Teacher Resource Day
 NEW:
Flyer for 2008
Teacher Resource Day - April 21
Piloted in April 2007,
Teacher Resource Day is an event produce
through the collaboration among a group
of UW-L content faculty, teacher
education faculty, and Murphy library
staff.
As teachers and school administrators well know in these times
of tight school budgets, money is
limited to purchase books and materials
for the K-12 classroom, library/media
center (LMC), public libraries in
general. To maximize purchasing
power, it is important that all
materials purchased are of good
quality and also fit into science,
technology, engineering & math (STEM),
social studies, and/ or literacy
curricula.
One way to find quality book
and materials is to read published
reviews; however, a review is no
substitute for having a chance to see
and read the actual book in-hand, view a
DVD or try out software. With this in
mind, UW-L faculty and staff have
received grants to purchase many of the
high quality books for UW-L’s Alice
Hagar Curriculum Resources Center at
Murphy Library. These books and
materials were purchased from Science
Books & Films’ “Best Lists” (older lists
can be found at
http://www.sbfonline.com/bestlists.htm), the National Science Teachers
Association’s “Outstanding Science Trade
Books for Children” (see
http://www.nsta.org/ostbc), NCSS'
Notable Tradebooks, and
other sources.
Teacher Resource Day
gives participants a chance both to
peruse the latest quality, non-fiction
STEM and Social Studies trade books,
DVD’s, etc. and to explore our STEM
website, which provides supporting
materials. For more details on Teacher
Resource Day, see
http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/departments/curriculum/stem/sbf-article.pdf.
To access fliers for the current or past
year’s events, click on the links below.
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