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Jo Ann Carr collaborated with Annette Smith, Doctoral Candidate in ELPA, in presenting "No Child Left Behind @ Your Library" at the 2005 WEAC conference. This program detailed the role of School Libraries in student learning and highlighted advocacy training materials developed by the Wisconsin Educational Media Association for which Annette is President-Elect.

Anna Lewis presented "Media Mania: Circulating and Supporting Equipment at Your Library" at the 2005 Wisconsin Library Association Conference. Anna shared tips and highlights to help other libraries from the policies and practices of the CIMC.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on October 30, 2005

November's selected e-resources at the CIMC include a Kurt Squire paper on gaming, subject portals at the Cornell Theory Center, resources in children's literature, and lesson plans from the Indiana University School of Education's Clearinghouse on Reading, English, & Communication.

Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds
This study examined media use among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 3rd-through-12th graders who completed detailed questionnaires, including nearly 700 self-selected participants who also maintained seven-day media diaries.

Game-Based Learning: Present and Future State of the Field, by Kurt Squire.
"The purpose of this research paper is to document and describe the contemporary games and learning movement. It seeks to provide a strategic framework and underlying argument for understanding the impact of games on business and training."

Through the Eyes of a Child
"The purpose of the unit is to study stages of story development through fables and children's literature. Students will read and analyze the story components in children's picture stories. Students use this knowledge to write a story with a moral, and share their appreciation of good literature with younger children."

Children's Literature: Gender Roles and Sex Stereotyping
An introductory bibliography assembled from the World Wide Web, the ERIC database, and a variety of other resources.

Cornell Theory Center: Arts and Social Science Gateway
Annotated links to online resources in social sciences and the arts for K-12 educators and students.

Cornell Theory Center: Math and Science Gateway
Annotated links to online resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12. Includes agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, earth and environmental sciences, engineering, mathematics, health & medicine, meteorology, physics, and more.

Lesson plans, by the Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication.
Links to online lesson plans for debate, listening, journalism, handwriting, literature, reading, spelling, story-telling, vocabulary, writing comprehension, and others.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on October 30, 2005

November's new titles focus on gaming, and on "notable" lists of children's literature in social studies and in science

Professional Literature

Creating the Art of the Game, by Matthew Omernick. New Riders, 2004
T 385 .O44 2004

Audio for Games: Planning, Process, and Production, by Alexander Brandon. New Riders, 2005.
TK 7881.4 .B73 2005

Exploring Sound Design for Interactive Media, by Joseph Cancellaro. Thompson, 2006.
MT 723 .C37 2006

Beginning Math and Physics for Game Programmers, by Wendy Stahler. New Riders, 2004.
QA76.9 .M35 S73 2004

Children's Literature

Every spring the journal Social Education announces "Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People" published during the past year, and the National Science Teachers Association names "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children K-12." Here's a small sample of new CIMC children's literature from these lists.

"Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People"

Be my neighbor, by Maya Ajmera & John D. Ivanko; with words of wisdom from Fred Rogers.
LTy HM 756 A36 2004

Dust to eat: drought and depression in the 1930s, by Michael L. Cooper.
LTy E 806 C63 2004

Kumak's fish: a tall tale from the far north, byMichael Bania.
LTy P Z3 .B232 Ku 2004

Miss Bridie chose a shovel, by Leslie Connor; illustrated by Mary Azarian.
LTy PZ3.C7634 Mi 2004

A fine St. Patrick's day, by Susan Wojciechowski; illustrated by Tom Curry.
LTy PZ3.W82 Fi 2004

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"Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12"

Linus Pauling: advancing science, advocating peace, by Naomi Pasachoff.
LTy QD 22 .P35 P37 2004

Lizards, by Dan Greenberg.
LTy QL 666 .L2 G736 2004

The burn journals, by Brent Runyon.
LTy HV 6546 R86 2004

Eliza and the dragonfly, by Susie Caldwell Rinehart; illustrated by Anisa Claire Hovemann.
LTy PZ3 .R482 El 2004

The temperate forest: a web of life, by Philip Johansson.
LTy QH 541.5 .F6 J626 2004

Feathered dinosaurs of China, byGregory Wenzel.
LTy QE 861.9 .C6 W46 2004

Posted by Vince Jenkins on October 30, 2005

November CIMC displays include four special themes:

1) American Education Week will be held November 13-19. Find items on display highlighting this year’s theme: “A Strong America Starts with Great Public Schools.” Visit the NEA website for more information.

