DocuShare Tip – Notifications:

Always the last to find out? Let’s see if we can fix that.
A notification allows you to receive an email message when a change occurs to an object. You can add a notification for any object on your site. For example, you might want to add a notification for a collection to know when new content is added to the collection.
To add a notification:

1.  Locate the object (Document, Folder/Collection, etc.) for which you want to add a notification.
2.  Click the object’s Notifications icon.
3.  On the Notifications page, click Create a New Notification.
4.  In the Period field, select one of the time periods to determine how often you are emailed about changes.
5.  Click Apply.

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Database Spotlight:

Planning to research different countries?  Looking for information about different cultures?  Consider using CultureGrams.  The CultureGrams World Edition is a concise reference tool created by natives and long-time residents to give you an insider’s perspective. Its information ranges from mile-high views of a nation, its society, and institutions to close-up views of communities, families, and individuals.  The site includes the countries’ flag, the national anthem, pronunciation of the country, recipes, famous people, and plenty of information on lifestyles, dating, holidays and diet. 

Email Reminders:

• LPS email is for school use only and should not be used for selling items, forwards or other personal use.
• Please limit the use of attachments.  If the content of a document can be pasted into the message of the email please do so.  If it can’t, consider posting the document(s) on DocuShare and emailing the link.
• Always fill in the Subject line and keep it short yet descriptive. 
• Don’t forward hoaxes and chain letters, and before you believe what you read in your email check a site like http://www.snopes.com to see if it is true!

Websites:

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience is a masterful reference tool developed by researchers at the New York Public Library.  This engaging, easy-to-use site is organized around a series of 13 migrations.  Each migration is detailed via a narrative, includes over 100 illustrations with bibliographic and ordering information, features maps, and provides more than 20 additional research resources.  In Motion is an excellent Internet reference tool.
http://www.inmotionaame.org/

The Library of Congress teams up with Flickr to broaden public access to over 3,000 photos from two of the library’s most popular collections—the George Grantham Bain Collection, featuring the photographic files of one of America’s earliest news picture agencies, and Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photos of rural and farm life and World War II mobilization taken between 1939 and 1944. 
http://www.flickr.com/commons

CRLS Research Guide is a great resource for students working on projects and research papers.  This site guides learners through the steps of doing research and developing an end product.  Tip sheets for each stage as well as explanations of the Big-Six steps involved in the process are provided. 
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/

Visit the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics to find more than 85 visual manipulatives.  The options are grouped by area-number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, and probability.  The programs require Flash.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_4.html

4Teachers.org is a site that offers online tools and resources to help you integrate technology into your classroom. Here you can locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. www.4teachers.org

BrainPop is a website designed to bring short, multi-media videos into the classroom. Along with the short video, the site also offers a quiz at the end that students (individually) or as a class can complete. BrainPop is a subscription service.  If you have additional questions, talk to Matt Kutscher.
http://www.brainpop.com/