[00:00:05.030] Thank you everyone for joining. So today [00:00:07.259] we have another Gale 101 session [00:00:10.060] today, we're going to be taking a look at Gale In Context: Middle School [00:00:12.089] My name [00:00:14.189] is Amber Winters and I'm a senior training [00:00:16.280] consultant here with Gale. [00:00:18.658] So our agenda here today is pretty straightforward. [00:00:21.309] First, we're just going to have a quick overview [00:00:23.318] of the resource. So what we [00:00:25.379] built it for, what we intend it [00:00:27.620] to be used for things like that, we'll talk [00:00:29.850] about some of the key content you're going to find [00:00:32.090] as well as your user is going to find. [00:00:34.279] Uh but we'll spend the majority of the time actually [00:00:36.368] walking through the platform so we can really get a feel [00:00:38.709] of the different workflows they're going to be experiencing. [00:00:41.750] We'll take a look at topic pages, some [00:00:43.789] of the great filters we have available, [00:00:46.069] uh our document tools, all that great stuff [00:00:48.098] we'll be able to explore today. And [00:00:50.168] then at the very end of the session, we will have time [00:00:52.490] for any questions that you have that I'm not able [00:00:54.590] to answer as we move along today. [00:00:56.779] And I have some wrap up contact information for [00:00:58.969] you as well. So even though we'll have [00:01:01.000] a bit of time at the end of the session for questions, [00:01:03.209] don't feel like you need to hold on to them until the end. [00:01:05.549] Go ahead and put them into the Q and A as [00:01:07.558] you think of them and I'll try to hit them kind of as [00:01:09.730] we move through today. [00:01:13.010] So first, let's just get a brief background [00:01:15.198] about what Gale In Context: Middle School [00:01:17.500] is. So this is a resource that we [00:01:19.668] have built specifically as you would expect [00:01:22.400] for middle school aged learners. So [00:01:24.558] learners in grades at six [00:01:26.778] through eight are really the focus of this [00:01:28.879] resource. And what's great is we've included [00:01:31.454] content that really spans from developing [00:01:34.094] learners to more advanced learners. So [00:01:36.424] you will be able to hit up every learner you have [00:01:38.614] in your classroom or if you have students [00:01:40.894] coming into your public library, you'll be able [00:01:43.153] to work with any type of student, whatever [00:01:45.415] needs they may have. [00:01:47.338] And this resource has a pretty substantial [00:01:49.689] range of coverage. So it is fully cross [00:01:51.739] curricular. Your users are going to [00:01:53.808] find information um related to ela [00:01:55.969] to social studies, current events, [00:01:58.209] science, social and emotional [00:02:00.659] learning. They'll also find things on media [00:02:03.069] literacy and financial literacy. [00:02:05.349] So it's a big wide resource [00:02:07.739] that's going to kind of pull everything together [00:02:09.808] for your learners. [00:02:12.479] And in addition to the great content, we also [00:02:14.550] have a nice host of [00:02:16.710] tools available. So your users [00:02:18.770] will be able to highlight and take notes as they're [00:02:21.008] reading a piece of text. So they'll be able to kind of virtually [00:02:23.460] talk to their text. [00:02:25.080] We do have a translation feature [00:02:27.338] in the resource. So your native [00:02:29.669] Spanish speakers or any other language [00:02:31.808] will be able to translate both what they're reading [00:02:34.099] and the platform. So they'll easily [00:02:36.229] be able to navigate through in whatever language [00:02:38.439] they need. We also have the ability [00:02:40.750] for articles to be read to students. So [00:02:42.969] if you do have struggling readers, they can [00:02:44.979] have the text read to them. [00:02:46.949] We have different fonts and colors available [00:02:49.429] to really make the database as accessible [00:02:51.919] as it possibly can be premade [00:02:54.189] citations. Google and Microsoft integrations. [00:02:56.849] If your users want to save the information [00:02:59.179] they found for later or if they want to share [00:03:01.460] it out with their peers with the group [00:03:03.618] members, whoever it may be, they'll be able to do [00:03:05.649] that with our Google and Microsoft [00:03:08.008] integrations. So they'll find all of those [00:03:10.199] on the resource to [00:03:11.819] help them really organize and have effective [00:03:14.419] research. [00:03:17.000] So let's take a quick look at some of the different [00:03:19.229] content types users are going to find. [00:03:21.308] So as you're directing students, [00:03:23.610] if you're in a K 12 setting or uh you [00:03:25.899] know, patrons, if you're in a public library, just [00:03:28.250] consider some of these different content types [00:03:30.500] and you may want to reference them as you're [00:03:32.669] directing your students to where they need to be. So [00:03:35.058] the first of course is going to be reference articles. [00:03:37.300] That's kind of the main thing you think about when you think [00:03:39.409] about a Gale In Context [00:03:41.689] resource. So that's going to give both [00:03:43.758] overviews as well as more detailed information [00:03:46.008] about different topics. So you could think [00:03:48.149] of these articles as you know, giving you the facts. [00:03:50.689] So these are before we're getting into different opinions [00:03:53.189] and we're getting into kind of the nuances [00:03:55.669] of a topic. This is giving us [00:03:57.740] our, our basis. This is giving us our base [00:04:00.110] to continue our learning. [00:04:02.088] Moving on from there, we also have a huge collection [00:04:04.460] of both news and magazine articles [00:04:06.860] and these are all current, many are [00:04:08.879] loaded daily. Of course, it depends on how frequently [00:04:11.479] a magazine is published, but [00:04:13.788] many are loaded daily and they're going [00:04:15.990] to find again great cross curricular [00:04:18.709] information. So they'll have magazines [00:04:20.970] in the science sphere and [00:04:23.040] English and things like that. Many of them [00:04:25.108] focus specifically for middle school [00:04:27.119] age students [00:04:29.209] and this is really going to give them a link to the Real [00:04:31.528] world. So we can incorporate these into [00:04:33.720] your curriculum that's already focused on [00:04:36.079] providing your students with that information. [00:04:38.209] But now we're getting it out into the real [00:04:40.259] world. They're seeing how the information that you're [00:04:42.358] teaching them is actually impacting [00:04:44.528] what's going on around them. [00:04:47.298] We also have a huge collection of multimedia [00:04:49.709] content which I think is sometimes maybe not [00:04:52.209] um at the forefront when you're thinking about [00:04:54.439] Gale In Context: Middle School or other [00:04:56.449] resources like this. But we've got [00:04:58.569] a huge collection of videos, images [00:05:00.600] and audio files, like podcasts that [00:05:02.910] are really going to help your users who may struggle with [00:05:05.170] text based learning. You know, they may prefer [00:05:07.528] to get their information [00:05:09.079] through video or just by looking at pictures [00:05:11.569] and analyzing pictures, they're going to be [00:05:13.588] able to do that in this resource as well. They'll have [00:05:15.850] that back up to the text to make sure [00:05:18.519] every type of learner is getting exactly [00:05:20.559] what they need. [00:05:22.709] We also have a pretty substantial [00:05:25.088] collection of biographies both on [00:05:27.238] historical and contemporary figures. [00:05:29.500] So if you're trying to get to your students or [00:05:31.619] your public library patrons, [00:05:33.970] learning more about, excuse [00:05:36.819] me, about people and how people [00:05:38.970] interact with the world and how they impact the [00:05:41.069] world. This is still going to be a great [00:05:43.298] resource for that. You'll get [00:05:45.139] both the historical individuals. [00:05:47.149] But what I also love is we have a nice collection of [00:05:49.670] like actors and musicians [00:05:51.959] and sports figures. So, things [00:05:54.259] that are really kind of at the forefront and a lot of times [00:05:56.449] are really interesting for middle schoolers. [00:05:58.709] they'll find that in this resource as well. [00:06:00.720] So not just strictly the individuals [00:06:02.879] that you would expect to study in the classroom. But [00:06:05.069] also, you know, [00:06:06.480] people that are kind of out there right now, public [00:06:08.730] figures will be able to take a