Transcript ORC Update – What’s New and Different for 2012

ENRICH, ENGAGE AND
DIFFERENTIATE WITH
THE ORC
GETCA
February 26, 2015
Jamie Davis, ORC Coordinator
WHAT IS THE ORC?
A
$1.7 million collection of curricular-aligned,
authoritative digital resources licensed on behalf of
all Alberta:
 K-12 students and their parents
 School staff
 Pre-service teachers
 Public library staff *
 Funded
by a yearly Grant-In-Aid from Alberta
Education to The Alberta Library (TAL)
 Return on Investment (ROI) calculation of 3:1 for
Alberta Schools
*for the purposes of supporting K-12 patrons
WHY SHOULD YOUNG STUDENTS
ACCESS THE ORC?
ORC Resources:
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Provide authoritative, age appropriate, engaging, curricularaligned content
Allow students to become familiar and comfortable with the
kinds of resources and searching practises that are an
integral part of 21st century learning
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Google & Wikipedia are the tip of the searching and information
literacy “iceberg”
Are time savers once you are familiar with using them
Include embedded supports for diverse learners like listen,
text translation, citation tools, vetted websites, copyright
friendly pictures and videos
Provide anytime, from anywhere with Internet access
WHY SHOULD SCHOOL STAFF
ACCESS THE ORC?
ORC Resources Provide:
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Access to ready-to-use or customizable lesson plans, teaching
materials and direct curricular correlations
Support for ESL and foreign language learners
Access to journals like Walrus, National Geographic,
National Geographic Kids, Men’s Health, School Library
Journal, Canadian Libraries, and Maclean’s just to name a
few (RSS feeds available)
Consistent and explicit update schedules
Access to vetted websites
Ability to create permalinks that can be posted on a website
or in an email blast
ACCESSING THE ORC
Go to LearnAlberta.ca
 Select English or French
 Click on “Online Reference Centre” in the tab along the
top of the screen
 In school automatic authentication
 Access outside of school requires a remote district
username and password combination
 Share your district username/password using low tech
methods
 Email [email protected] for your remote
username/password
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QUICK TIP FOR WORKING WITH
YOUNG LEARNERS
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Create a direct link to the ORC from school/teacher webpage
or in the school bookmarks
Have an enlarged icon for the database(s) you will be using
Preload on iPads, SMART Board or computers for quicker
access to a learning centre activity
Model for whole group – Move to pair work – Finally
individual work
Number each child – that is the computer they will use
Recipe card with access information for every student –
laminate and put on a ring
In class tech helpers
Expect age appropriate citations – icons, premade sheets, etc.
Questions?
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
LITERACY SKILLS AND
LANGUAGE LEARNING
BOOKFLIX
Recommended for K-3
 105 fiction and non-fiction book pairs organized into
themes
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Pairing fiction with a related non-fiction increases student
comprehension when reading both formats
Search titles by guided reading level, author, grade
level, theme, etc.
 Lesson plans for each pair provided
 Real voice audio support embedded throughout
resources to allow emergent readers to navigate the
resource independently
 Between 1-3 follow up “puzzlers” for each pair
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TRUEFLIX
Newly created sister resource to BookFLIX designed for
grades 3-6
 Nonfiction content divided into 2 broad themes with 3-5
subthemes
 Each ebook includes an introductory video to help build
background knowledge of topic and improve student
comprehension
 Human voice read along feature to support
emergent/struggling readers
 Interactive table of contents for each ebook, in addition
to a glossary and index
 Essential inquiry questions and project ideas for every
ebook
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TEACHINGBOOKS.NET
Recommended for K-12
 Includes a wealth of support material to teach and
promote books in your school and classroom (book
trailers, author interviews and readings, author audio
name pronunciation, book guides and lesson plans, etc.)
