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Number of volumes in general collection: 18,605
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Number of volumes in reference collection: 2,427
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Professional collection: 100 (approx.)
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Books on tape 37
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Video interviews with famous poets 68
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Magazine subscriptions 26
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Newspapers 4
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Student computer stations with internet access, 15
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Word processing, powerpoint, and OPAC
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Online databases 3*
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Programmed learning 1**
Educational Portal Ed1Stop
Your login information is kept with Mr. Curtaz if you need it.
Technology Guidlines and Resources
Project Based Learning
21st Century Skills
P21 offers various tools and resources to assist educators in fusing the three Rs and four Cs. Our tools were developed through a comprehensive process involving hundreds of educators, researchers and employers across the country.
Project Based Learning
Welcome to PBL-Online, a one stop solution for Project Based Learning! You'll find all the resources you need to design and manage high quality projects for middle and high school students.
Math and Science
Illinois math and science academy’s problem based learning network (PBL net).
Web 2.0
Prometheanplanet
The world’s largest interactive whiteboard community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet.
Smart Exchange
A place to find resources for your classroom and connect with teachers.
Classroom 2.0
A social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. They encourage you to sign up to participate in the great discussions here, to receive event notifications, and to find and connect with colleagues.
Rezed
An online hub providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning.
Ning in Education
Teachers can set up user-created social networks with students or within departments. Anyone can create a network, which can be public or private; members can keep blogs, post to the forum, link to other resources, upload videos and form interest groups.
Moodle
A Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites
Elluminate
Elluminate provides EDU 2.0 collaboration solutions that encompass web conferencing, teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and social networking products and services. With Elluminate, you can create a 21st century teaching and learning environment that increases student retention and results.
LearnCentral
LearnCentral is a new social learning network for education, sponsored by Elluminate. More than a social network or a learning community, this free, open environment represents the next logical step of combining asynchronous social networking and the ability to store, organize, and find educational resources with the live, online meeting and collaboration provided by Elluminate technology.
Create a bibliographical citation http://easybib.com
Read Shakespeare's plays in everyday English http://nfs.sparknotes.com
Use an online dictionary or thesaurus to find definitions or synonyms of words http://www.yourdictionary.com
Use a basic calculator for mathematical computation http://www.math.com/students/tools.html
Use a graphing calculator http://webgraphing.com
Find information about colleges http://www.collegedata.com
Access an online database containing articles from magazines, newspapers and the encyclopedia.http://search.ebscohost.com
user name: novatohs
password: library
Locate literary criticism and find information on authors http://www.enotes.com
EBSCO Student Research Center: General reference materials, magazine and
newspaper articles, primary source documents, photographs, maps and flags.
Contemporary Authors: Biographical data and critical analyses of the works of 20th century authors.
Discovering Authors: Biographical data and critical analyses of the works of historical authors.
Rosetta Stone: English language learning program
