MOREnet and More

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MOREnet and More
http//www.more.net/online/index.html
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What it is

• The Missouri Research and Education Network
  (MOREnet) provides Internet connectivity, access
  to Internet 2, technical support,
  videoconferencing services and training to
  Missouri's K-12 schools, colleges and
  universities, public libraries, health care,
  state government and other affiliated
  organizations.

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Who Pays?
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What else

• MOREnet provides additional services such as
  online resources for every member.
• These include
• Ebsco Host
• Gale Discovering Collection
• Learning Express Library
• Newsbank
• Annenberg media
• NetSmartz Workshop
• Missouri Resources
• (all of the green text is hyperlinked to the
  site)

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EbscohostLogin sps Password Library
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Gale Discovering Collection

• Login morenetspk?sps
• Password library

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Learning Express Library

• Each person has an individual login and password

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News Bank

• Accessible at this time only through IP
  recognition
• Only accesses St. Louis Post Dispatch and Kansas
  City Star
• (do not plan to have home access)

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Annenberg Media

• Login not needed to pages or use interactives
• Individual login and password to view videos

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NetSmartz Workshop

• No login required
• The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive,
  educational safety resource from the National
  Center for Missing Exploited Children and Boys
  Girls Clubs of America for children (ages
  5-17), parents, guardians, educators and law
  enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D
  activities to teach children how to stay safer on
  the Internet.

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Missouri Resources

• No login required

Resources Finding Missouri video series
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Other Online Resources(Lets start here and go
back)

• Resources not managed by MOREnet

Educators Reference Desk ERIC Database
Education Resources Information Center National
Library of Medicine Databases and Electronic
Resources Scientific LivingTree of LifeVirtual
Field Trip Inside the Artists Studio Virtual
Field Trip Lewis and Clark
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(My own personal takes)

• Lewis and Clark Virtual Field Trip
• Series of videos of re-enactment of Lewis and
  Clark trip
• Local actors
• Journal
• Produced by Clayton Schools - sponsored by Apple
• Done in 2006
• Not still interactive
• Use it if you wish

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• Inside the Artists Studio
• 6 hour long QuickTime videos from 2006
• Produced by Clayton schools sponsored by Apple
• Inside the workshops of artists - interviews and
  discussion
• Not still interactive
• (use if you wish)

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• Tree of life
• Ambitious project worth browsing but a work in
  progress
• The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of
  information about biodiversity compiled
  collaboratively by hundreds of expert and
  amateurs. Its goal is to contain a page with
  pictures, text, and other information for every
  species and for each group of organisms, living
  or extinct. Connections between Tree of Life web
  pages follow phylogenetic branching patterns
  between groups of organisms, so visitors can
  browse the hierarchy of life and learn about
  phylogeny and evolution as well as the
  characteristics of individual groups.
• Tied to Encyclopedia of Life (continued)

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• Tree Of life (cont.)
• Video list (several short up close)
• http//tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/media.html
• Absolutely outstanding images
• (random page feature)
• Learning teachers
• http//tolweb.org/tree/learn/learning.htmlteacher
  s
• Some stuff OK some a little hokey origami
  doesnt work.
• Tied to Encyclopedia of Life

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• Scientific Living
• Pretty good science site (need to look at)
• All on space
• Several good 2 minute videos
• Very good links to other resources
• With scripts
• Videos are downloadable
• Actually sponsored my MSU and DESE

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• Not going to address
• Educators Reference Desk
• ERIC Database Education Resources Information
  Center
• National Library of Medicine Databases and
  Electronic Resources

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Missouri Resources

• Finding Missouri Our History and Heritage
• Series of videos put together by DESE - to be
  blunt not overwhelming (esp. the first one)
• Might check out coming to Missouri (intro good)
  and see what you think.
• Do have some pretty good photo galleries, and
  research topics
• Have to click on link down at bottom of section
  to go to the series
• Dont even bother with the search box at the
  bottom

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• Missouri Digital Heritage
• Pretty cool
• Great image archives
• Just about every section has something pretty
  cool Collections Exhibits - Education
• Look over several items in each
• Be sure to go over collections esp. postcards.

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• Missouri Digital Heritage (cont.)
• Education section Scroll down through and browse
• Try Crack of the Pistol Dueling in the 19th
  Century
• Go to Education - Mapping Lewis and Clark in
  Missouri - Learning about Mapping from Lewis and
  Clark open pdf file and find link http
• Then try Virtual travel day (be sure to turn off
  loop) or campsite
• Try link to DNRs Lewis Clark in Missouri has
  an interesting interactive map
• Try other stuff

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• NetSmartz Workshop
• Just a ton of stuff for all ages and groups
• Actually more than we have time to get into
• Videos
• A lot of interactive items
• More at training on how to implement NetSmartz
  Workshop

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• Annenberg Media (requires personal login to view
  videos)
• Has a set of interactives (no log in required)
• By far, most of the stuff is training for
  teachers (really need to look at to understand)
• But does have several videos (mostly PBS based)
  on subjects esp. science/math
• Click on programs tab then programs link in text
  is a little more helpful
• Most decent videos they have for students are all
  for high school students

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• Learning Express Library
• (Must have personal login)
• Now I think this site is very cool
• Has practice tests and skill builders for almost
  everything
• How to use
• Go to area pick topic
• Add to my center
• Take test
• Score return

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• Gale Discovering Collection
• (requires login and password)
• Login morenetspk?sps password library
• (the login is a long story_
• Link to general Gale Discovering information
• Link to Discovering title list

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• EBSCOhost (requires login and password)
• Login sps Password library