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Did you miss the last CIMC workshop about "Four Essential Online Research Tools"? Want to become a power-searcher of article, book & media delivery resources? Well, you're in luck!

Amanda Robertson (Instruction practicum student) and Amanda Werhane (Reference PA) recently teamed up to create several new online tutorials for this workshop. With the help of Peter Cupery (Reference Coordinator) and the addition of tutorials designed by past staff, we now have a full webpage of supporting materials that you can explore at your leisure.

From the CIMC homepage, click on "Help & Instruction." Next, click on "Workshops," and scroll down to the section of "Links to resources and handouts." The direct URL is http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_instruction/Instruc_Materials/FourOnlineSearchTools.html.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on November 15, 2004

The second half of November brings a display of recently acquired materials for Science Education, Math Education, and Agri-Science Education. Students in C&I 370, 372, 394, 523, 590, 810, 812, and 942 may be particularly interested in this display.

Also visit our online resources for Math Education (http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/pK12_guides/math.html) and Science Education (http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/pK12_guides/science.html).

Posted by Amanda Werhane on November 15, 2004

The first half of December brings a display of recent CIMC resources in Physical Education, Health Education, and Human Ecology. This display may be of special interest to those in C&I 378, 428, 501, 561, and 567.

The CIMC online Guide for Physical & Health Education is available at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/pK12_guides/phys_ed.html.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on November 15, 2004

On the fourth floor, you'll find an Arts Education display featuring recently added materials for music, art, and drama education. Students in C&I 322, 323, 324, 332, 333, 335, 354, 362, 525, 946, and 951 may be particularly interested in this display.

Related online resources include the PK-12 Art Education Guide (http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/pK12_guides/art_ed.html) and PK12 Music Education Guide (http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/pK12_guides/music_ed.html).

All materials in the display are available for check-out.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on November 15, 2004

The CIMC's current "Research in Education" display features new materials to support learning and teaching about:

* Action research
* Design of research in C&I
* Life history
* Narrative inquiry
* Photography as a research method
* Qualitative research
* Reflective practice

Students in C&I 375, 715, 717, 800, and 916 may be particularly interested in this display. Also see the CIMC Reference Gateway to Research in Education at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/gateway.html.

As always, students, staff, faculty and members of the public with courtesy cards and deposit cards are welcome to check out anything (except Reference books) included in CIMC displays.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on November 15, 2004

A Web site developed and supported by the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the University of Wisconsin System is helping teachers across the state find high quality, web-based curricula, content, and professional development opportunities. The IDEAS Portal Web Site (www.IDEAS.Wisconsin.edu) is a searchable database that provides Wisconsin educators electronic access to resources and materials that have been evaluated for quality and are aligned with the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards. IDEAS has attracted and maintained a repeat user base of more than 30,000 educators and provides more than 3,000 resources online. Professional educators from more than 60 kindergarten-12th grade school districts, University of Wisconsin institutions, and Cooperative Education Service Agencies (CESAs) have partnered to create, maintain and continue building the site since its launch in August 2001.

IDEAS is featured in Dr. James Lerman’s new book from Scarecrow Education “Essential Websites for Educational Leaders in the 21st Century. “This is a great honor for the University of Wisconsin, IDEAS, and all of our partners in education,” said John Fischer, IDEAS Project Director.

In addition to finding cataloged resources and lessons at each grade level in 18 subject areas, educators searching IDEAS will find a news and events section and a links page that puts educators in touch with agencies and organizations dedicated to education in Wisconsin. New features to the site also include streaming video about science, youth gardening, and American Indian history and culture. VideoIDEAS offers streaming video content about American Indian history and culture in Wisconsin from programs produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). VideoIDEAS clips are taken from instructional series such as the ECB's Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin and Investigating Wisconsin History. And, each of the videos is aligned with Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards in Social Studies and Information & Technology Literacy.

IDEAS also provides video clips from Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri’s Science is Fun television programs. Professor Shakhashiri, a UW-Madison professor in the Department of Chemistry and director of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, thrills audiences with his sell-out science shows, demonstrations, and home experiments.

Finally, coming to IDEAS in 2005 is a digital youth gardening service-learning curriculum, inspired by a Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension 4-H youth horticulture program. This project will provide video clips from WPT’s Wisconsin Gardener series with supplemental classroom materials. This project, called the Wisconsin Young Greens project, will give teachers access to innovative, interdisciplinary ways to connect their students to hands-on, experiential learning opportunities, through the integration of service-learning, gardening, and nutrition education.

For more information about the IDEAS Web site, log on to www.IDEAS.Wisconsin.edu or contact John Fischer at (608) 262-3340 or email him at: fischer@conted.uwex.edu .

Guest author: Amy Pikalek, Communications Group, Division of Outreach and E-Learning
University of Wisconsin-Extension

Posted by Catherine Stephens on November 15, 2004

Echoes of Brown: Youth Documenting and Performing the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education (with DVD): Thirteen New York youth of diversified backgrounds "collaborate with artists, academics and elders, and explore original research, history and personal experience. Together they have produced a performance of dance and spoken word that addresses the (in)equities and possibilities of schooling today in the United States."

The Future of the American School System by Irving H. Buchen.
". . . projects the future of public education for the next 25 years . . . examines the major drivers of change, profiles all the critical educational constituencies, and offers a number of common-sense solutions . . ."

Non-western Educational Traditions (3rd ed.) by Timothy Reagan.
". . . understanding the ways in which [non-western] peoples educate their children . . . may help us think more clearly about some of our own assumptions and values, and become more open to alternative viewpoints. . ."

The Trouble with Ed Schools by David F. Larabee.
". . . the ed school is the Rodney Dangerfield of higher education: it don't get no respect . . ."

Posted by Vince Jenkins on November 15, 2004

Electronic access is now available for ten journals available in print at the CIMC. The MadCat record for each title includes an Internet link to the electronic version of these journals:

Electronic journal of elearning
International education journal
Journal of educational enquiry
Journal of information technology education
Journal of interactive online learning
Journal of Scholarship of teaching and learning
Mathematics education
Language learning & technology
Practical assessment, research and evaluation
Radical pedagogy

Posted by Vince Jenkins on November 15, 2004

Join the CIMC as we celebrate the joy of children's literature. November 15th -21st is Children's Book Week and the CIMC will feature a colorful display showcasing several award-winning authors and illustrators of children's literature. The display will also feature resources for selecting children's literature and information about awards in the genre.

Posted by Erica Arroyo on November 11, 2004