CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR MUZZY ONLINE

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1 CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR MUZZY ONLINE March 12, 2015 Jamie Davis, ORC Coordinator

2 WHAT IS THE ORC? A $1.7 million collection of curricular-aligned, authoritative digital resources licensed on behalf of all Alberta: K-12 students and their parents School staff Pre-service teachers Public library staff * Funded by a yearly Grant-In-Aid from Alberta Education to The Alberta Library (TAL) Return on Investment (ROI) calculation of 3:1 for Alberta Schools *for the purposes of supporting K-12 patrons

3 WHY SHOULD YOUNG STUDENTS ACCESS THE ORC? ORC Resources: Provide authoritative, age appropriate, engaging, curricularaligned content Allow students to become familiar and comfortable with the kinds of resources and searching practises that are an integral part of 21 st century learning Google & Wikipedia are the tip of the searching and information literacy iceberg Are time savers once you are familiar with using them Include embedded supports for diverse learners like listen, text translation, citation tools, vetted websites, copyright friendly pictures and videos Provide anytime, from anywhere with Internet access

4 WHY SHOULD SCHOOL STAFF ACCESS THE ORC? ORC Resources Provide: Access to ready-to-use or customizable lesson plans, teaching materials and direct curricular correlations Support for ESL and foreign language learners Access to journals like Walrus, National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Men s Health, School Library Journal, Canadian Libraries, and Maclean s just to name a few (RSS feeds available) Consistent and explicit update schedules Access to vetted websites Ability to create permalinks that can be posted on a website or in an blast

5 ACCESSING THE ORC Go to LearnAlberta.ca Select English or French Click on Online Reference Centre in the tab along the top of the screen In school automatic authentication Access outside of school requires a remote district username and password combination Share your district username/password using low tech methods jdavis@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca for your remote username/password

6 QUICK TIP FOR WORKING WITH YOUNG LEARNERS Create a direct link to the ORC from school/teacher webpage or in the school bookmarks Have an enlarged icon for the database(s) you will be using Preload on ipads, SMART Board or computers for quicker access to a learning centre activity Model for whole group Move to pair work Finally individual work Number each child that is the computer they will use Recipe card with access information for every student laminate and put on a ring In class tech helpers Expect age appropriate citations icons, premade sheets, etc.

7 MUZZY ONLINE Recommended for students in K-6 Immersion language learning program Languages taught in the context of a story Hundreds of words and phrases embedded in the learning stories Six movies in each language level with a subtitle option for all of the languages offered 101 thematic video lessons with embedded language learning games divided into level I & II All new 3D animation All new teacher materials for Complete Elementary Spanish and French, as well as Classroom Editions for Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and English (See additional slides for access information)

8 MUZZY ONLINE CURRICULUM MATERIALS Step 1: Log In User: alberta Password: alberta4muzzyonline! (You may wish to copy and paste the password for this as it is long.)

9 RESOURCES PAGE AFTER LOG IN Step 2: Click On Curriculum Materials

10 COMPLETE ELEMENTARY SPANISH AND FRENCH Step 3: Choose between: Complete Elementary (Spanish and French) OR Classroom Edition (Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese and English) What the Difference? Complete Elementary curriculum moves at a slower pace and is appropriate for pre and early readers Classroom Edition curriculum moves at a faster pace, covering more vocabulary per lesson. All lessons expand and contract to fit variable session lengths and all are based on watching a clip from the MUZZY stories or vocabulary builder.

11 STEP BY STEP LESSON PLANS Step 4: Choose from a wide selection of lessons complete with lesson materials, activity sheets and teacher masters.

12 LESSON PLAN CONTINUED Easy to follow, step by step lesson plans designed for teachers who are not specialized in teaching languages.

13 ACTIVITY SHEETS AND TEACHER MASTERS

14 SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS

15 ORC SUPPORT SITE Resource training materials - podcasts, videos, archived webinars, guides, curricular mapping, etc. Information about upcoming free ORC PD opportunities Information about province-wide resource trials and surveys Ways to use ORC resources to create library learning commons programming Online booking system for free ORC sessions Calendar of ORC Events Links to ORC Twitter and Facebook accounts

16 ORC LISTSERV Weekly updates organized by E/J/S: New resources and features Province-wide trials Surveys Free PD opportunities How to guides and tips No s during school breaks Membership has its benefits joining incentive or visit the ORC Support Site to join today

17 CONTACT For more information or to schedule a free school presentation please contact Jamie Davis, ORC Coordinator Call ext.229 OR jdavis@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca

18 LINKS TO CHECK OUT ORC Support Site ORC ListServ ORC Facebook