The Power of Digital
Resources
Summer 2014 – EEA Conferences
Instructional Technology and School Library Media Program
The Power of Digital Resources
Welcome &
Introductions
The Power of Digital Resources
Outcome and
Agenda
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Begin Activity #2
The Power of Digital Resources
What makes a good
digital resource?
Directions: Partner,
brainstorm and list.
Educator Responses
• Add responses here
• Accuracy
• Author, organization, or
reputation
• Quality of production
• Accessibility
• Intended Purpose
• Alignment to Standards
• Currency
• Bias
• Interactivity
• Authenticity
Evaluating Digital Resources
Using the compiled list of educator
responses, examine a website you have
been provided and determine the quality of
the site based on the criteria.
Rate your site on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being
the “best.” Provide your justification.
Save the Endangered Pacific
Northwest Tree Octopus
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage
Collection
http://www.mdch.org/
All About Explorers
http://allaboutexplorers.com/
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/
ProQuest/SIRS
http://sks.sirs.com/
National Science Digital Library
(NSDL)
https://nsdl.org/
NEWSELA
http://newsela.com/
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division
http://www.dhmo.org/
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End Activity #2
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Begin Activity #3
http://www.achieve.org/EQuIP
http://creativecommons.org/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_
curr/curr280.shtml
http://www.loc.gov/teachers
/usingprimarysources/copy
right.html
http://marylandlearninglinks.org/950
http://www.cast.org/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
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End Activity #3
The Power of Digital Resources
Begin Activity #4
Tour of MSDE Blackboard Learn
Hoax?
https://msde.blackboard.com/
The Power of Digital Resources
End Activity #4
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Begin Activity #5
Introduce PortaPortal
Guest Name: MAG-OER
http://www.portaportal.com
Introduce Porta-Portal
Hoax?
Explore and collaborate with your colleagues
or work on your own. Your options:
1) Using the digital resources provided, work with the lesson
plan you brought with you to enhance your classroom
instruction and student learning.
2) Select a lesson plan or seed from Blackboard that you
would like to use and enhance it with the use of digital
resources.
3) Use this time to explore additional digital resources
that you would like to use in your classroom throughout
the school year.
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End Activity #5
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Begin Activity #6
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Closure – What digital
resources did you locate and
how do you intend to use
them in your lesson or
classroom?
The Power of Digital Resources
Questions or concerns – contact:
MSDE Instructional Technology and School Library
Media Program
Erin Senior – esenior@msde.state.md.us
Jay Bansbach - jbansbach@msde.state.md.us
Val Emrich - vemrich@msde.state.md.us