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// ALEX: Alabama LEarning Exchange //
The ALEX Web Address: [|www.alex.state.al.us]

1) Personal Workspace

· Create New Account

· Use the blanks below if you would like to write yours down.

Username: Password:_

· After you have created your account and confirmed the registration e-mail that will be sent to you, you will use your account to log-in to ALEX. This will enable you to: o Bookmark Lesson Plans o Create your teacher web page

2) Courses of Study · Bookmark Lesson Plans

3) Lesson Plans-ALEX & Thinkfinity ([|www.thinkfinity.org])

4) Web Links

5) Search

6) Professional Learning Grant Resources

=// Alabama Virtual Library FEATURED DATABASES // =

1) Annals of American History Online 2) SIRS Knowledge Source 3) World Data Analyst 4) InfoTrac Student Edition 5) Literature Resource Center 6) Student Research Center 7) Literary Reference Center
 * Middle/High School Resources**

1) Kids InfoBits 2) Kids Search 3) Searchasaurus 4) SIRS Discoverer
 * Elementary Resources**
 * Bose --** **Britannica Online School Edition**

AVL ([|www.avl.lib.al.us] ) è Campus & Library è High/Middle School è Britannica Online School Edition

Ø Britannica Online School Edition gives teachers and students instant access to four complete encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. This unique database also offers student-friendly website recommendations, current magazine and journal articles, the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate and Student Dictionaries and Thesauri (with audio pronunciations), a world atlas, plus high-quality online learning materials that are developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for all levels of learning, Britannica Online School Edition offers students a gateway to the vast resources of Encyclopedia Britannica, with encyclopedia articles and Learning Materials correlated to the Alabama State Standards!

8 Search

o Additional Content o Journals & Magazines o The Web’s Best Sites

o Multimedia & Videos

8 Learning Materials

o Interactive Lessons

o Exercises

o Web Site Activities

o Encyclopedia Activities

8 Teachers’ Resources: Curriculum Standards (Return to BOSE Main Page)

Integration Ideas for BOSE:

8 E-Sheets 8 Activities provided by BOSE

**WHERE DO I START?** If you are new to AVL and need some help getting started with your searches, here are some starting points:

|| || (high school)** || **InfoTrac Student Edition/SIRS Knowledge** || Literature Resources from Gale** || or Essays** || **Literature Resources from Gale** ||
 * If you are looking for …**
 * If you are looking for …**
 * Try this database …**
 * **General information in magazines/journals
 * **Quizzes, puzzles, activities** || **SIRS Discoverer** ||
 * **Medical information** || **Health Source: Consumer Edition** ||
 * **Online learning games & tutorials** || **Britannica Online School Edition** ||
 * **Literary criticisms** || **Literature Resource Center/
 * **Articles for Research Papers** || **EBSCO Search/Gale Power Search** ||
 * **Full Text Poems, Stories, Speeches,

AVL Database Descriptions: [|www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/showall.html]
 * avl links and materials**

AVL Training Resources: [|www.avl.lib.al.us/training/index.html] (Scroll to the bottom)

AVL Tutorial/User’s Guide: [|www.avl.lib.al.us/AVLweb/index.htm]

AVL AETC 2006 Handout: [|www.avl.lib.al.us/publications/AVL_AETC06.pdf]

AVL Brochure: [|www.avl.lib.al.us/publications/avlbrochure.pdf]

o Partner up with another teacher from the same content area/grade level and spend the allotted time searching AVL together. o Discuss and list 2-3 activities that you could do with your students so that they can use the AVL.
 * __PAIR AND SHARE__** **(Time Permitting)**

Teacher name

Subjects taught___

3 Databases that would be most useful to my students:


 * 1) Name of database:

Activity for students:

Course objectives:


 * 1) Name of database:

Activity for students:

Course objectives:


 * 1) Name of database:

Activity for students:

Course objectives: