Artifact # 10
Content: The Literature Database is an extensive site in which many people have entered information about children's literature. The database gives the title, author, publisher, copyright, summary, and teaching ideas to use with a book. I have entered twenty books in into the database.
Impact: The Literature Database is a very helpful resource for teachers. It not only gives a short descriptive summary of the book, so teachers can see if a particular book is what they need, but it also gives ideas and lesson suggestions for the books.
Alignment: The Literature Database makes a teachers
job easier. It is a technology that increases productivity. (Tech
V-C) The database also allows teachers to communicate among each
other. Teachers can collaborate with each other about literature
that will nurture a student's learning. The database allows a teacher
to grow and expand their resources. (Tech
V-D)
(INTASC #9)