Additions From 03/01/09 through

03/31/09

Empowering students with technology / Alan November.

Audience: K-12 teachers.

Barcode: ASE14224
Specifically written to help classroom teachers integrate technology into
curriculum and classroom for the purpose of enhancing student learning and
critical thinking skills. Focuses on helping students build educational
relationships with others beyond their immediate classrooms through the use
of the Internet. Students will learn to work with others around the world using
technical skills that allow them access to information and will acquire social
interaction and teamwork skills while doing so. Innovative, "user friendly', and
up-to-date with current technological advances.

Contents: ch. 1. Teaching and learning the structure of information --

Information literacy : a new basic skill -- MAPping the Internet : meta-
web information, author, and purpose -- Confusing technical mastery
with critical thinking -- Blocking versus access -- Professional growth
opportunity : relate and reflect on chapter 1 -- ch. 2. Empowering
learning by expanding relationships -- Planning for learning (instead of
technology) -- The underused fax machine -- Video conferencing -- E-mail
in a cultural context -- Teacher-created web sites -- Publishing student
work on the web -- Professional growth opportunity : relate and reflect on
chapter 2 -- ch. 3. Emerging roles within the knowledge community --
Teachers as digital immigrants -- Help and support in your own backyard
-- Benchmarking educational practice to the knowledge community --
Shifting control -- Raising expectations : students as knowledge
producers -- Managing fear -- Professional growth opportunity : relate
and reflect on chapter 3 -- ch. 4. Accessing primary sources to enhance
critical thinking -- Using primary sources -- Teaching the skills to assess
primary sources -- Professional growth opportunity : relate and reflect on
chapter 4 -- ch. 5. Building knowledge without boundaries : online
learning -- Online learning -- Pioneers on the digital frontier -- Changing
roles and interactions -- Students involved in online learning -- Teachers
involved in online learning -- Individual courses : supporting learning --
Building on exceptional programs -- Professional growth opportunity :
relate and reflect on chapter 5.
Children and youth with Asperger syndrome : strategies for success in
inclusive settings / Brenda Smith Myles.
Audience: Early - Middle years teachers/Counselors.
Barcode: ASE14221
"Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a disorder in the autism spectrum, and students
with AS suffer from similar, though milder, symptoms as students with autism.
Classroom teachers who are responsible for planning for and teaching students
with AS generally have not been provided the skills and knowledge to do so.
Crafting and implementing education plans for students is nearly impossible
without a clear understanding of the disorder, or clearly defined instructional
methods and strategies. [This text] provides important strategies in teaching
children and youth diagnosed with AS. This...resource...presents research-
based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers,
including: adaptations for success in general education settings; environmental
modifications, including visual supports and organizational strategies;
technology accommodations; transition planning; emotional, behavioral, and
social supports."-- Cover.

Contents: Introduction : characteristics of children and youth with

Asperger Syndrome -- ch. 1. Adaptations for success in general
education settings -- ch. 2. Environmental modification -- ch. 3.
Academic modifications -- ch. 4. Emotional and behavioral supports --
ch. 5. Social skills supports -- ch. 6. Assistive technology supports -- ch.
7. Making each year successful : issues in transition.

Teaching students with autism spectrum disorders : a step-by-step

guide for educators / Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani.
Audience: Teachers/Counselors.
Barcode: ASE14222
This resource summarizes current research and presents users with a
comprehensive overview on how to teach students with ASD (Autism Spectrum
Disorders). Intervention strategies for implementing effective education
programs that give these students opportunities to learn and interact with their
peers are presented. It describes characteristics of specific disorders including
autistic disorders, disintegrative disorder and other pervasive developmental
disorders as well as Rett syndrome and Asperger syndrome. Also includes:
specific approaches to instruction; behavior, physiological and skill-based
intervention models; comprehensive team approaches to encourage parent
involvement; options for assistive technology; and strategies for transitioning
students through various stages of life including between grades and from high
school to adult life.

Contents: Introduction to ASD -- Characteristics of children with ASD --

Types of Ads -- Eligibility criteria for children with ASD -- Overview of
 effective interventions -- Creating quality educational programs for
children with ASD -- Collaborating with parents -- Effective programming
for young children with Ads : ages 3-5 -- Teaching students with ASD :
instructional approaches -- Teaching students with ASD : strategies for
classroom management -- Teaching students with ASD : strategies for
communication development -- Teaching students with ASD : strategies
for social skills -- Children with Asperger syndrome : characteristics,
learning styles, and intervention strategies -- Assistive technology for
children with ASD -- Behavior and discipline issues for students with ASD
-- Facilitating inclusion -- Transition planning for students with ASD.

