Using CBC documentaries and Feature Films:
Think of Learn360 as a set of locking drawers. More technically, it is platform for sharing multimedia resources which has been contracted by ERAC to host CBC films for BC schools districts who are members of ERAC. As a VSB employee, you have been given the "key" to the CBC drawer and the FeatureFilm drawer.
CBC:
Go to Learn360 (http://learn360.com). If you haven't already, you will need to sign up. (If you signed up for the trial or "eractest" before now and you experience problems signing in as a new user, you will need to phone and get the Support Staff at Learn360 to help you, at 1-877-279-4090). Use the standard codes for your unique school access (or ask your teacher-librarian how to access the databases).
Use the keyword search in Advanced Search to type in CBC and all the English titles will come up. Use the sidebar Related Search Terms to find links to specific series, some of which are French. Note also that there are Teacher Resources in pdf format for many of the titles.
You are advised to download.
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Canada: A People's History - When The World Began (15,000 BC to 1800 AD) Part 1
The opening episode of this 16-part documentary ranges across the continent, looking back more than 15,000 years to recount the varied history of the first occupants of the territory that would become Canada. From the rich resource of native oral history and archeology come the stories of the land's first people — how dozens of distinct societies took shape, and how they encountered a strange new people, the Europeans. Among the earliest of these epoch-making encounters is the meeting between Jacques Cartier and Donnacona, the Iroquoian chief whom Cartier first met on the Gaspé shore in 1534 and later kidnapped. Later on the Pacific coast, Nootka chief Maquinna encounters John Jewitt, the English sailor who became his captive and eventually his reluctant friend.
Format: Custom Videos
Runtime: 00:45:00
Copyright: 2001 CBC
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Databases, Research and Webcat Skills
Useful files / templates:
Database Workshop
Winter Tonic Feb 2009
Posted by Gwen Ingham and Ciara Kelly
In this workshop we focussed on how an elementary TL could integrate the use of databases in several
areas of the curriculum OR simply have students learn to navigate the databases through the use of
'scavenger hunts'.The databases covered were EBSCO Searchasaurus, EBSCO KidsSearch, EBSCO Novelist K-8
, Canadian Encyclopedia - Youth Edition, Encyclopedia of BC, WorldBook Online, ELibrary - Culturegrams
and Teaching Books....all databases readily available through our Vancouver School Library Catalogue front page.
The presentation was aided by a powerpoint that is available at the bottom of this page. We also created several
handouts that other TL's may want to use and adapt for their own use, these are also available at the bottom of
this page.We also hope to see any additional lesson aids added to this wiki. Good luck!
EBSCO Searchasaurus - Habitats Gr 3/4
Searchasaurus.doc
EBSCO KidsSearch - Countries
Gr6countrystdy.doc
EBSCO KidsSearch - Extreme Environments Gr 6
EBSCOKidsSearchSurvival.doc
Canadian Encyclopedia - Inuit Gr. 4
CanadianEncyInuit.doc
Encyclopedia of BC - Immigration Gr. 5
EncyclopediaBCImmig.doc
World Book Online - Provinces Gr. 3
Grade 3 Province Scavenger Hunt.rtf
EBSCO - NovelList K-8
NovellistK-8.doc
POWERPOINT
DatabasePres09.ppt
Database-related info and lessons
Introductory Web-based lesson on using Webcat by Fred Lackmance @ Byng
The purpose of this online resource is to direct grade 8 students to use databases for research rather than google or Wikipedia.
Check here for more information: Fred's Databases.doc
Check the Byng website for Fred's Orientations: http://byng.vsb.bc.ca/library/orientation
Article quoting Wikipedia's creator:
** Students 'should use Wikipedia' **
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says teachers who refuse students access to the site are "bad educators".
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/technology/7130325.stm >
School Library Journal is included in EBSCOHost's Academic Search Elite
database - check the possibilities for checking what's new in school libraries or school library resources:
TIP SHEET SLJ in databases.doc
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TIP OF THE DAY
Hi Moira,
Perhaps you already know this - but amazon.com (amazon.ca) has SLJ and Booklist reviews attached to their books, i.e. you look up a title and it not only gives opinions/reviews by readers, but also what SLJ and Booklist have to say. In fact, if you type in "Totally Joe" it has SLJ, Booklist, and Kirkus in the "other editorials" section.
Joanne Dale
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