HELP PAGE: 

The K12 Library was designed to help students and teachers find and use online information
online to maximize instructional time.  The library was originally designed for a PC 
environment.  However, The main menu was revised to work on both PC and MAC computers.

HOW THE LIBRARY WORKS:

The library has a icon-based main menu to quickly take you to sections of the library (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Books, Magazines, Images, Safe Searches, Elementary, Museums and Resources.

When you click on an Icon, that information appears in the main window. 

 DESIGN OF THE SITE:

The site was designed for the classroom, with animated menu icons that control sections of the library. These section pages appear in an in-line frame within the web page.  This helps keep children on task and saves instructional time. 

TIP: Make sure you tell children that there are two scroll bars, one on the outside of the web page and one for the section pages displayed in the in-line frame.

 

ADJUST THE SIZE OF YOUR PAGE  )  -Windows Computers only

In the Upper Left Hand Corner are 2 ICONS to adjust the screen size.

  -Use these icon-controls to increase/decrease your screen size

Click on the PLUS ICON to increase the Size of your Screen (Text & Graphics)

Click on the MINUS ICON to decrease the size of your Screen (Text & Graphics)

USING ONLINE TEXT IN THE CLASSROOM:

Books in electronic text make it easy for teachers to share literature with students.  Imagine being able to COPY and PASTE a portion of Shakespeare to illustrate the beauty of language. 

Below is an example of a public domain story by Benjamin Franklin.  It was copied and pasted into a word processor and then the text was enlarged for readability.  Then a picture was added to help students to visualize what Ben Franklin looked like. 

The Whistle By Benjamin Franklin (original E-text)

The Whistle By Benjamin Franklin  (after formatting in a word processor)

The Whistle By Benjamin Franklin (with vocabulary keywords highlighted)

  PDF TUTORIAL -How to Use E-TEXT
 

CREATING A MULTIMEDIA BOOK WITH E-TEXT

A Visit to the book section, Classic Literature, selecting from Aesop's Fables the story of the DOG and THE SHADOW.  Copy and Paste the e-text into PowerPoint, add pictures, add audio files and you have created a multimedia book to share with early readers.  The audio files help struggling readers, allowing then to see and hear the words. 

I used Camtasia Studio to create a flash movie for the web. 

The audio files were created with the AT & T text to speech project.

Illustrations from the Project Gutenberg Collection of Aesop's Fables.

Watch the Movie: The Dog and The Shadow

Download the PowerPoint

 

 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

        If you would like to suggest additions for the library- please email Vic@k12vibrary.org