Teaching visual literacy : using comic books, graphic novels, anime,

cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills /
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, editors.
Audience: K-12 reading/literacy teachers.
Barcode: ASE14220
This book provides a collection of articles that show literacy teachers and
specialists how to use students' interest in comics, graphic novels, picture
books, anime, film and other visual media to engage and motivate K-12
readers. It offers background information, research, and sample lessons to help
teachers capture attention and boost critical thinking skills; support and
strengthen multiple literacy competencies; help students understand and
assess visual information; reach students with disabilities and extend their
understanding.

Contents: ch. 1. Visual literacy : what you get is what you see -- ch. 2.
Graphic novels : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- ch. 3. Comics, the
canon, and the classroom -- ch. 4. Seeing the world through a stranger's
eyes : exploring the potential of Anime in literacy classrooms -- ch. 5.
"Literary literacy" and the role of the comic book : or, "you teach a class
on what?" -- ch. 6. That's funny : political cartoons in the classroom -- ch.
7. Learning from illustrations in picturebooks -- ch. 8. An irrecusable offer
: film in the k-12 classroom -- ch. 9. "It was always the pictures..." :
creating visual literacy supports for students with disabilities.

Digital storytelling in the classroom : new media pathways to literacy,

learning, and creativity / Jason Ohler ; foreword by David Thornburg.
Audience: K-12 teachers.
Barcode: ASE14223
 Contents: pt. 1. Storytelling, education, and the new media -- 1.
Confessions of a digital storytelling teacher : twenty revelations about
digital storytelling in education -- 2. Defining and discussing digital
storytelling : helping teachers see, think, and talk about digital
storytelling -- 3. Digital storytelling as an educational tool : standards,
planning, and literacy -- 4. Assessing digital stories : the opportunities
and challenges of new media evaluation -- pt. 2. The art and practice of
storytelling -- 5. Thinking about story : the story core, story mapping,
story types -- 6. Applying story maps : seeing the core, mapping the
story -- 7. Story planning considerations : tips, techniques, lessons
learned -- 8. Transformation formations : how we, and the characters in
our stories, change -- 9. More story maps : from Aristotle to present day
-- 10. Other kinds of stories : other story formats and story perspectives
-- pt. 3. Going digital -- 11. The media production process, phase 1 :
developing the story -- 12. The media production process, phases 2-5 :
from production to performance -- 13. The digital storytelling toolbox :
the tools teachers and students need to tell digital stories -- 14. Media
grammar for teachers : assessing media expression -- 15. Copyright and
fair use in education : living in the gray zone, doing the right thing, and
protecting yourself -- Epilogue : if I had a time machine... -- Resource a.
Teaching oral storytelling -- Resource b. Audio techniques for video
recording oral storytelling -- Resource c. Audio techniques for
interviewing people -- Resource d. Freytag's pyramid -- Resource e.
Grammar of camera angles -- Resource f. What's scannable? -- Resource
g. Joseph Campbell's story adventure diagram -- Resource h. Visual
portrait of a story.

Teaching high school science through inquiry : a case study

approach / Douglas Llewellyn.
Audience: Senior years science teachers.
Barcode: ASE14225
Offers teachers a complete plan for fostering a culture of inquiry in classrooms.
Using current research, case inquiries and personal anecdotes, the author
helps teachers understand inquiry-based instruction. He shows them how to
help students: develop understanding of the nature of science and scientific
concepts; learn skills and attitudes needed to become independent thinkers
and inquirers about the natural world around them; identify concepts and
questions to guide scientific investigations; and use logic and evidence to
formulate and revise scientific explanations. Key features for teachers include
learning how to: identify different levels of inquiry; eliminate challenges to
teaching through inquiry; find time for inquiry; modify traditional labs to ones
that foster inquiry; use classroom management approaches for inquiry-based
learning; and assess inquiry.

Contents: Constructing an understanding of scientific inquiry -- Learning

about inquiry through case studies -- Developing a philosophy for inquiry
 -- Comparing traditional and inquiry-based science classrooms --
Integrating inquiry-based activities -- Modifying a lab activity into an
inquiry investigation -- Managing the inquiry-based classroom --
Assessing inquiry -- Teaching biology through inquiry -- Teaching earth
science through inquiry -- Teaching chemistry through inquiry --
Teaching physics through inquiry -- Reflecting on a teaching career.

