BPS Technology Integration Website - World Book Online (Content)

FREE World Book Online Webinars

scaher — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:26 -0500

Help your faculty members get the most out World Book Online. Sign up for one the free webinars offered by the company.

Research Tools

scaher — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:10:00 -0400

nettrekker
World Book Online
Edvideo
Marco Polo

http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/

NetTrekker is an internet search engine created for K-12 students, teachers, librarians and parents. NetTrekker offers over 180,000 guaranteed live, educator selected resources that are grade appropriate and aligned to NYS State Learning Standards and organized by curricula.

Searches can be customized for Elementary or Secondary students. Special features include: Dynamic Timelines, current events and the ability to refine and save searches.

We subscribe to NetTrekker and are currently licensed to use the service with all 5-12 grades in the District.

To learn more about NetTrekker Software Tutorials - Atomic Learning, Inc.

http://www.worldbookonline.com
World Book Online is updated regularly by World Book editors and features thousands of articles, maps, pictures, sounds, and video that are delivered to you over the web. World Book's reference resources are supported by Behind the Headlines articles, Calendar-based features, and the Learning Zone of extra teacher- and student-related resources.

This resource is available to all Buffalo Public School students at school and at home.

http://thinkbright.org/video/

ThinkBright's NEW! EdVideo Online features over 50,000 multimedia components free to all New York State K-12 & Adult Literacy educators, home schoolers and their students. The New York State Public Broadcasting stations provides this service which allows you to stream and download educational videos, audio files, images and clip art.

Create quizzes and lessons, and access teacher guides and student handouts. Create and publish classroom podcasts and access a large library of PBS programs and instructional multimedia, correlated to New York State Standards.

http://www.nyiteez.org/MarcoPoloNY/alignment.php

MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a nonprofit consortium of premier national and international education organizations and the MCI Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States.

First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites for K-12 teachers, MarcoPolo features seven content Web sites with lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets, links to panel-reviewed Web sites and additional resources created by the nation's leading education organizations

TIS Inservice Day

scaher — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:55:52 -0500

The next regularly scheduled inservice day for district Technology Integration Specialists and building support personnel will be held Friday, February 9. Please mark your calendars and inform your principals you will be out of the building.

World Book Back Online

scaher — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:44:39 -0500

World Book is back on-line and available to students and teachers around the district.

Web Mail and Sametime Docs

scaher — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:13:33 -0400

A how to guide to your new email, DWA 7, and Sametime, a messaging feature that allows screen sharing and IM.

ThinkBright May E-News

scaher — Thu, 04 May 2006 11:17:35 -0400

WNED's ThinkBright E-Newsletter, May, 2006. This issue highlights ASIAN AMERICAN/PACFIC ISLANDERS HERITAGE MONTand MENTAL HEALTH MONTH. Look inside for the Regents Review Live! schedule as well as old favorites like b-Healthy For Life.

World Book Offers Expandable Article Outlines

scaher — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:02:09 -0400

World Book Online Reference Center now has expandable article outlines in the Article Contents columns. This feature condenses the outline section, streamlining the navigation and greatly reducing scrolling.

worldbookonline Training Document

draczynski — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:49:08 -0500

A description of worldbookonline, an online encyclopedia

Tandberg manual

lduggleby — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:24:44 -0500

Documents the operation of the Tandberg video conferencing units via the remote or using the web interface

The Definitive Guide to Plone

snourse — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:19:06 -0400

The Definitive Guide to Plone by Enfold Systems

BPS software and hardware handout

snourse — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:18:46 -0400

A handout given to the Superindent's Focus School Principals, detailing district software and websites: NYLearns.org, Harcourt Software and Website, Atomic Learning, Nettrekker, World Book Online, Inspiration, and Kidspiration.

World Book Online Resource Page

snourse — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:35:59 -0400

		World Book Online A reference tool that proves its worth World Book Online was designed to help students and teachers find answers quickly. Answers that are accurate, up-to-date, and reliable. Answers that are trusted and referenced by teachers and librarians around the world. Updated regularly by World Book editors, World Book Online features thousands of articles, maps, pictures, sounds, and video that are delivered to you over the web. World Book's reference resources are supported by Behind the Headlines articles, Calendar-based features, and the Learning Zone of extra teacher- and student-related resources. Global coverage World Book Online acts as your own comprehensive research assistant, wherever you are in the world. The North American readers benefit from additional detailed coverage of the United States and Canada plus articles from quality newspapers and magazines. Schools and libraries in other English-speaking countries benefit from detailed coverage of their own country, in a version written in international English. Partnership in education For more than 80 years, World Book editors have relied on feedback from teachers throughout the world. This partnership has made World Book the number one print encyclopedia in the world. Today, as we enter a new era with World Book Online, we aim to improve and enhance our vital partnership with teachers to make World Book the number one Internet encyclopedia.
Website URL:		http://www.worldbookonline.com
District Availability:		District Wide License, students, staff, parents...
Password Required:		Yes (single district), World Book Online Password Request Form
Requirements:		Web access, internet browser, IPIX (www.ipix.com), Real Networks (www.real.com)
Target Audience:		Grades K-12, teachers, parents
Site Resources:

World Book Online Resources

snourse — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:35:59 -0400

World Book Online was designed to help students and teachers find answers quickly. Answers that are accurate, up-to-date, and reliable. Answers that are trusted and referenced by teachers and librarians around the world. Updated regularly by World Book editors, World Book Online features thousands of articles, maps, pictures, sounds, and video that are delivered to you over the web. World Book's reference resources are supported by Behind the Headlines articles, Calendar-based features, and the Learning Zone of extra teacher- and student-related resources.

Training Matrix

snourse — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:15:36 -0400

3. Adding and Editing Content.pdf

snourse — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:17:18 -0400