Keeping up with Technology

Being an online school, HCOS strives to keep up with advances and resources using technology for education.  Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with it all.  But once you figure out how to use it, there is a world filled with new creative juices and opportunities for expression! 

Let's take research for reports. Now, I remember going to a library, finding the reference section, looking for the encyclopedia with the letter I want and skimming through to find the information I was looking for.  Then you hope you got all the info you needed and that you didn't lose the papers before you had a chance to write the report.  Well, in this techie age, there are ways you can get the same info and MORE from a wealth of resources right from your home computer!  We have a subscription for a great online reference resource called EBSCO. It includes World Book and Gale/Cengage Learning. There is so much you can do with it, like create your own folders of notes.  If you are like me and have logged on but feel overwhelmed at all the options, then these webinars are for you! 

We invite participation from teachers, parents and students, to join Lisa Dennis from Ebscohost in the following webinars .

 Searchasaurus: February 16 and My Ebschost Folder: on March 9th.  If you are interested in joining either of these webinars , please can you register for the events by clicking on the events by going to "click here" below.

 SEARCHASAURUS

In this session participants in the age group grade 2-7 will learn how to search for academic articles using the child's version of Ebscohost.  This session will be about half an hour long, and is ideal if you have a student who is working on submitting a project. *****  

Wednesday, February 16, 2011* at 3pm Pacific time

Searchasaurus and Kids Search for Heritage Christian Online School

To register: Contact me.

My EBSCOhost Folder

In this session, participants will learn how to save important articles and organize notes using EBSCO’s personalized web accessible folders.  See how easy it is to get journal table of contents and new articles on specific topics delivered right to the user’s email!  Approximately 40 minutes long.  This will appeal to all students who are doing projects from elementary to high school.  *****

Wednesday, March 9, 2011*   at 3pm Pacific time                   

My EBSCOhost Folder for Heritage Christian Online School

To register:  Contact me.