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SciLinks Overview, June 23, 2009

Agenda• Review data and utilities offered to students and to teachers • Teacher Support • Professional Development • An understanding of cost to publisher • Will there be new features that will address ELL and students of special needs? • Open discussion: your concerns, questions and comments.

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Teachers’ Assignment: Use the Web in the classroom

•• Need Content

• Need Activities

• Need Assessments

• Needs to be grade-level appropriate

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yields 1,350,000 pages!

The Problem: A typical search on A typical search on ““AquifersAquifers”…”…

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yields 140,000 pages!

The Problem: Adding Adding ““Lesson PlanLesson Plan”…”…

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How does SciLinks work?

Publication callout with a SciLinks logo references content on the page.

TryTry ““AquifersAquifers”” code: code: SS31101SS31101

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Enter code from the text Enter code from the text page page

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SciLinks SciLinks retrieves web retrieves web pagespages

•• CurrentCurrent•• AccurateAccurate•• ContentContent--

specificspecific

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What selection criteria are used?

AuthorityDesignInteractivityCommunication/Collaboration

Scientific InquiryHow Scientists WorkQuality of WritingResource Integration

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Other Teacher Components

•Class rosters

•Favorites

•Assignment tools•Multiple Choice

•Short answer

•Matching

•True/False

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Components for Teachers

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What Students See

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What Students See

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What Students See

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What Students See

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Need support as a Need support as a teacher?teacher?

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•• Professional Development equivalent of Professional Development equivalent of SciLinksSciLinks

•• Found in selected TeacherFound in selected Teacher’’s Editionss Editions

•• Examples of research applied in the Examples of research applied in the classroomclassroom

•• Integrates reform within a resource teachers Integrates reform within a resource teachers rely uponrely upon

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Includes:Includes:

•• Selections of NSTA Journal contentSelections of NSTA Journal content

•• Excerpts from NSTA Press materialsExcerpts from NSTA Press materials

•• Access to Science ObjectsAccess to Science Objects

•• Content available via Content available via NSTANSTA’’ss web sitesweb sites

•• Annotated listings of convention sessions and workshopsAnnotated listings of convention sessions and workshops

•• Annotated listings of professional development workshops and Annotated listings of professional development workshops and courses offered by NSTA and its partner organizationscourses offered by NSTA and its partner organizations

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New Site to be Unveiled August 2009

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Each month from September to June, SciLinks logs

• Over 11 million hits (~365,000 per day)• 2.7 million page views (~90,000 per day)• 289,000 SciLinks viewed• 364,000 websites viewed• 76,500 unique visitors• Average visit length is 4 ½ minutes

SciLinks Activity

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Benefits for Publishers

• Market place requires technology• Staffing economy and focus• Credibility in science education: publishers

seek an edge• Long term cost and reliability: implementing

comparable resources

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Working with editorial

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• Publisher’s editors select SciLinks topics• NSTA assigns codes, establishes book

record in database• NSTA provides logos, sample front matter

copy• Publisher creates design treatment for

callouts, consistent with style of book/program

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Service Terms

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• SciLinks subscriptions last 3-10 years• Pricing is per keyword, per year• Subscription is defined on a per book basis,

defined by student edition ISBN. • Cost may be spread out over lifetime of

contract

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ELL or Special Needs Students

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• We don’t have a plan to meet the needs of these students.

• Any suggestions?

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Thanks

• Questions – contact me:Tyson Brown703-312-9395Tbrown@nsta.org