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CIMC and MMSD collaborations were described by Catherine Stephens of the CIMC and Joan Peebles of MMSD at the Dec 12th Online Professional Development Forum sponsored by WiscNet. This meeting of K-12 and UW system partners was convened to share information about distance education and collaboration between area schools and higher education.

Peter Cupery served on the planning team for the Semiannual Reference Retreat for campus libraries. This retreat provided an opportunity for discussion of emerging library initiatives including federated searching and library course web pages.

Jo Ann Carr has been named to the advisory group for the Evaluating State Education Technology Programs, a three year United States Department of Education Grant recently awarded to the Department of Public Instruction.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on January 22, 2004

CIMC staff continue to provide resources online for information on grants, fellowships, and award programs directed at teaching and learning. To review current grant and funding opportunities, visit our Education Funding Resources page online at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/grants.html

To contribute additional funding resources, please contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu .

Posted by Catherine Stephens on January 22, 2004

Billed as “an electronic "school report card" and much more,” the Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) at: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/ is an information resource for educators, parents and other people interested in Wisconsin public schools.

Of the four main categories presented on WINSS home page, three – “Standards and Assessment,” “Continuous School Improvement” and “Best Practices” – have extensive information about the indicated topics. Most of the information is available as web documents and PDF files. Excel files and other formats are available when appropriate.

The fourth category – Data Analysis – presents considerable information about the state's 426 school districts. Information in this area can be located starting with school name, district name, county name or clicking on a CESA map or number. State data is also available.

Also check the “What’s new on WINSS?” Section. It highlights such resource additions as the “Curriculum Wizard. This on_line resource guides teachers step_by_step through the development of a standards_based course of study . . .” and “Standards of the Heart Assessment Planning Tool. Are you looking for ways to document that students are developing the leadership and interpersonal skills that will help them become caring, contributing, productive members of society?” Both of these items were added in November 2003.

Explore WINSS – you will be impressed with how much information is available at this site.

Posted by on January 22, 2004

In conjunction with “Fifty Years after Brown v. Board of Education: Race and Equal Educational Opportunity in the United States' the CIMC will display materials related to this landmark decision for civil rights and education. This conference, co-sponsored by Educational Policy Studies and Curriculum & Instruction, will be held February 4-6. Please visit http://www.education.wisc.edu/eps/news/default.asp for additional information on this conference.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on January 22, 2004

From January 12th -26th highlights of Martin Luther King Jr.'s career, selections of his written work, video footage of King's most famous speeches as well as juvenile biographical materials about King will be displayed at the CIMC. In addition, the display provides professional materials on teaching for social justice. Juvenile materials about peace and social justice are displayed across from the reference desk.

From January 13th-January 27th two small displays near the CIMC's journal stacks highlight the works of Mordicai Gerstein, author of the 2004 Caldecott Award winner, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers and Kate DiCamillo, author of the 2004 Newbery Award Winner, the Tale of Despereaux.

During the month of February the CIMC celebrates African American Heritage Month with a display that highlights the CIMC's collection of African American materials including literature, history, education theory and perspectives written by and about African Americans.

Posted by Chris Dowling on January 22, 2004

Science-based comics? Can they be both engaging and educational? If they are by Jay Hosler, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ohio State University Rothenbuhler Honey Bee Research Laboratory, the answer is a resounding “Yes!”

The CIMC has two compilations from this talented scientist-cartoonist:

Clan Apis / Jay Hosler. – CIMC PreK-12 Stacks (Lty), Call Number: PN6727 H768 H67 2000 – which follows the life story of Nyuki, a bee with attitude, uncertainties and, eventually, an interesting world-view.

The sandwalk adventures : an adventure in evolution told in five chapters / by Jay Hosler. – CIMC PreK-12 Stacks (Lty), Call Number: QH367 .H67 2003 – an exposition of evolution through Socratic discussions between old Charles Darwin and a tiny follicle mite named Mara..

Both are packed with visual and printed information. Both have clear storylines and characters with distinct personalities. And both will be interesting reads for many people from adolescents to adults. Howard Gardner would approve.

Posted by on January 22, 2004

The Madison School & Community Education Library, a service program of the Madison Metropolitan School District, features access to one of Wisconsin’s largest preview collections of learning materials and tests as well as to an educational reference library collection of 8,000 titles. The library is housed in room 116 of the Doyle Administration Building and is open to members of the Madison community. Materials may be borrowed from the collection after completing a patron contract form. Additional information is available at http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/lms/MSCEL/.

This collection complements the resources available through the CIMC and expands the diversity of K-12 curriculum materials available to students, staff and faculty of the School of Education

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on January 22, 2004

The CIMC will be adding some fantastic new equipment, funded by the Capital Exercise, to our circulating collection. We will have more digital cameras (10 new Sony DSC-F717s and 10 new Sony Cypershots). We will have additional MiniDV Camcorders (10 new Sony TRV-33s and one new Sony DCR-VX2000) as well as new external camcorder microphones to enhance sound recording.

DVDs will be easier to share in your classrooms with our two TV/VCR/DVD carts. Technology in the Teacher Education Building will be easier with our two roving instructors stations. The stations will be include a laptop (either MAC or PC), a projector, and a VCR/DVD player. No more futzing with cables five minutes before class begins! For Mac lovers, the CIMC will be receiving six new iBooks, bringing our total number of Macintosh laptops up to twelve.

The CIMC will also be purchasing new equipment for use in the CIMC. A new microfiche scanner will replace an ill-functioning model, and a new slide printer will meet needs expressed by Art Department faculty and staff.
We are in the process of ordering these new additions and we will let you know as soon as these items are available for your use!

Posted by Anna Lewis on January 22, 2004

After a close review of workshop attendance and attendee feedback, the CIMC instruction team has developed the Spring 04 workshop schedule. We are pleased to offer five new workshops, in addition to continuing to offer popular workshops from previous semesters. New workshops include: Introduction to Learn@UW/Desire2Learn, Advanced Search Tips with Google, PowerPoint Moving On, WebLogs, and Dreamweaver's Cascading Style Sheets. For more information, including the complete schedule and registration information, please see http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/workshops online.

CIMC instruction staff also provide course-integrated instruction. Please see http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_training/instruction/course_rel/index.html
online, or contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu to discuss steps to integrate our instruction topics in your program or course. (263-5949).

Posted by Catherine Stephens on January 22, 2004

School of Education faculty and instructors who wish to schedule the Computer Classroom in the CIMC for their Summer 2004 and Fall 2004 classes are reminded to complete a reservation form available at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/spaces_form.html.
Guidelines for reserving this space are available at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/about/policy/reservation_guidelines.htm Please contact Jo Ann Carr (carr@education.wisc.edu) if you have questions regarding the scheduling of the Computer Classrooms in the CIMC.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on January 22, 2004