Re: SEC: Databases and sites for laptops

[Katie Day <kbday@TURBO.CSCOMS.COM>]

George,

I suggest you subscribe to WWWEDU, The Web and Education Mailing List (a
Yahoo Group list) -- or at least have a glance through their archive.  The
discussions are varied, but you will find many postings relating to the
question of the best use of technology for educational purposes.

To access the archive, visit the list homepage:
http://edwebproject.org/wwwedu.html


-- Katie Day
Primary Librarian
Dulwich International College
Phuket, Thailand
kbday@turbo.cscoms.com
kday@dulwich.ac.th

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Anne Draper" <GDraper@WYNNE.K12.AR.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 1:53 AM
Subject: SEC: Databases and sites for laptops


> Our school has purchased laptops for all the teachers and 12
> laptop carts with 30 computers, an LCD projector and digital
> camera for each cart.  Now that we have them, what do we do
> with them?  When that much money is spent ($800,000 plus), you
> want to maximize the use of them---I don't want them to be
> "expensive VCRs." Have you ever heard the expression "spitting
> in the wind?" Sorry for the crudity, but that is sort of what
> is happening here. The question also is what role do I play in
> helping the teachers make the best use of the technology.  Of
> course, I wasn't given a laptop(I'm not a"teacher");however,an
> assistant superintendent would like for me to investigate
> databases like go.grolier.com and websites for each curriculum
> area and have a workshop for the teachers. The state provides
> an Ebsco database, Discovery from Gale, and Encyclopedia
> Americana from Grolier;the library subscribes to Oxford
> Reference online and Infotrac Junior on CD from Gale. I would
> love to hear from any of you with answers to any of the
> following questions:
> 1. How do we maximize the use of the laptops?
> 2. Do we need to subscribe to a database, website that you
> think is broadbased enough to speak to all the curriculum
> areas?
> 3. Do we just need some great web sites that are free and
> forget spending money on other products?
> 4. Do you have some sites that are "musts" in the content
> areas?
> 5. I would love opinions, suggestions, etc.
> Thanks so much.
> George Anne Draper, librarian
>
>

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