2) Children’s Book Week will be held November 14-20. CBW celebrates the best of children’s literature with the theme “imagine.” Enjoy items suggested by The Children’s Book Council.

3) Native American Heritage Month: November is Native American Heritage Month. The CIMC will display items that celebrate the history and culture of America’s native tribes.

4) Birthdays: The CIMC will highlight items from our PreK-12 collection that discuss birthdays celebrations around the world.

Posted by Kelly Haferman on October 30, 2005

This semester we retired the "Weekly" storage largely because of
concerns about liability and privacy. Many patrons work with sensitive
information like K-12 student records, and we wanted to protect our
patrons and this information.

Now that we no longer offer a public storage space, what are the
storage alternatives? A freely available online storage option is
MyWebSpace. MyWebSpace is a storage and web site service supported by
DoIT, and anyone with a campus NetID automatically receives 200
megabytes of storage. With a NetID/password combination and a web
browser, files can be stored in a MyWebSpace folder. The MyWebSpace
server also supports WebDAV, a technology used to interact with a web
folder like a folder on a local hard disk. With WebDAV one can drag
and drop files and folders between the local and network disk. WebDAV
is built into Microsoft Windows XP and Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4
(Tiger), and DoIT also provides the Goliath WebDAV client for
earlier versions of Macintosh OS X.

Another free storage option is offered by the CIMC: portable hard
drives. The Circulation desk lends 60 gigabyte drives that connect to
Macintosh and Windows computers via Firewire and USB. The drives are
very small and light; actually, they are 3-inch laptop computer drives
protected by a plastic enclosure.

An inexpensive option is optical storage. CD and DVD discs cost a
couple dollars, and drives to write the disks are widely
available. Macintosh and Windows computers in the CIMC computer lab
can burn both CD and DVD discs. CD discs can hold up to 660 megabytes
and DVD discs up to 5 gigabytes. Optical drives are limiting in that a
special program is needed to write to the disc and not all discs are
re-writable. For example, the most common disc, CD-R, only allows one
to write once.

Another popular personal storage option are flash drives. These drives are
moderately priced (~$30-$200) and come in a variety of capacities, from 32
megabytes to 4 gigabytes. They connect to any USB-equipped computer,
and work just like a typical drive. They do not require any
special program to use, because modern operating systems
have built-in support for USB drives. Their other advantages are their
small size (the size of a key) and their solid state construction (no
moving parts to break). One disadvantage is that they are noticably
slower than the typical hard drive.

With the "Weekly" space gone, there remain a variety of storage
options from the online MyWebSpace to portable and removable
drives. Which options you choose depend on your storage needs and
pocketbook.

Posted by Chris Dowling on October 30, 2005

Over the fall semester, CIMC staff have taken time to explore new and innovative approaches for integration of technology and information literacy concepts into SoE course work. The concept of “Curriculum Mapping” involves mapping course objectives and outcomes to instruction resources to help meet teaching standards for technology and information literacy. Resources can include direct links to article databases, online tutorials to help guide students in research, tutorials and resources to help students create course materials, or customized instruction resources drafted for a particular course.

The development of a curriculum map begins with a meeting with the faculty teaching the course, and involves study of the course syllabus. Working from course objectives, assignments, and outcomes, the course syllabus helps guide the process as CIMC staff identify resources and instructional skill sessions that can support information and technology standards. Faculty are then asked to review a Curriculum Map draft, and concur with resources and instruction identified for the course.

Still wondering what a curriculum map may look like? Here is an example of a curriculum map for one particular assignment.
http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_instruction/curric_map_sample.htm

Collaboration with SoE faculty is a critical component of curriculum mapping. CIMC staff are seeking interested instructors with whom to collaborate in the creation of curriculum maps.

Please contact Lisa Teyema at lmteyema@wisc.edu to discuss creating a curriculum map for your course.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 30, 2005

It is time to reserve CIMC teaching lab space for “occasional use” for the Spring 2006 semester. For example, your class meets outside of the CIMC, but there are specific dates when you would like to meet in a CIMC Teaching Lab Space.

