The VIBE April 2012 Teacher Edition

Shore Regional High School

April 2012 William J. Valenti Teacher-Librarian

Teacher Edition

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HELP YOUR STUDENTS CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK One of the biggest influences in the lives of our students is their teachers. Be a role model and share with your students books that have influenced your life and why you like to read.

National Library Week, April 11th-16th, is a time when school libraries join all libraries to promote reading and library use. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Ypu Belong@your library.”

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APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

Challenge your students to create poems for the courses you teach during this month.

What a fun way to require some creativity and a little break from the every day rigors of your coursework.

“The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is the little extra” ~anonymous The Faculties - Videos from University Lecturers for High School Students http://www.thefaculties.org/

The Faculties is an interesting video project, based in the UK, that presents short videos of university lecturers speaking on topics in their fields.

There appears to be two purposes for these videos. The first purpose is to provide short lessons high school students about in the which theyus Welcome to Poetryto 180.

Poetry can andage should be an important parttopics of our daily lives.subjects Poems can in inspire and make have an interest.

The second purpose is to provide students with information that think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed. will familiarize them with the expectations and realities of being a college student.

There are six sections to The Faculties; English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year. I History, and Psychology. have selected the poems you will find here with high school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I suggest that all members of the school community be included as readers. A great time for the readings would be foltheFree end of Technology daily announcements the public address system. ~lowing From for over Teachers

ChronoZoom A Timeline Listening to poetry can- encourage students of and Almost other learnersEverything to become members of the circle of readers for whom poetry is a vital source of pleasure. I hope Poetry 180 becomes an important and enriching part of the school day. http://www.chronozoomproject.org/

ChronoZoom Billy Collins is a new timeline project from Microsoft Research. The primary goal of ChronoZoom is to provide a multimedia the history of the world from the dawn of time to today. The timeline is Former Poet Laureate oftimeline the UnitedofStates arranged according to themes and thresholds. Thresholds are eras and major developments in the history of the world. Within each threshold there are multiple videos, images, and texts about that time. ~from Free Technology for Teachers

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

WEBSITES EMAILED BY WILLIAM J. VALENTI DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST

MARCH 2012

Art/Music Van Gogh to Rothko in 30 Seconds

http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/van_gogh_to_rothko_in_30_seconds.html

English Dictionary of American Regional English http://dare.news.wisc.edu/ The long-awaited final volume in this monumental work has just been published. This website allows you to sample some of the splendidly varied delights of Americans' rendering of the English language. You can listen to some of the audio interviews that were the basis for the construction of the dictionary, check out your own state for a sample of words that are unique to that state, watch a video explaining how the editors gathered the data to construct the dictionary, and test yourself with a quiz about the meaning of a dozen of the words. ~ From Mary Laine Recording of William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxM0C7zjoAc ~ from Open Culture

Robert Frost Recites ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/robert_frost_recites_stopping_by_woods_on_a_snowy_evening.html Free Science Fiction Classics on the Web: Huxley, Orwell, Asimov, Gaiman & Beyond

http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/free_science_fiction_fantasy_dystopian_classics_on_the_web.html

Free Science Fiction Classics on the Web: Huxley, Orwell, Asimov, Gaiman & Beyond http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/free_science_fiction_fantasy_dystopian_classics_on_the_web.html ~ From Open Culture

Faculty Audio Memos - A Voice Recorder for iPad & iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audio-memos-free-voice-recorder/id304075033?mt=8

Audio Memos is an iOS app for creating and sharing audio messages. The app is available in three versions. The free version is limited to 3MB recordings, the $0.99 version is limited to 15MB recordings, and the "pro" $9.99 version has a nice selection of audio editing tools built-in. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Guidance Campus Bird - Search for Colleges and Take Virtual Tours http://college.campusbird.com/Â

ScholarPRO Helps Students Find Scholarships https://scholarpro.com/ ~ From Free Technology for Teachers My College Calendar http://www.mycollegecalendar.org/ My College Calendar helps students organize their college applications.

College Confidential http://www.collegeconfidential.com/ College Confidential provides students with a wealth of information and tools for choosing a college, applying to college, and paying for college. After being accepted and figuring out how to pay for college, students can come back to College Confidential to learn about what to expect in their first year and how to thrive as a new college student.

Unigo http://www.unigo.com/ Unigo relies on huge database of student generated content for college reviews. Unigo has reviews written by students as well as video content.

College Crunch http://www.collegecrunch.org/ College Crunch features college reviews, college profiles, tips for navigating the logistics of college financing, and career planning advice. The career planning advice includes lists of salaries by career.

Educaedu http://www.educaedu.com/ Educaedu is essentially a search engine for degree programs. To use Educaedu select the geographic area in which you would like to study. Then select the type of program you are searching for. Educaedu will then generate a list of schools offering your desired degree program.

Campus Explorer http://www.campusexplorer.com/ Campus Explorer gives prospective students the option to search for colleges by location and or degree/program type. What makes Campus Explorer a potentially valuable resource for those searching for a college is the advice section attached to each college review.

University Parent Connection http://universityparent.com/ University Parent provides advice about all of the typical concerns that parents have as their children prepare for college. In addition to advice about college planning, financing, and admissions University Parent provides online guides to specific colleges and universities. University Parent plans to have a parent community discussion forum in the near future. The discussion forum could be a good place for parents to share experiences and learn from each other.

~ All 7 above resources from Free Technology for Teachers

Home Economics Foodskey - The Science of Food http://www.foodskey.net/index.html

Foodskey is a site produced by The University of Nottingham who also produces the Periodic Table of Videos. Foodskey is a set of fourteen videos about the science of food. The videos cover topics like nutrition, food security, and crop technology ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Food Environment Atlas and Food Desert Atlas

The USDA's Food Desert Locator is a map of food deserts in the United States The USDA's Food Environment Atlas is an interactive map that you can use to visualize many different data sets related to food prices, food access, health statistics, and socioeconomic characteristics related to food in the United States. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Science The Periodic Table of Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos is a YouTube channel produced by The University of Nottingham. The Elements. The table features a video demonstration of the characteristics of elements in the Periodic Table of Elements. In all there are 390 videos divided into 24 playlists about the work of chemists at the university. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Interactive Biology http://www.interactive-biology.com/ Interactive Biology is a website offering a series of videos, quizzes, and study guides for biology students. The site offers study guides for sale, but there some good free resources available too. ~ From Free Technology for Teachers Crash Course - Plant Cell Biology

http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Crash Course is now up to six biology videos. Like the history videos, the biology videos are rather fast-paced and in a couple of spots make some borderline inappropriate comments But as a general rule, the Crash Course videos should be okay for high school students ~ From Free Technology for Teachers

Social Studies History for Music Lovers http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers ~ From Free Technology for Teachers