look at those individuals [00:06:11.369] as well. [00:06:13.019] And finally, another piece of content [00:06:15.369] that I always want to mention are our primary [00:06:17.389] sources. And these are really great because [00:06:19.459] we have both text based primary [00:06:21.519] sources. So things like letters and manuscripts [00:06:24.629] and speeches, things like that. But we [00:06:26.738] also have a nice collection [00:06:28.988] of images as well. So if you want [00:06:31.108] your users to maybe just [00:06:32.928] analyze maybe a political cartoon [00:06:35.559] or something like that, you'll see. I've got something similar [00:06:37.889] to that here on my screen. You [00:06:39.899] can have them analyze that as opposed [00:06:42.019] to reading a piece of text. So again, [00:06:44.059] a nice way to reach [00:06:46.209] your users in more than one fashion [00:06:48.738] and we do have primary sources related both [00:06:51.000] to us and world history. [00:06:53.298] So either class that you're working in, [00:06:55.329] you'll be able to pull contents uh for those [00:06:57.660] individuals. [00:07:01.329] Now, I wanna go ahead and spend the rest of my time [00:07:03.470] in this resource here. So we can see how to find [00:07:05.588] all of this great content while I'm [00:07:07.619] switching my screen over here, [00:07:10.670] almost got signed out. Um I haven't seen any [00:07:12.899] questions popping, but I do just want to pause. Does [00:07:14.939] anyone have any questions just about the basics [00:07:17.379] of Gale In Context: Middle School before we [00:07:19.488] keep moving? [00:07:25.338] OK. I don't see anything. But again, the Q [00:07:27.528] and A is open, we're not using the chat. So [00:07:29.608] you know, the chats disabled, but the Q and A is [00:07:31.670] open for you. [00:07:33.488] So let's go ahead and start taking a look then. So this [00:07:35.660] is the home page here of Gale In Context: Middle School. [00:07:38.350] And there are a few things I want to point out to you first. [00:07:41.220] the first thing is going to be this topics [00:07:43.309] of interest section. [00:07:44.869] And generally speaking, this changes monthly, [00:07:47.100] kind of depending on what's going on. So if there's [00:07:49.319] a, you know, a big current event that takes place [00:07:51.670] a lot of times that's going to be pulled up to [00:07:53.750] the forefront here. But again, it changes [00:07:55.879] monthly and your users can kind of scroll [00:07:57.988] through and they may find something interesting that they [00:08:00.028] did know they wanted to look at. [00:08:02.678] And then underneath that, [00:08:04.790] we pull forward these different topics [00:08:06.980] here to help your students kind of point and click. [00:08:09.069] So if you have users coming in who [00:08:11.129] aren't quite ready to develop their own search [00:08:13.230] terms just yet, you know, beginning researchers [00:08:15.369] who struggle to, to type [00:08:17.540] in what they're looking for, we've got this great [00:08:19.709] point and click functionality that can help them [00:08:21.750] with that so they can narrow down based on [00:08:24.129] a subject here. So maybe it's [00:08:26.149] we'll say us history [00:08:29.819] and now they get pulled to this list and I know this list [00:08:32.129] looks fairly long, [00:08:34.019] but what this list is showing is all of the topic [00:08:36.399] pages that we've created related to us. [00:08:38.739] History and our topic pages [00:08:40.908] are hand curated pages [00:08:42.979] on the most studied and most [00:08:45.009] utilized terms and topics [00:08:47.279] within the resource. What we do is [00:08:49.359] we pull everything together together, provide [00:08:51.479] an overview of the topic and then [00:08:53.599] organize all of the search results that [00:08:55.639] they would normally see as a basic search [00:08:57.808] onto one page into nice clean content [00:09:00.200] buckets. So they can again point and click [00:09:02.359] to find the information they need. [00:09:04.609] We will be taking a look at one of those in just one [00:09:06.719] second. But [00:09:07.808] while they're browsing topics here, you'll see [00:09:09.889] they have the option, they can actually switch [00:09:11.940] out the different sections that [00:09:14.009] they're taking a look at. So remember I [00:09:16.048] clicked into us history maybe now [00:09:18.259] I, I decided