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...and time to celebrate this special month of December by displaying CIMC collection items that spotlight holidays, festivals, and celebrations held world-wide. Some of these resources will include suggestions for hands-on activities and projects to help students increase their knowledge and understanding of these multicultural observances.

For those UW-Madison winter enthusiasts who can’t wait for the first snowflake to fall, the CIMC has a great collection of resources that will add to your excitement. Our Let it snow...Let it snow...Let it snow! display will feature just a sampling of the many items in the CIMC PreK-12 collection that incorporate the word “snow” in their title!

Digital media are changing the way people think, learn, and relate to one another --- and interactive media environments, such as video games, are at the forefront of this push toward an interactive and participatory culture. With the realization that gaming and simulations are changing the way we think and learn (both in and out of schools), the subject of a third display coming in December will feature CIMC collection items that focus on examining this connection between games, learning, and literacy.

Happy holidays to all of you from all of us at the CIMC!

Posted by Patricia Eschmann on December 2, 2007

The School of Education IT Office now provides a Web survey tool called SelectSurvey.NET. The software allows SoE faculty, staff and students the ability to create and distribute online surveys and analyze the survey results through a web browser. The survey tool is intended for research, instructional or administrative use.

For an overview of the tool see http://www.education.wisc.edu/soeit/tech_support/websurvey/

For tips on using the software, FAQs, and User Manual, see http://www.doit.wisc.edu/websurvey/practices.asp

To request a survey, please use the "New Web Survey Request" form posted at
http://www.education.wisc.edu/soeit/tech_support/websurvey/surveyrequest.asp .

Questions? Contact Catherine Stephens at cstephens@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Catherine Stephens on December 2, 2007

Winter Break hours start Saturday, December 22nd and go through Monday, January 21st

The CIMC is open:
9am to 5pm Monday - Friday

The CIMC is closed
Saturdays & Sundays

The CIMC is also closed:
Dec 24, 25, 31, Jan 1 and 21

Check the CIMC web site for more information about CIMC hours.

Posted by Anna Lewis on December 2, 2007

Hot-Button Issues for Teachers: What Every Educator Needs to Know About Leadership, Testing, Textbooks, Vouchers, and More, by Philip D. Vairo, Sheldon Marcus, and Max Weiner.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Prof LB1775.2 .V35 2007

Seeking the Heart of Teaching, by Adrian Palmer and MaryAnn Christison.
University of Michigan Press, 2007
Prof LB1025.3 P25 2007

A Call to the Village: Retooling Public Schools, by Wana L. Duhart.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Prof LA217.2 .D84 2007

Failing Grades: The Quest for Equity in America's Schools, by H. Roy Kaplan.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Prof LB3013.3 .K364 2007

School Choice: The Findings, by Herbert J. Walberg.
Cato Institute, 2007
Prof LB1027.9 .W34 2007

Our Results-Driven Testing Culture: How It Adversely Affects Students' Personal Experience, by Lyn Lesch.
Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Prof LB3051 .L45 2007

The Educator's Professional Growth Plan: A Process for Developing Staff and Improving Instruction (2nd ed.), by Jodi Peine.
Corwin Press, 2008
Prof LB1738.5 .P376 2008

Posted by Vince Jenkins on December 2, 2007

Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment: A Guidebook
"A process-based professional development program that centers on small group construction of knowledge about the learning process as a precursor to talking about teaching"

College Classroom Course: A Guidebook
"Provide graduate students and post docs with foundational knowledge of a wide range of pedagogical theories, ideas, and practices."

Diversity in the College Classroom: A Guidebook
Designed for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and SBE (Social, Behavioral and Economic science) graduate students who have an interest in becoming better college instructors, and in considering diversity issues in their future classroom practice.

Effective Teaching with Technology Course: A Guidebook
Designed for graduate students (and potentially current faculty) in STEM fields to develop new approaches to the effective use of instructional technology in their teaching practice.

