Artifact # 6
Children's Literature Database Entries
The Children's Literature Database is a resource available to professionals in which teachers can get instructional ideas and summaries of children's literature over the Internet.
Context
While in block at Appalachian State University
in the fall of 2001, I completed twenty database entries to put on the
web. These entries can be downloaded by others who are interested
in children's literature and and who want to know ways in which specific
books can be brought into the classroom. I also used this database
to view summaries of other children's books and in order to get ideas in
which I can use those books in my future classroom. The book reviews,
summaries, and other information provided by the reader can be downloaded
from the database web site. This web site address is http://www.ltl.appstate.edu:591/Childlitdb/.
Impact
This database allows teachers to have the
opportunity to share with others children's literature and ways that it
can be used in the classroom. It provides teachers with an opportunity
to read a short summary of a particular book, a personal rating of the
book with an explanation by the teacher that is submitting the entry, and
instructional ideas of how to share this book with students in a particular
grade.
Alignment
The Children's Database provides teachers
with the opportunity to read summaries written by colleagues along with
ideas of ways in which they can use specific reading material in the classroom
(Technology
Competency 5C). This database also provides teachers with the
opportunity to share their ideas and opinions with other professionals.
It provides teachers with an opportunity to evaluate material and ideas
provided by other teachers when considering material and activities to
use in their own classroom
(Technology
Competency 5B).