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CCBC Directory of Wisconsin Children's Book Creators.
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/authors/directoryInfo.asp
A searchable database of Wisconsin authors and illustrators of books for children and teenagers who are willing to make appearances at schools and libraries. Formerly in pirnt.

Boggle's World.
http://bogglesworld.com/
For teachers of elementary and middle school English, ESL, and English as a foreign language; with numerous activities and an archive of lesson plans.

Teacher's Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development. www.teachersdomain.org/
A multimedia digital library for K-12 science and social studies teachers and students. Includes classroom-ready resources, media-rich lesson plans and professional development resources organized by grade level, discipline and subject.

Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women 2004.
http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005016
"This statistical report assembles a series of indicators that examine the extent to which males and females have access to the same educational opportunities, avail themselves equally of these opportunities, perform at similar levels throughout schooling, succeed at similar rates, and reap the same benefits from their educational experiences"--NCES web page.

Wisconsin School Performance Report.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/spr/
The state's annual public school report card, including data on school performance and student achievement.

Other Web Sites Recently Added:

Interesting things for ESL students: a fun study site for students of English as a second language. http://www.manythings.org/

Topics: an online magazine for learners of English.
http://www.topics-mag.com/Electronic/Magazine.html

Code of fair testing practices in education.
http://www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html

Posted by Vince Jenkins on April 1, 2005

Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices [16 videos], by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (WGBH-Boston/Annenberg, 2003)
Portrayals of effective instruction and assessment strategies for the teaching of foreign languages in grades K-12.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on April 1, 2005

"I think that I shall never see / a poem as lovely as the CIMC"
(hee hee)

The CIMC is celebrating National Poetry Month by displaying recently-acquired books of poetry from our PreK-12 collection and instructional materials from our Professional collection. We've also sprinkled poems around the CIMC!

Check out our National Poetry Month webliography at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/webliographies/poetry.html.

All materials in CIMC displays may be checked out, unless labeled otherwise.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on April 1, 2005

How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom by the Committee on How People Learn, a Targeted Report for Teachers; M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, eds. (National Academies Press, 2005)
Published as a single volume and as three separate books (one for each of the topic areas in the title), blending principle and practice for the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Explains development of successful curricula and teaching methods.

Imber, Michael and Tyll van Geel. A Teacher's Guide to Education Law, 3rd ed. (L. Erlbaum, 2005)
A concise introduction. Covers relationships between teacher and student (student rights, discipline, negligence, discrimination, special education) and between teacher and employer (teacher rights, hiring/firing, contracts, unions, collective bargaining, tenure).

Posted by Vince Jenkins on April 1, 2005

Creating Online Instruction with Captivate April 12, 2-4pm at the CIMC
Windows Lab, room 348 Instructors: Terry Ross and Eric Larson

Interested in learning more about Macromedia Captivate to create content for online instruction and interactive online tutorials? Join us for an understanding of how to capture, and record web based content. Explore and learn about the Captivate interface, how to setup recording options, record and edit files, import frames from PowerPoint, and review options for output and export of Captivate files.

Join us on April 12th from 2-4 pm for a demonstration and hands-on learning. To register, please email Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu

Posted by Catherine Stephens on April 1, 2005

Amanda Werhane, PA for Reference Services, has been selected by the School of Library and Information Studies as the Beta Beta Epsilon Chaper of Beta Phi Mu Outstanding Scholar of the Year. Beta Phi Mu is the international library and information science honor society. This honor is based upon high academic achievement and recommendations from faculty. Ms Werhane will receive her honor by induction into Beta Phi Mu on May 12.

The CIMC and the School of Education are fortunate to have this promising librarian as a member of our staff.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on April 1, 2005

The Big6™ is an information literacy model developed by librarians Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. It is widely used in schools across the country (sometimes simplified to the Super3 or elaborated into the Little12). The creators offer support information for Big6™ practitioners, an eNewsletter, and a kid-friendly website, all accessible from http://www.big6.com.

In order to assist independent research, the CIMC has re-designed its Gateway to Research in Education webpage (http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/gateway.html) to incorporate the Big6™ information problem-solving skills. By offering source information within a research process framework, we are encouraging CIMC patrons to be critical users of information.

We welcome your feedback on this change.

Posted by Amanda Werhane on April 1, 2005

Jim Jonas will join the staff of the CIMC on April 11, 2005 as Information Services/Electronic Resources Librarian. His position responsibilities will include coordinating reference services for the CIMC, developing print, digital, and/or multimedia resources for CIMC user groups, and serving as liaison to faculty in the School of Education. Jim, a recent graduate of the School of Library Studies at UW Madison, was an intern at the Health Sciences Libraries from 2003-2005. Prior to entering the School of Library Studies, Jim served as legislative staff in the Wisconsin legislature with a focus on education issues. Jim's office will be in room 376 Teacher Education and his telephone number will be 263-4934.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on April 1, 2005