Series: Media interrupted : the dissection of media in American

culture
Audience: Senior years.
This fast-paced three-part series investigates the pervasive influence of the
media in American culture. It uses on-the-street interviews and visual
examples to provide eye-opening insights into how television, newspapers, the
Internet and other media shape people's perceptions.

Titles in this series listed below: (3 titles)

[DVD] The media's influence on the things we do / Cambridge

Educational, Radish Creative Group.
Barcode: ASE14357
"Begins with a concise history of the media, follows by the effects of TV
and other information and entertainment sources on personal attitudes,
actions and public opinion. Explores the impact of how appearance,
language and behavior are portrayed. Includes tips on becoming a more
critical viewer."--cover.

[DVD] The media's influence on what we buy /Cambridge

Educational, Radish Creative Group.
Barcode: ASE14358
"This program introduces the craft of advertising, explains the difference
between needs and wants while analyzing the power of celebrity
endorsements, the psychological advantage of product placement and
other aspects of the business of steering wallets to cash registers." --
cover.

[DVD] Sexual stereotypes in the media / Cambridge Educational,

Radish Creative Group.
Barcode: ASE14356
This program focuses on identifying and looking beyond categorical
stereotypes of women, men, gays and lesbians.

[DVD] Real people : the truth about methamphetamine / AIM Education,

Inc.
Audience: Grade 7 - senior years.
Barcode: ASE14359
This documentary-style program opens with teens' comments about
methamphetamine, including how cheap and easy it is to obtain, how little
they knew about its harmful effects, and how their addiction has resulted in
criminal behavior. Two experts talk about how meth can cause damage to
organs and that it can cause psychosis and violent behavior. Adolescents will
learn how to think about the consequences of methamphetamine use and how
to practice assertiveness skills to resist peer pressure.

[DVD] CBC TV News in review--February 2009 / Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation.
Audience: Grades 7- Senior yrs.
Barcode: ASE14226

Contents: The Conservatives and the coalition (ca. 15 min.) --

Canadians, credit cards and debt (ca. 11 min.) -- The terrorist attack on
Mumbai (ca. 17 min.) -- When it's cool to be kind (ca. 18 min.).

[DVD] Canadian holidays, celebrations and traditions / Mythic

Productions.
Audience: Middle -senior years.
Barcode: ASE14355
This program examines many holidays, celebrations and traditions in Canada.
It introduces the history and reasoning behind specific holidays that are
celebrated in Canada.

Contents: Introduction -- Canada Day -- Cool facts about Canada --

Victoria Day -- Thanksgiving -- Remembrance Day -- National Aboriginal
Day -- Smaller Regional and Provincial Festivals.

[DVD] Bridge to Terabithia / Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present
a Hal Lieberman Company production.
Audience: Middle years.
Barcode: ASE14360
Jessie Aarons, a shy fifth-grader, learns about love when he strikes up a
friendship with the new girl in town. Together, he and Leslie Burke create a
fantasy world they call "Terabithia" in a pine forest near their farms. In this
magical land, they share their innermost secrets and dreams. Jesse's friendship
with Leslie changes him forever and enables him to cope with her unexpected
death.

[DVD/KIT] National, provincial & territorial symbols of Canada / Mythic

Productions. (2 videodiscs + 1 guide + 4 folded posters + 2 laminated sheets)
Audience: Early-senior years.
Barcode: ASE14354
This program examines the many symbols that are representative of Canada,
its provinces and territories.
 Contents: Symbols of Canada -- Provincial & territorial symbols --
National, provincial & territorial symbols of Canada.

Introduction -- Our national flag -- The parliament buildings -- The maple

tree -- Currency -- The Beaver -- The coat of arms -- The Mace --
Canada's national sports -- The R.C.M.P. -- Our national music.

Ontario -- Quebec -- Nova Scotia -- New Brunswick -- Manitoba --

Northwest Territories -- British Columbia -- Prince Edward Island -- Yukon
-- Saskatchewan -- Alberta -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Nunavut.
French Additions :

[FRVIDÉO] Il était une fois la vie : la fabuleuse histoire du corps humain

; la respiration / Procidis avec la participation de France Régions... [et al.].
Audience : Pour 4e-8e années.
Barcode : ASF10517
Les poumons - La respiration: Les poumons sont deux organes élastiques et
spongieux, placés à l’intérieur du thorax. D’une couleur rose, ils sont
enveloppés par un double revêtement très mince, la plèvre, qui les protège
contre le frottement des côtes durant l’inspiration et l’expiration. Le liquide
pleural circule dans les deux couches de la plèvre. En cas d’infection due à un
microbe, on parle de pleurite. Les deux poumons ne sont pas identiques.