 Share pages using share, email, or permalink
 Create a flyers or shelf cards with a QR code
 Access Alberta specific booklists:
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Canadian Book Award Winners/Canadian Book and
Author Resources
Personalized Book Lists upon request
MUZZY ONLINE
Recommended for students in K-6
 Immersion language learning program
 Languages taught in the context of a story
 Hundreds of words and phrases embedded in the
learning stories
 Six movies in each language level with a subtitle option
for all of the languages offered
 101 thematic video lessons with embedded language
learning games divided into level I & II
 All new 3D animation
 All new recording studio and 4 new languages coming in
2015
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RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT THE SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
AMAZING ANIMALS
OF THE WORLD
Recommended for K-6
 Click-friendly navigation
 Lists animal classes, orders and species
 Read Aloud available
 Provides quick access to the “animal stats” at the top and
a brief article below
 Links to information about animal habitat, and order
 Vetted weblinks that open within the database
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*Curricular mapping available for the K-6 Science curriculum on
the ORC Support Site (www.onlinereferencecentre.ca)
POWERKNOWLEDGE SUITE
Recommended for grades 1-6
 Content divided into 3 databases: Earth Space, Life
Science and Physical Science
 Includes a customizable read aloud feature
 Short, segmented articles with introductory videos to
build background knowledge
 Embedded science experiments, projects and
educational games related to the content of the database
 Aligns with 95% of the grade 3-6 science curriculum and
87% of grade 1-6 science curriculum
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POWERKNOWLEDGE:
EARTH SPACE
Science Units supported:
 Grade 1 Seasonal Changes
 Grade 2 Exploring Liquids
 Grade 3 Rocks and Minerals
*Curricular mapping available for the K-6 Science curriculum
on the ORC Support Site (www.onlinereferencecentre.ca)
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Grade 4 Light and Shadows, and Waste and Our World
Grade 5 Weather Watch, and Wetland Ecosystems
Social Studies mapping skills
Grade 6 Sky Science
POWERKNOWLEDGE:
LIFE SCIENCE
Science Units Supported:
 Grade 1 Needs of Animals and Plants
 Grade 2 Small Flying and Crawling Animals
 Grade 3 Animal Life Cycles and Hearing and Sound
*Curricular mapping available for the K-6 Science curriculum
on the ORC Support Site (www.onlinereferencecentre.ca)
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Grade 4 Plant Growth and Changes, Wetland Ecosystems and
Waste and Our World
Grade 6 Trees and Forests
POWERKNOWLEDGE:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Science Units Supported:
 Grade 1 Needs of Animals and Plants
 Grade 2 Hot and Cold Temperatures and Magnetism
*Curricular mapping available for the K-6 Science curriculum
on the ORC Support Site (www.onlinereferencecentre.ca)
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Grade 4 Wheels and Levers
Grade 5 Electricity and Magnetism and Classroom Chemistry
Grade 6 Trees and Forests
RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT THE SOCIAL
STUDIES CURRICULUM
CULTUREGRAMS
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Recommended for grades 3-12
Very strong alignment to the grade 3 Social Studies
curriculum
 Also supports grade 2 Social Studies curriculum
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Includes a World, Kids and Provinces Edition
 Articles are written and reviewed by in-country
consultants
 Updated every 6 months
 Cultural recipes included for each country and province
 Create customizes graphs and tables using current data
from the countries and provinces
 Tools include world time, distance calculator, and
currency converter
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ANOTHER ENGAGING
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESOURCE
TO CHECK OUT
WORLD BOOK KIDS
Recommended for students in K-3
 Beginner multidisciplinary database designed for
young users
 Text to speech feature
 Use the compare option to find similarities and
differences between animals, countries and places
 Available on iPads
 Online Training Available
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SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL STAFF
MEMBERS
ORC SUPPORT SITE
www.onlinereferencecentre.ca
Resource training materials - podcasts, videos, archived
webinars, guides, curricular mapping, etc.
 Information about upcoming free ORC PD opportunities
 Information about province-wide resource trials and
surveys
 Online booking system for free ORC sessions
 Calendar of ORC Events
 Links to ORC Twitter and Facebook accounts
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CURRICULAR MAPPING
FOR DIVISION I SCIENCE
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Along with training materials provided by the
vendors, the ORC Support Site also includes
curricular mapping documents for the division I
Science Curriculum at:
http://www.onlinereferencecentre.ca/
curricular-mapping-for-division-iscience.html
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Social Studies will be coming soon….
ORC LISTSERV
 Weekly
email updates organized by E/J/S:
New resources and features
 Province-wide trials
 Surveys
 Free PD opportunities
 How to guides and tips
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 No
emails during school breaks
 Membership has its benefits – joining incentive
 Email [email protected] or visit the
ORC Support Site to join today
CONTACT
For more information or to schedule a
free school presentation please contact
Jamie Davis, ORC Coordinator
Call 780-414-0805 ext.229
OR
Email: [email protected]
LINKS TO CHECK OUT
ORC Support Site
http://www.onlinereferencecentre.ca/
ORC ListServ
https://lists.talonline.ca/listinfo/orc
ORC Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/OnlineReferenceCentre
Twitter
@ORC_AB