The document discusses using infographics and video tools to connect library resources to curriculum standards. It provides examples of how infographics can be used to teach persuasive writing, research citations, and earth science topics. It also discusses using the video tool Animoto and how it can connect to English curriculum standards by allowing students to investigate and understand characteristics of Earth and the solar system.

1. Librarians on the Edge
A Novel Idea
Technology tools for a more
interactive high school library

2. Introductions

3. Infographics
What is an Infographic?

4. Infographics
Curriculum Connections
“Teaching with Infographics / A Student Project Model”
By Katherine Schulten and Diana Laufenberg
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/teaching-with-infographics-a-student-
project-model/

5. Infographics
Curriculum Connections
1. Persuasive Writing How-To
SOL Writing 11.6
The student will write in a variety of forms, with an
emphasis on persuasion.

7. Infographics
Curriculum Connections
2. Research Citations
SOL Writing 9.8
The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access
information to create a research product including crediting the sources of quoted, paraphrased,
and summarized ideas, citing sources of information using a standard method of documentation
such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the American Psychological
Association (APA), and defining the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and follow ethical
and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.

9. Infographics
Curriculum Connections
3. Earth Science
ES.3
The student will investigate and understand the
characteristics of Earth and the solar system.

11. Video Tools
Animoto

12. Video Tools
Curriculum Connections
1. English
The student will investigate and
understand the characteristics of Earth
and the solar system.

13. Video Tools
Curriculum Connections
1. English