I enjoyed using all the online resources that we covered in this Library Challenge. It is amazing the wealth of information that is provided for us for FREE by the State Library! We are very fortunate to have these online resources at our fingertips. My biggest discovery probably was the additional features in SIRS Researcher and World Book Online that I was not aware of. I just hadn't taken the time to look deeper in both of these resources, and I am so glad that this challenge lead me to find these features. Also, the Camio resource is another great discovery for me as I was not aware of it and probably wouldn't have even looked at it since I thought it was just pictures of artwork. Now I realize that not only my art teacher can use this resource, but also my social studies teachers can use it in their classrooms.
I have links to several of these online resources already on my library homepage and they are used by our students in their research projects. But, I feel they will be used even more by my teachers and students now because Jane from the State Library just recently did an inservice with my teachers and they were excited with what the online resources could provide for them. Her inservice really helped re-enforce what I have already been trying to teach to both my teachers and students, and it ignited a new interest in these resources. Hopefully, they all will realilze that just Googling everything is not always the best choice.
Yea, Mary! I hope your teachers are listening to you now! :) Thanks for participating in this Challenge and for these comments. We've enjoyed having you on board. CONGRATULATIONS on completing the Challenge!
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