To assist with scheduling, CIMC teaching lab schedules are viewable using WiscCal. Instructions for viewing lab space available are posted online at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/remoteview.pdf .
We ask that you submit this information online, using our web form at: http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/spaces_form.html

Space requests for classes where CIMC labs are the primary timetable space are accepted one year in advance from the semester start date (date instruction begins). Accordingly, requests for teaching lab space for upcoming semesters are processed according to the following schedule:

Summer 2006: on or after May 29th, 2005
Fall 2006: on or after September 5, 2005
Spring 2007: on or after January 22, 2006

Guidelines for scheduling the CIMC Teaching Lab Spaces are available at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/about/policy/reservation_guidelines.htm

If you have other questions about scheduling teaching space at the CIMC, please contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 30, 2005

Beginning October 31 access to the Teacher Education Building will be available only through the main doors facing Mills Street and the accessible entrance on Dayton Street after 4:30. Doors accessible from Clymer Place and from the door facing lot 92 at the rear of the building will be locked at 4:30 each day. This change is being made in response to a request from UW Police. UW Police now have over 70 buildings to lock each night and this change will reduce their work load.

Please share your comments regarding this change with CIMC staff. The CIMC wants to provide ease of access to our collections and services and will share any comments regarding this change with UW Police.

Jo Ann Carr, Director
carr@education.wisc.edu

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 30, 2005

School of Education faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to
provide recommendation to the CIMC as we identify equipment to be
ordered through the School's annual Capital Exercise. Please make your
recommendations of items that the CIMC should request by November 26,
2005.

Items that we have are considering requesting as part of our capital
exercise request are additional laptops for circulation to SoE faculty
and staff, a Mini DV deck, new flatbed scanners and a high speed
scanner for computer lab, a new projector and desktop machines for the
PC lab, and an Ellison die cut machine. Please let us know if these
items would support you in your work.

You may wish to review the equipment that the CIMC has available for
loan to faculty, staff, and students in the School of Education ( see
http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/equipment/index.html),
in the computer classrooms and lab in the CIMC (see
http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/index.html ). and
available for in house use (see
http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/spaces_equipment/equipment/inhouse.htm),
as you provide recommendations for how this equipment can better serve
the needs of the School of Education.

Thank you for your assistance in developing the CIMC's capital exercise
request.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on October 30, 2005

Plans are underway to celebrate teachers as part of American Education Week from November 13 - 19th. Events are designed to appeal to SoE faculty, staff, and students. Special events include:

Faculty perspectives on incorporating new research tools
Qualitative Software -- Focus on Research
November 15, 2005
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
212 Educational Sciences

Join Chris Thorn as we take a look at a handful of qualitative analysis tools, and think about how these tools might apply to your work.

• Using and selecting software tools for qualitative research
• Identify software best suited for different types of inquiry
• What is available for Macs; what is available for PC
• Faculty war stories
• Bring your questions about method and software
• Bring your data

Registration not required.

Lunch Brownbags, sponsored by SoE's Information Technology Steering Committee
Registration not required.

Clickers and Classroom Assessment (212 ESU)
Monday, November 14, 12:00-1:00:

Personal Response Systems (aka Clickers) provide an opportunity for immediate, in-class assessment and feedback on student learning. This session will introduce the use of a Personal Response System available for use in room 212 of the IMDC 's Learning Environment Suite. Participants will not only be introduced to the features of this system but participate in sharing their perspectives regarding the ability of the Learning Environments spaces to meet their teaching needs.
Presenter: Jesse Winters, Broadcast Specialist, Instructional Media Development Center

MySOE (348 TEB)
Tuesday, November 15, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
MySoe is a place where learners and teachers meet regardless of time and space. It is a new set of tools for connecting, sharing, and engaging in reflective dialog including context and role-based email, artifact and assignment-based threaded discussion, on-line program application, on-line custom supervision groups, and much, much more…
Presenter: Steve Head, Director Educational Placement and Career Services

Library Course Pages: a new vehicle to post library instruction resources (348 TEB)
Thursday, November 17th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Fall 2005 marks the beginning of a new vehicle for library instruction. “Library Course Pages” bring about a marriage of Electronic Reserves and web based library instruction resources.
Used in conjunction with class based instruction, Library Course Pages provide instruction resources such as online tutorials, links to articles, and web resources. Catherine will draw from examples from Memorial Library, College Library, and the CIMC.
Presenter: Catherine Stephens, Instruction/Outreach Program Coordinator, Center for Instructional Materials & Computing

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 30, 2005

In September 2005, Catherine Stephens was appointed by the Academic Staff Executive Committee to serve on the Equity and Diversity Resource Center Advisory Committee.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 3, 2005

What do you think of the CIMC's monthly displays? Is there something you would like to see highlighted? Would a scheduled topic work better for your class at another time? Let us know by emailing Reference Project Assistant Kelly Hafermann (hafermann@education.wisc.edu) with your comments and suggestions.