Expeditions in Learning: A Guidebook
"Designed to create a learning community of graduate students, post-docs, faculty and staff that builds on individual and collective understandings of diversity and how it relates to teaching."

Informal Education Course: A Guidebook
Tools to develop capacity for communicating about STEM topics to diverse audiences, focusing on explanation, storytelling, evaluative research and increased familiarity with informal science education channels.

Instructional Materials Development Course: A Guidebook
"Designed for teams of faculty/staff and graduate/postdoctoral students to develop instructional materials for existing STEM undergraduate courses."

Internship Program: A Guidebook
Suggestions and resources for planning, implementing, and evaluating an internship program, including highlights of the UW-Madison's Delta internship program and examples of materials used there.

Posted by Vince Jenkins on December 2, 2007

Return of the Condor: The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction, by John Moir.
Lyons Press, 2006
LTy QL 696.C53 M65 2006

Duck & Company, by Kathy Caple.
Holiday House, 2007
LTy PZ 3.C172 Du 2007

Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians, by Joanne Ryder; illustrations by Maggie Kneen.
H. Holt, 2007
LTy PZ 8.3.R95 To 2007

Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot With a Caribou Herd, by Karsten Heuer.
Walker, 2007
LTy QL 737.U55 H48 2007

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (40th Anniversary ed. ; larger-format book ed. with audio CD), by Bill Martin Jr. ; pictures by Eric Carle.
Henry Holt and Company, 2007
LTy PZ3.M3782 Br 2007

Sūho's White Horse: A Mongolian Legend [with audio CD], retold by Yuzo Otsuka; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba; translated by Richard McNamara and Peter Howlett; instrumental by Li Bo.
R.I.C. Publishers, 2006
LTy PZ 8.1.O84 Su 2006

Posted by Vince Jenkins on December 2, 2007

ICS (Instructional Communications Systems), an academic support unit within the University of Wisconsin-Extension Broadcasting and Media Innovations division, offers free web video conferencing for timetable courses using Learn@UW.

Two products are offered: ExtendLMS, the ability to hold meetings online, and Breeze Presenter, a tool to post narrative PowerPoints online. ExtendLMS offers instructors the ability to hold virtual class meetings online, or bring in guests over distance, and can be arranged with audio and video capability.

Faculty are encouraged to contact ICS staff for information. ICS staff provide support and training, and instructions to obtain the necessary software. For more information, contact:

Rich Berg
Instructional Design/Distance Education Specialist
Email: extendlms@ics.uwex.edu
Phone: 608-263-4262

Posted by Catherine Stephens on December 2, 2007

It doesn't seem possible, but the spring semester is just around the corner! If you would like your reserves available at the start of the spring semester, you will need to submit your request by January 2nd. (Early requests are always appreciated!)

You may print the Reserve List request form at http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/services/reserves/reserve_list.pdf.
Please fill it out and return to Donna Meicher at 368 Teacher Education Building or you may submit your request electronically to http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/about/contact_forms/place_reserve.html.

For guidelines on placing items on reserve at the CIMC, go to http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/services/reserves/info_faculty.html.

See recent email sent to all instructors for more details. Questions? Contact Donna Meicher at dmeicher@education.wisc.edu.

Posted by Donna Meicher on December 2, 2007

Two of the CIMC's most beloved staff members will be leaving the CIMC after they graduate at the end of December. Pat Eschmann, who has been ably assisting patrons and other staff members for the past year and a half from our reference desk, will be graduating with a Masters in Library Science. We will miss her sincerity and initiative, her love of assisting everyone, and we will all miss her wonderfully creative and ever-changing displays. Also leaving the CIMC after numerous years of outgoing, oustanding and enthusiatic work is Dana Schwabenlander. Dana will be graduating with a degree in elementary education. We will all feel the void - as she has been a spectacular student supervisor at the circulation desk.

Posted by Anna Lewis on December 2, 2007