center for their teacher education students. BI classes include a tour of our unique subject alcoves, the ever-growing juvenile collection, curriculum guides, and online subscription databases. We encourage faculty to ask us to design instruction to suit their particular needs. Please don't hesitate to ask us to create a specific class for your students! To schedule your class for an ERC orientation, please call 745-4552 or 745-4659. ERC staff, Ellen Micheletti, Esther French, and our able student workers look forward to assisting you!
Excellent Teaching Resources Skaggs, Gayle. On Display: 25 Themes to Promote Reading.
Ideas for librarians and teachers on encouraging students to read through the creative use of displays that are easy to put together and are sure to garner attention!Kottler, Ellen, and Kottler, Jeffrey A. Children with Limited English: Teaching Strategies for the Regular Classroom.
Using simple, thoughtful, and direct teaching techniques, the authors provide an easy desk reference for reaching increasingly diverse school populations.Vedder, Richard K. Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? New Strategies for Educational Excellence.
A thought-provoking look at the privatization of public schools. Those who follow the fate of the nation's charter schools may enjoy the author's position.Burden, Paul R. Classroom Management: Creating a Successful Learning Community.
Create a learning community in the classroom, by involving students. Planning ahead, developing expectations, and problem solving are integral to this plan's success.
Staff Picks @ the ERC... Gray, Luli. Falcon and the Charles Street Witch.
An enchanted garden in New York City provides the gateway into a magical world of dragons and adventure.Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops for No Mouse.
A tale of derring-do involving a nefarious rat, a mousy watchmaker, and and dashing, daredevil aviatrix!McCormick, Patricia. Cut.
McCormick takes on the chilling problem of "cutting," through 15-year-old Callie, as she struggles to heal.Nakamura, Katherine Ruley. Song of Night: It's Time to Go to Bed.
Rich-textured colored-pencil illustrations make this charming bedtime story a favorite among the lullaby set.Siberell, Anne. Bravo! Brava! A Night at the Opera: Behind the Scenes with Composers, Cast, and Crew.
Introduce young readers into the theatrical wonders of the opera with this informative, detailed view backstage.Winter, Jonah. Frida.
How do you take the quixotic artist Frida Kalho and turn her life story into a kids' picture book? Read and enjoy!
Dahl, Roald. Matilda (audiobook).
Dahl's dark humor has been adored by many, and there is nothing quite like hearing the story of Matilda the Genius aloud to enjoy it all over again!Hinton, S. E. Hinton. The Outsiders (audiobook).
Reluctant readers may well identify with this classic in young adult realistic fiction. The audio format serves as a good introduction to Hinton's stark stories of coming of age.The Borrowers (video).
Join the minuscule Borrowers as they blithely plunder from the "human beans" upstairs in this rollicking classic!Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (video with never-before-seen footage).
Relive the excitement of Harry's new life as a student at Hogwarts, as he tackles evil with the help of Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, and Professor Dumbledore. Love the Quidditch matches!!!!
Allowance: A Consumer Math Game.
Having trouble balancing your budget? Start from scratch with this educational game for money management.Bingo Game (game)
Leave it to Scholastic to take a children's song and a board game favorite and develop a creative and fun language arts game!Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw (game)
How good are your interpretive skills? Your drawing skills? Well, here's a chance to laugh out loud as you learn!
Online Articles, Anyone? WKU Libraries' homepage and TopperInfoPortal (TIP) are great resources on or off campus. If you are doing research for an online class, working from home or the office, or are interning this semester and won't have much of an opportunity to visit the WKU Libraries, you'll find TIP an invaluable resource. Look up articles on our subscription databases; review our subject area research guides; search electronic journals; or search TopCat2000, the WKU Libraries online catalog. Here are some articles on disability and special education you will find on the KYVL (Kentucky Virtual Libraries) databases or on the EBSCOHost subscription databases, accessible remotely with user ids and passwords. User IDs and passwords are available through the WKU Libraries Reference Desk at 270-745-6125. You must be a current student or faculty or staff member. Your name and last four digits of your WKU ID number are required for remote access passwords.
This time, we searched EBSCOHost's Searchasaurus Middle Search Plus for social studies articles....
Alter, J., and Denworth, L. (1990, Fall/Winter). "A (Vague) Sense of History." Newsweek, 116:10.
"Chance for Peace." (2002, April 16). Scholastic News (Teacher's Edition), 64:24.
Ezarik, Melissa M. (2002, October). "Social Studies: The Timeless Subject." Career World, 31:2.
"Race Against Time." (2001, September 24). Scholastic News (Teachers Ed.), 64:4
"USA: Racial Profiling." (2001, March 26). Junior Scholastic, (Teachers Ed.), 103:15.
Webb Billman, Linda. (2002, November). "Aren't These Books for Little Kids?" Educational Leadership, 60:3.
"Welcome to Current Events." (2002, September 6). Current Events, (Teacher's Guide),
102:1.
Educational Resources Online This month, we feature a small sampling of geography lesson plan websites...
Awesome Library links to geography lessons, projects, papers, and other useful tools.
(http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/Geography/Geography.html)DiscoverySchool.com's LessonPlan Library, with lessons that can be adapted to several age and grade levels. (http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/geog.html)
EdHelper.com features WebQuests, travelers' journals and photographic essays on geography (http://www.edhelper.com/cat42.htm)
Education Planet, a one-stop shop for lessons geographic! (http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Geography_and_Countries/Geography/)
Geography Educators' Network of Indiana (GENI). Visit our western neighbors' links to geography lessons. (http://baby.indstate.edu/gedenis/ista/index.html)
Lesson Plan Central offers a variety of themes, resources, topics, and lesson plans, and includes links to geography clip art! (http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Geography/)
National Geographic: Geography Lessons & Activities in partnership with educators all over the country (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideas.html)
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ERC Special Resources Two coin-operated photocopiers are available for copying Reserve Readings and other materials. The ERC has 12 computers with access to TopCat and excellent resources through TIP, Western Kentucky Libraries' Topper InfoPortal The ERC has an Ellison machine with a large selection of letter and figure dies. Please supply your own construction paper. Lamination services are available for posters and other special projects We look forward to helping you find the resources you need!
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be ignited."
Plutarch, from Quotations for Learning <http://www.thelearningweb.net/quote-quotations-learning.htm>.
ERC Bookends, January 2003.