  
Mr. M. Moyna, Media Specialist
Media Center Hours: from 7:00 a.m.
until 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
(Hours vary on exam days and early release days)
Media Center Policies Loan Periods:
Books may be checked out by students for
2 weeks at a time and with renewals available. Faculty members may borrow materials for
2 weeks at a time with renewals available. Please return items as soon as
possible to allow others use of the resources as well.
Students and faculty are
responsible for the safe return of materials checked out.
Computer Use:
Students and staff using the school’s computers
agree to abide by the School Board of Broward County’s Acceptable Use
Policy for Internet and Telecommunications Use. Remember that computers are
for school use only.
Online resources:
Students have 24/7 access to our Online Resources.
See the media staff for home access login IDs and passwords.
Individual Visits to the Media Center:
Students are welcome to visit the media center before or after school, during
their lunch, or during class, provided they have a pass from their teacher.
Books
Everglades' Catalog of Books — Search our electronic card catalog (named Destiny Quest).
Optional: For additional functionality, students and teachers may now log on to the system. As an example, patrons may now search both our listing of books and all of the electronic databases, such as World Book Advanced, Gale Cengage, and Grolier Encyclopedia.
Students: The username is the student ID number and the password is the birthday in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Teachers:
The username is your P00000000 number and the password is the same number without the "P".
Broward County Library — Search for a book in any Broward County Public Library
Sunlink — Search all electronic catalogs in the state. These books can be checked out from any location by interlibrary loan.
In order to server our patrons more effectively, the Everglades High School Media Center has purchased several book titles in electronic format. These books are commonly referred to as eBooks. We have purchased the books from two different suppliers, which results in two slightly different methods of accessing the books.
To access our eBooks, please follow this link.
If you have any questions about the use of the eBooks, please contact the media center staff.
Online References and Databases
Due to licensing issues, we are not allowed to post usernames or passwords on our web site. Please see the media staff for user name and password.
Includes access to magazines, newspapers, reference books, information on authors and their works, opposing viewpoints, Internet links, a Spanish encyclopedia, and more.
A set of reference books with an ability to search all of the articles for keywords. You can access and search over a thousand sources for information. Gale Reference Books has the ability to download, print, copy, edit, and cite the source.
SIRS Researcher:
A general reference database with full-text articles exploring social, economic, scientific, health, historic, business, political and global issues.
Includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, Lands and Peoples, New Book of Popular Science. Grolier Online provides a broad range of users with access to a wealth of authoritative editorial and engaging multimedia materials.
A set of reference books with an ability to search all of articles for key words. Can access and search over a thousand sources for information. Has the ability to download, print, copy, edit, and cite the source.
An online encyclopedia that is focused towards middle and high school level students.
FCAT Explorer is a practice and
skills reinforcement tool based on
Florida’s Sunshine
State Standards.
Public school students and teachers can use
the FCAT Explorer free of charge.
Log on and put the FCAT
Explorer to work for you and your students.
Here is what you need to know to log on to www.FCATexplorer.com:
Step
1: On the main page click on "Students
and Teachers"
Step 2: Username: last + first initial of first name
Password: student number (with the "X")
Step 3: Select the topic you'd like to work on.
Atomic Learning is a professionally created collection of online tutorials. Atomic Learning provides short tutorial videos that show how
to operate specific computer programs.
The topics cover iMovie, Power
Point, Excel, Dreamweaver, Inspiration and many, many more. It even
includes Broward specific programs such as CAB.
This resource can
be used by staff, students, and parents from school or home.See media
staff for user name and password.
Teacher Resources
Professional
Library — Professional resources and software preview that includes 300 titles geared to school principals,
curriculum departments, superintendents, and
teachers, as well as the resources in the high school collection.
TeachingBooks.net — An online collection of lesson plans, author programs, and book resources that provide differentiated learning strategies to support reading and literacy. Use TeachingBooks.net to look up any favorite author — from David Macaulay to J.K. Rowling, from Dr. Seuss to Shakespeare — or any title (fiction or nonfiction). You instantly get search results filled with online teaching / learning resources about that author or specific book.
BECON — Broward
School Broadcasting Network
Broward
Virtual University — The School Board of Broward County Virtual
University houses a collection of FREE online content courses for
Broward educators.
Digital
Education Teacher Academy — An excellent resource for teachers that would like to update their teaching style to fit with the 21st century classroom. The DETA program is offered in partnership with FAU and is comprised of two graduate level classes.
Best
Practices — The information here includes lesson plans, project-based
learning plans, and web quests that are resources for the classroom
teacher looking for "proven" strategies that infuse
technology into the curriculum.
|
