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At ProQuest, we hear from many librarians and teachers who are using our research tools in creative and effective ways to promote inquiry-based learning through librarian-teacher collaboration.
We want to recognize these leaders in information literacy that truly do create a new 21st Century culture of learning in their schools.
Each month, ProQuest publishes a Teachable Moments and a variety of other online product-focused newsletters.
Each issue features product information updates for your ProQuest research tools, along with a unique learning activity authored by our staff that integrates essential questions for critical thinking.
The appropriate email newsletter can be used for ProQuest to publish information about your exemplary work with your students and teachers, if you submit your story. You then can use the online newsletter, featuring your personal story, and share it with your school leaders, parents, and teachers.
If you, and up to three teachers and/or students you select, would like to be recognized in future newsletters for your work with ProQuest teaching and learning resources, please contact our ProQuest Education Consultant via email to carl.janetka@proquest.com. (Full details.)
Miss Rodriguez ProQuest Recognition
Peninsula Catholic High School (VA)
Our newest submission comes from Miss Rodriguez at Peninsula Catholic High School in Newport News, VA:
"CultureGrams provides an in-depth report of countries and covers major and minor points with great attention to detail. The teachers love the Teaching Activities and National Curriculum Standards PDF files for guidance when using CultureGrams across the curriculum." [A basic country lesson PDF sheet is also available here for classroom use.]
"The fact that the webpages can be viewed and saved as full PDF reports, email-ready reports, and accessible as standard html reports makes transference of information quick and easy. The citation generator in MLA, APA, and Turabian formats are ideal for student research."
"In comparison to similar resources (like CIA World Factbook), CultureGrams is superior in layout and organization of information for students. From each country, state, or province of your choice, you can navigate only one page deeper for each choice you make rather than several pages for each choice. The pages are set up for students to easily navigate back and forth without information overload... it's just right. The students love to browse through it regardless of whether or not they have an assignment. CultureGrams is an authoritative resource for cultural reference and curriculum products and is a beacon for all educators and students."
Deborah Sherry ProQuest Recognition
Punxsutawney Area HS (PA)
Mrs. Deborah Sherry's (email) eighth grade library media class at Punxsutawney Area High School in Pennsylvania [Yes, Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil!] has created a compelling 21st Century strategy for all her students to learn about the benefits of the high school's library teaching and learning resources (databases)!
Instead of the traditional boring lecture, Mrs. Sherry, with the support of her technology coach Melissa Fedigan, turned the tables on her class by asking them to complete a project, which involved a real world application.
Each team of students was challenged to create a slide presentation or a poster that focused on one of the variety of ProQuest databases that Punxsutawney Area HS students (grades 8-12) can access in the school library.
Each team explored and studied the database assigned to them—SIRS Decades, SIRS Knowledge Source, eLibrary CE, CultureGrams, History Study Center, and ProQuest Learning—Literature (read more about each here) using the following criteria:
- What kind of content and media types and tools does the resource provide for students?
- Which curriculum areas of study does it support for research?
- What direct benefits does it provide for students?
- How is it better than Google and Internet surfing for finding the best credible and relevant information for school assignments?
Each team presented their posters and slide shows to other groups and were very persuasive! They also use the ProQuest video that compares ProQuest researching benefits with Google.
The result—No more generic "Googling" in our library when ProQuest curriculum relevant databases are available! And the added bonus is that these projects are accessible to students and teachers now and in the future!
Additional ProQuest User Reviews & Testimonials
eLibrary BookCarts: Save Time, Better Currency
Midge Livingston, Jody Thompson, Donna S. Swarr, Carolyn Hoye
Diane Gallagher Hayashi
Stelly School, Saanich SD, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Elizabeth Golden + Johanna Lawler
Greater Essex County SB, Ontario, Canada
Ana Banos
Sweetwater Union High School District, San Diego, CA
Ann Martha
Philadelphia School District, PA
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