1. November 4, 2013

2. Primary and Secondary Sources
Primary Sources are original
artifacts of an event or
something being spoken or
thought.
Secondary Sources are created
aftera primary source. They are
often based on the opinions or
views of a primary source.
 Primary Sources
 Diaries
 Photographs
 Maps
 Interviews
 Letters
 Art (originals)
 Newspapers
 Magazines
 First-hand Stories
 Secondary Sources
 Art (copies)
 Textbooks (history)
 Biographies
 Published stories
 Movies detailing historical events
 Music recordings

3. Primary or Secondary?
 Your child’s report card fromthis nine weeks.
 A textbookabout World WarI.
 A photograph taken by my son of the Kehoe House in Savannah.
 A Revolutionary War cannon.
 An encyclopedia article about Amelia Earhart.
 A letter fromGeorge Washington to Thomas Jefferson.
 A map created by Mr. Hughes explaining how to get fromECMS to SEMS for a football
game.
 A student’s history report about the Revolutionary War.
 A replica of the Mona Lisa.
 A website created by a group of students about the
the formerPresidents of the United States.

4. Using Galileo
in Today’s
Classroom
Galileo is so much more
than a place to look for
journal articles.
There are over 100
resources available to
teachers and students
for all your research
needs.
Click the picture-if the link doesn’t work go to :
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/teen/effingham-k12/topics/?Welcome

5. Kids.gov
Articles, games,
and videos
Click the picture-if the link doesn’t work go to :
http://kids.usa.gov/

6. KidsClick!
Websearch for
Kids by
Librarians
Website designed just
for students by
librarians. Students can
search by keyword,
topic, or Dewey
Decimal Numbers over
a variety of different
topics. Search results
vary from articles to
photos to interactive
presentations.
Click the picture to go to the site. If it doesn’t work
go to: http://www.kidsclick.org/

7. Funk and
Wagnalls New
World
Encyclopedia
(for children)
Search a number of
different topics by lexile
level. Search results
come from a variety of
different resources
such as: newspapers,
magazines, books,
encyclopedias,
biograpies, videos, and
photographs.
Click the picture. If it doesn’t take you to the site
Go to: http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/search?sid=48f80cc2-7215-4a35-b607-f7d4a033a335%40sessionmgr111&vid=1&hid=118

8. Compare
Countries
Compare two different
countries using
Britannica Online.
Information includes
current flag, population,
literacy rates, GNI,
languages, religion, life
expectancy, and other
various information.
Click the picture to go to the site. If that doesn’t work
Go to : http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-seff.galileo.usg.edu/levels/middle/compare#profile1Id=134&profile2Id=190

9. Novelist K-8
Book lists, book
reviews, award
winners, book
summaries, lexile
levels, read-alikes,
book discussion
guides, and tutorials.
Click the picture to go to the site. If that doesn’t work
Go to: http://web.ebscohost.com/novelistk8/search?sid=caaf3c45-63cf-4bb4-9a9c-

10. Other resources available to
students and teachers on Galileo.
•Free Online Encyclopedia
(Britannica)
•Biographies
•Skeleton Project
•Nonfiction Book Chapters
•Britannica Middle
•Civil Rights Digital Library
•Compare Countries
•New Georgia Encyclopedia
•Digital Library of Georgia
•Digital Public Library of Georgia
•Discover WebFind
•Extend-play Video
Collection(Brittanica Collection)
•Funk and Wagnalls
Encyclopedia for Students
•Georgia Information
•Gateway to the Classics
•History Reference Center
•Images (EBSCO Host)
•Kids search
•Kids.gov
•KidsClick!
•The Math Forum
•Merrian Webster Dictionary
•NASA images
•New Georgia Encyclopedia
•National Science Digital Library
•New York Times Online
•Occupational Outlook
•PRISMS
•Reuters
•Resources for Spanish
•Speaking Students
•Professional Development Online
•World Atlas
•World History Collection
•Today in Georgia History
•Novelist K-8

11. Personal Learning
Networks
Personal learning networks are tools that can
be used by educators to manage, share, and
take control of learning by setting goals,
managing content, and communicating with
others through the process of technology.
Flip to the next page for directions on creating your
own PLN and how to use them in your classroom!

12. Creating and Using PLNs!
To create a PLN using Rebel Mouse,
go to www.rebelmouse.com
Sign up for a free account. You can
also connect sites like Twitter and
Pinterest and anything links you
post through those sites will
automatically post on your Rebel
Mouse.
Set up the way you want your page to
look, create your categories, and
drag the “post it” tool to your
internet tool bar, and then you are
ready to beginning posting.
Find sites, photos, articles,
presentations, and other such
media and use the post it tool to
post to your PLN!
You can use PLNs to
do the following:
 Webquests
 Share ideas with other
educators
 Organize information for
students for research
purposes
There are a variety of different
things you can do with
PLNS…be creative!

13. CREATING YOUR PLN!!
If the video doesn’t play automatically, go to: http://youtu.be/NNLnITYrfG4

14. Sources:
http://www.rebelmouse.com
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/teen/effingham-k12/topics/?Welcome
www.screencastomatic.com
www.youtube.com
Microsoft Powerpoint
Images taken from Microsoft Office Online Clipart
Fontichiaro, K. (2010). Go straight to the source.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cherry Lake Publishing.
DOI: www.cherrylakepublishing.com