Slides for OISE workshop presented February 1, 2012

1. Finding Classroom
Resources for your
Practicum:
Math Manipulatives, Science Kits,
Children’s Literature, and More!

2. http://bitstrips.com
Monique
Flaccavento

3. http://bitstrips.com

4. Outcomes
By the end of today’s session, you’ll
be able to find:
 Classroom resources for your practicum
(math manipulatives, textbooks, science kits,
children’s books, and more) by searching the
library catalogue
 Ministry-approved textbooks by searching the
Ontario Ministry of Education’s Trillium List

5. Outcomes, continued
 Age / grade-appropriate literature for your
students by searching the Children’s
Literature Comprehensive Database and
Novelist
 Age / grade-appropriate online newspaper
and magazine articles, encyclopaedias,
primary sources, and more by searching
publicly licensed Knowledge Ontario
databases

6. Catalogue Searches
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/oise

7. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/oise/

8. Trillium List
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/trilliumlist/

9. Activity #1
5 minutes

10. Click on Research Guides

11. Click on Education Resources for
Initial Teacher Education

12. http://guides.library.utoronto.
ca/TeacherCandidates

13. Children’s Literature
Comprehensive Database
http://go.utlib.ca/cat/7911527

14. http://www.knowledgeontario.ca
/AboutYou/Education/K12
What are KO Licensed Databases?

15. http://eresources.knowledgeontario.ca

16. http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.a
sp?schoolNo=9

17. 3 Knowledge Ontario Databases
P/J -- Kids InfoBits
J/I – InfoTrac Junior
I/S -- Canada in Context

18. Activity #2
Explore Kids InfoBits, InfoTrac
Junior, or Student Resource
Centre.
1. What is included in this database?
2. How could you use this database with
your students?
Please be prepared to share your
observations with the group.

19. Questions? Contact me!
I’m here to help!
Monique Flaccavento
monique.flaccavento@utoronto.ca
416-978-1867