Research Resources

Now Registering: Utah’s Online Library and Sora (Ed Tech Tuesdays Pick Five Series)

September 2019Josh Whiting

Our GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays professional development sessions for teachers continue in October 2019. Join us at the GEC on October 1, 2019 or at the TLC on October 15, 2019 to dig into two incredible digital libraries available to Granite students and teachers.

Utah’s Online Library is one of the best but most underutilized resources available to Utah teachers. We’ll explore many of the incredible resources for research and lesson design available in UOL.

If your or your students are looking for eBooks, our collection in Sora has many titles available. We’ll show you how to make the most of Sora.

Click here to sign up to attend this or other future GSD Ed Tech Tuesday ‘Pick Five’ Sessions.

Now Registering: Utah’s Online Library (Ed Tech Pick Five Session)

March 2019Josh Whiting

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 – Utah’s Online Library

Session location: Technology Learning Center (5300 W Cherrywood Lane, West Valley City, UT)

Time: 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Click here to register for this session.

Pick Five – GSD Ed. Tech. Tuesdays

3rd Tuesday of each month – 4:30-7:30 P.M.

All Granite educators looking to add to or improve their use of technology in the classroom are invited to attend any of our Pick Five sessions. Topics will be announced in our Ed Tech Newsletter each month.

All are welcome to sign up to attend any of the sessions. Relicensure points are available. Attend at least 5 of the sessions and complete a portfolio assignment to receive 1 USBE credit.

Upcoming Sessions:

Utah’s Online Library (March 19)
Gamify Your Curriculum (April 16)

Visit https://sites.google.com/granitesd.org/gsdedtechtuesdays/pick-five for more information and to register for any of these upcoming sessions.

Featured Resource: The National Archives

February 2019Josh Whiting

Post Author: Jessica Moody, Library Media Educational Technology Specialist, Olympus Jr. High School

The National Archives Educator Resources page is a great resource for K-12 teachers.

DocsTeach is a repository of lesson plans, graphic organizers, and Primary Sources Documents focusing on American History. You can browse or search by time period, topic, activity type, or grade level. The graphic organizers are simple and fun. The Interpreting Data exercises are a great way to link History, Analysis, and even some math skills such as reading graphs and charts. All DocsTeach lessons align with Bloom’s taxonomy and the National History Standards. Follow @DocsTeach on Twitter to see highlights of new additions and interesting documents from the National Archives that relate to the National History Standards.

Be sure to subscribe to the US National Archives YouTube Channel for a variety of videos and professional development. If you look at their Playlists, their videos are organized by topics and interests. You can even find professional development for teachers. Be sure to use the search option on their channel page to search for specific videos for your next lesson. In their Uploads stream you can see a few of their upcoming live streams that will be posted soon. The Illusions of Emancipation will be posting on February 27^th, 2019. This video will deal with the slow process of ending slavery in America.

The National Archives also feature apps, ebooks, warm up activities, and political cartoons to assist you. This is a great place to find bell ringers and more in-depth lessons. The eBooks are free and are in PDF format so that they are easily accessible.

The Online Exhibits are a great way to host a virtual field trip. There are many topics including Art History, History, World Geography, Science & Technology, and even When Nixon Met Elvis.

Of course, there is much more to be found. What will you find?

Research on Chromebooks and Note-Taking in Art Class?

January 2018J. Peirce

Teacher Spotlight: Julia Bossi, Granite Park Jr. High

The students in Julia Bossi’s art classes at Granite Park Junior High learn not only how to create beautiful pieces of art, they also learn research skills and use Cornell note-taking strategies to record and organize the information they learn. Ms. Bossi teaches the students that artists research new techniques to inform their art-making practice, and she has the students do the same. [Read more…] about Research on Chromebooks and Note-Taking in Art Class?

Featured Resource: Lynda.com (via Salt Lake County Library System)

May 2017Josh Whiting

Lynda.com is an online learning platform with a library of over 5,000 courses on skills in business, software, technology, and design. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Lynda.com (via Salt Lake County Library System)

#GSDEdTech Teacher Chat Archive — Information Literacy (3/9/2017)

March 2017Josh Whiting

On March 9, 2017 we brought back the #GSDEdTech Teacher Chat with a discussion about information literacy. Check out the archive for some great ideas and resources.

Utah’s Online Library – Student Home Access Login Update

August 2016Josh Whiting

The student home access login for Utah’s Online Library has been updated for 2016-2017.

This resource is only available for students within the state of Utah, so we cannot post the login on this public web page. Here are several ways that you can learn the new username and password:

Visit http://onlinelibrary.uen.org while on a school network. The home access login is displayed at the bottom of the main page.
Call the Granite Educational Technology department at 385-646-4110 or email a Granite district media or technology specialist for this information.
Contact Utah Education Network (UEN) at resources@uen.org or 1-800-866-5852.
If you are a Granite staff member, you can view the login information on this intranet page.

Featured Resource: Smithsonian Learning Lab

June 2016Josh Whiting

The Smithsonian Learning Lab (https://learninglab.si.edu/) is a new visual search and curation tool that makes it simple for students and teachers to explore the vast digital collections and resources of the museums and research centers of the Smithsonian Institute. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Smithsonian Learning Lab

Featured Resource: Utah’s Online Library

March 2016Josh Whiting

(http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/)

Utah’s Online Library, formerly known as Pioneer Online Library, was officially renamed and re-branded on February 29, 2016.

The new URL for the K-12 edition of the library is: http://onlinelibrary.uen.org/

The new URL for the consortium of online libraries (College, K-12, Preschool, and Public) is: http://utahsonlinelibrary.org/

(The old URLs for Pioneer Library do still work and forward to the new sites, but please update links on classroom and library websites to the URLs above to avoid eventual dead links.)

Utah’s Online Library provides access to newspaper articles, magazines, professional journals, periodicals, encyclopedia content, animation, audio, videos, photographs, maps, charts, graphics, and more. It is an Internet resource that your student can access wherever he or she can access the Internet – at school, at the local public library, at home, or anywhere.

To access Utah’s Online Library at home or elsewhere outside of a school network, you will need to know a simple login username and password. You can obtain this login in one of the following ways:

Visit http://onlinelibrary.uen.org while on a school network. The home access login is displayed on the main page.
Ask a member of the library or technology staff at your school for the current home login information.
Call the Educational Technology department at 385-646-4110 and ask for the login information.
Email a Granite district media or technology specialist for this information.
Contact Utah Education Network (UEN) at resources@uen.org or 1-800-866-5852.

(Unfortunately, we cannot post the login information on this public page because it should only be made available to students, educators and parents within the state of Utah.)

#GSDEdTech Chat Archive – Reading and Research Tools (1/28/2016)

January 2016Josh Whiting

Our first chat of 2016 centered around digital tools and resources that aid students in reading and research. Granite teachers also shared books that inspire them professionally and inspire their students as readers and learners. Thank you to everyone who participated! We will be compiling all of the resources and books you shared in the chat and sharing them on this blog next week. Read on for a complete archive of the chat. [Read more…] about #GSDEdTech Chat Archive – Reading and Research Tools (1/28/2016)