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Cooking up student research, reading, and learning with digital content
AT HOME!
Presented by:Kelly Ray, Resource Teacher
BCPS Office of Digital [email protected] x4035
Parents’ Guide to BCPS Digital Content for K-5
Parent University Objective
Parents will be empowered to
have students use digital content at
home by exploring BCPS-licensed databases and their features.
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What is Digital Content?• Online databases, library catalogs, media
repositories• Fee-based subscriptions• User authentication or log on is required• AKA the “Invisible Internet” or “Deep Web”• Not accessible on the Free Internet
Food for Thought
Students can use digital content at home for:
• Research projects or other assigned work• Reinforcement or enrichment for topics
under study in the classroom• Reading, viewing, listening, and exploring
ideas and information for pleasure and personal interests
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“Today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from
their predecessors.” –- Marc Prensky, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
DATABASES are GOOD FOR YOU and TASTY TOO!
“Can’t I just Google it?” -- Most students
“Can you trust that the person putting information up at www.Iamaknowitall.com REALLY knows what he or she is talking about?” -- Librarian, Boulder Public Library Website
15 K-5 Databases
Databases support these goals and standards:BCPS Blueprint 2.0 Goal 1 - Academics
21st Century Teaching & Learning: – Building student competencies for information, media, &
technology literacy– Providing efficient digital access to developmentally
appropriate, curriculum-relevant content
Common Core State Standards
- College & Career Readiness - Complex Text/Nonfiction
- Close Analytic Reading - Writing to Source- Brief & Extended Research - Vocabulary
Content Curriculum Standards – Various subjects
Key “Ingredients” in Databases
• Multiple media formats, interactivity• Authoritative publishers . Ad-free• Current, frequently updated content (often
daily)• Student-friendly interfaces & Search/Browse
features• State Standards-aligned (Content/Common
Core)• Reading and learning supports:
– Read-aloud/MP3 download - Closed captioning – Reading Levels/Lexiles (labeled and searchable
by)– Embedded dictionaries - Translation – Quizzes, Games, Practice/Enrichment Activities
• Research tools:– Research Guides, Citations, Organization tools
Digital Content MENU (BCPS.org)Accessible 24/7 from School or Home
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Digital Content MENU (BCPS One)Accessible 24/7 from School or
Home
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Grades K-6 Digital
Content
Kelly Ray, Resource [email protected]
410-887-4035
Bon Appétit!
Spice Up Digital Learning at Home
with BCPS Digital Content!
For help with BCPS Digital Content, consult your
School Library Media Specialist