November
American Education Week
Educational Psychology
Children’s Book Week
Native American Heritage Month

December
Universal Human Rights Month
Classroom Management / Conflict Resolution
December Holidays
Winter (children’s books about snowflakes, snow days, etc.)

January
Caldecott & Newberry Winners (past & present – if we have the list)
Computer aided design / Art
National Hobby Month

February
E-portfolio books??
Something tropical
African American Heritage Month
Special needs / Disabilities

March
Music
Foreign languages
Women’s history
Multicultural education

April
Poetry
Spring stuff – fishing, boats, flowers, bugs, etc.
School Libraries & Library Week
Kinesiology / movement / sports

May
Photography
National Bike Month
Asian & Pacific American Heritage
Getting certified / starting a classroom of your own

June
Zoo & Aquarium Month
American Rivers Month
Something to do with Math & Science
LGBT Pride Month

Posted by Kelly Haferman on October 3, 2005

Wisconsin Authors
Venues throughout Madison will host events as part of the 2005 Wisconsin Book Festival October 13-17. The CIMC will feature books in our collection created by Wisconsin authors.

Tests
Autumn is in its first full month and midterms are fast approaching. Learn about how to overcome test anxiety or prepare for the PRAXIS and GRE by checking out items on display.

Halloween
Dressing up in costumes, telling scary stories, trick or treating, pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and candy. All these things remind us of Halloween. During October, the CIMC will dedicate two of its four displays to this spookiest of holidays. Check out our display for young children, and display for "big kids" focused on State Street safety and alchohol and drug prevention.

Posted by Kelly Haferman on October 3, 2005

This August we switched to a web-based mail list manager named Mailman from a program that had served us well for the past ten years. Ease of use was the main reason for the switch. In the past, all changes to a mail list needed to be sent in an email message. With the current program, anyone can use a web page to join a mail list, change an address, request digest delivery, or read message archives. Web pages also permit list administrators to easily view, add, and remove member addresses.

For list members, the change was barely noticable, because the usual list activity, the exchange of email messages, continued as before. The only indication of the switch was a password and a reference to the list web page in the monthly reminder of list membership.

Lists open to new members are shown on these two web pages...

http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/

http://lists.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/

Follow the links on these pages to read more about the mail lists, browse their archived messages, and join them if you wish. To request a new list for a class, department, project, or group, email the request to Chris Dowling, . The service is free of charge and open to anyone in the SoE community. More information about using our mail lists can be found in these online guides...

http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/list/member/

http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/list/administrator/

Posted by Chris Dowling on October 3, 2005

This month, we highlight new titles in Science Education as well as new Praxis guides in selected content areas. We also highlight new titles emphasizing Places in Children's Literature.

Professional books

Improving Urban Science Education: New Roles for Teachers, Students, and Researchers, edited by Kenneth Tobin, Rowhea Elmesky, and Gale Seiler. Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.
Q 181 .I624 2005
Reports and interprets seven years of research on fundamental issues of urban high school science instruction, including social differences, cultural biases, and inappropriate curricula.

Mediating Science Learning Through Information and Communications Technology, edited by Richard Holliman and Eileen Scanlon. RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.
Q 181 M395 2004
Focuses on the influence of multi-media, web-based learning, and communication technology on formal contemporary science education.

Teaching Science as Inquiry, by Arthur A. Carin, Joel E. Bass, and Terry L. Contant. 10th ed. Pearson/Merrill, Prentice Hall, 2005.
LB 1585 .C28 2005
Outlines a manageable way for both new and experienced science teachers to introduce the inquiry method, which motivates and engages every type of student, into their teaching.

PRAXIS II titles from XAM, Inc.
Earth science (high school)
Elementary education competencies and skills
French sample test
Guidance couseling
Physical education (high school)
Physics sample test
Principals of learning and teaching K-6
Psychology sample test
Spanish
Special education

Children's literature

Antartica: Journeys to the South Pole, by Walter Dean Myers. Scholastic Press, 2004.
LTy G 863 .M94 2004

City of Snow: the Great Blizzard of 1888 [New York], by Kinda Oatman High; ill. by Laura Francesca Filippuci. Walker and Co., 2004.
LTy PZ 3 .H5439 Ci 2004

Earthquake! . . . disaster strikes San Francisco, text by Shelley Tanaka; paintings by David Craig. Hyperion/Madison Press, 2004.
LTy F 869 .S357 T36 2004

Posted by Vince Jenkins on October 3, 2005

New web sites catalogued in MadCat include topics in science, back-to-school, and homeshooling.

Science of cycling
Part of a sports science series from the Exploratorium, covering topics such as bicycle wheels, drives and gears, frames and materials, braking and steering, aerodynamics, and human power. Includes timeline, images, audio and video clips, and reference materials.

OLogy
The American Museum of Natural History offers age-appropriate content in archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, and physical science for kids ages 7-12. Includes games, features, polls, curriculum materials, activity plans, and reference lists for educators.

Back to school resources for busy teachers
Annotated links to online back-to-school resources, ice-breakers, first day activities, classroom management, and more.

Facts for features. Back to school
Interesting statistics evolving from students and teachers returning to the classrooms.

A to Z home’s cool
Links to home schooling websites for parents and kids.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on October 3, 2005

School of Education faculty, staff, and students are invited to make recommendations of specific titles, publishers, and topics which should be the focus of the CIMC collection so that our collection will meet the needs of your teaching, learning, and research. Materials are ordered throughout the year so recommendations are welcome at any time.

CIMC staff share responsibilitiy for developing the CIMC collection and you are encouraged to work with your subject liaison (see list at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/info_for/faculty/index.html#collections). You may also make recommendations for purchases by completing the form at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help_instruction/ask_cimc/index.html.

The CIMC collection is developed to complement other campus and UW System library collections. If we are unable to purchase a requested title, we will provide you with assistance in locating the title in one of these other collections.

Posted by Jo Ann Carr on October 3, 2005

SoE faculty are invited to browse the CIMC Faculty Handbook, available online at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/info_for/faculty/index.html.

Information and resources include

•a CIMC staff directory, including collection development responsibilities
•the faculty role with collection development
•course reserves and information about the new vehicle for ibrary course pages
•key services within the CIMC including instruction, network services, circulation and media,
•links to resources for grants and funding
•a new visual map depicting a “Teaching with Technology” campus landscape

We invite your comments and suggestions for developing faculty resources at the CIMC. Please feel free to contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu .

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 3, 2005

Searching for a tutorial to guide you through creating a DVD with iDVD? Looking for a quick guide on printing slides or scanning slides in the CIMC Computer lab? The CIMC Computer Guides located online at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/computing/guides/index.html offer links to guides and tutorials which include Special Equipment in the Lab, and Software Tip Sheets

Tutorials are devised in response to user needs and common questions that come to staff at the CIMC, as well as common questions that arise in SoE classrooms. New and revised topics are added on an ongoing basis. Recent additions include:

• Printing Slides from the Slide Printer (available as a flash movie and PDF file)
• Using the Slide Scanner
• How to Scan Multiple Pages and create a PDF file
• Creating Movies with iDVD

CIMC staff welcome suggestions for new Computing Guides. Please send suggestions to Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 3, 2005

CIMC instruction staff are pleased to announce the Fall 2005 schedule for CIMC workshops. Specific workshop titles include: .

• Introduction to Learn@UW (Catherine Stephens)
• CIMC in a Nutshell (Jim Jonas)
• Welcome Week CIMC Tour (Jim Jonas)
• Introduction to EndNote (Jim Jonas)
• Building a My Webspace site (Chris Dowling)
• Introduction to Dreamweaver (Chris Dowling)
• Dreamweaver Web Site Management (Chris Dowling)
• Using Google for Academic Research (Jim Jonas)
• Organizing Education Resources with RefWorks (Jim Jonas)
• Dreamweaver and Cascading Style Sheets (Chris Dowling)
• Creating Online Instruction with Captivate (Catherine Stephens)

Workshop dates and times, workshop resources and handouts, and access to workshop registration is available online.

For additional information, or to request a CIMC session for a specific program or group, contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu .

Posted by Catherine Stephens on October 3, 2005