I want to take a look at literature [00:09:21.428] or maybe people [00:09:24.200] I can do that right here from this page. We [00:09:26.500] also have a really nice new or updated [00:09:28.950] flag [00:09:30.090] and I really like this, especially for educators [00:09:32.558] who might just be looking for maybe like a bite [00:09:34.700] size bit of information. [00:09:36.649] you know, maybe for, uh, even [00:09:38.750] just a bell ringer, you know, you just want a little bit of [00:09:40.798] info, you can see what's new and what's updated [00:09:42.908] here. It might be something that you want to share out, [00:09:45.308] with your students or with your users. [00:09:48.690] But let's jump back to home here. What I'm going [00:09:50.820] to do is I'm gonna start running a search because I want [00:09:52.830] to show you we are trying to drive [00:09:55.168] students to those topic pages because generally [00:09:57.629] speaking, they're a little bit easier [00:09:59.690] for them to sift through, you know, because they are organized [00:10:02.599] more than just your standard basic search. [00:10:04.808] So I'm going to search for the women's [00:10:06.928] suffrage movement today. This is being [00:10:09.229] recorded in March for anyone watching the recording. [00:10:11.509] So that is Women's History Month. So we'll stick [00:10:13.609] with that theme. [00:10:14.940] And when I start typing in here, it's my basic [00:10:17.129] search, which of course, a lot of students are going to do. [00:10:19.729] You'll see when I have this predictive text [00:10:21.779] drop down. The 1st 1234 [00:10:25.009] options here are bolded. [00:10:27.119] So anytime you or your users see [00:10:29.288] these bolded options in this predictive text [00:10:31.619] drop down, that's actually going to launch [00:10:33.678] them into a topic page instead of a basic [00:10:35.969] search. [00:10:36.989] So I always recommend when you're teaching your users [00:10:39.210] how to use this resource point this [00:10:41.359] out to them. A lot of times they're going to [00:10:43.450] have a topic page for whatever topic they're [00:10:45.509] learning about. Of course, if they don't, they'll [00:10:47.558] run the basic search and they'll get their content that [00:10:49.710] way. But if they have these topic pages [00:10:51.918] available, they're going to be really helpful. [00:10:54.058] So, again, let's take a look at women's [00:10:56.259] suffrage movement here. [00:11:00.509] Now, this lands beyond one of those topic [00:11:02.570] pages. So again at the top, we're going [00:11:04.750] to have a nice overview here. I can click [00:11:06.979] my blue read more button to read the full [00:11:09.989] overview [00:11:14.489] underneath that. [00:11:16.009] We're going to see this on this page [00:11:18.038] section. So this is showing me [00:11:20.619] all of the different content types that I [00:11:22.639] have results for related to [00:11:24.820] the women's suffrage movement. So you'll see [00:11:27.038] our reference works. As I mentioned, we've got [00:11:29.080] lots of biographies magazines. [00:11:31.330] Our images are pulled out separately. Our [00:11:33.590] primary sources are pulled out [00:11:35.639] separately and labeled as primary [00:11:37.668] sources, which I think is really powerful. [00:11:39.918] I know it's, it's hard to teach students [00:11:41.960] the difference between a primary and a secondary [00:11:44.369] source. So the fact that we've labeled [00:11:46.548] primary sources and kind of given them their [00:11:48.558] own section is really beneficial [00:11:50.908] because we can direct students right there. You know, they know [00:11:52.950] they need to find [00:11:54.450] a letter from whenever [00:11:56.509] you know, they can click into those primary primary [00:11:58.580] sources and they'll find those letters. [00:12:01.149] So scrolling down from here, [00:12:03.038] you're going to see the different content buckets. [00:12:05.058] So we usually show the first three or so [00:12:07.739] entries in these different content buckets. [00:12:10.090] So our reference works here and you'll [00:12:12.178] see we can scroll down, we'll start to see some pictures [00:12:14.739] and some videos. [00:12:16.570] And then on the very bottom of this page, [00:12:18.580] we also have related topics so [00:12:21.029] your users can keep moving the research forward [00:12:23.700] again, even if they don't have a search term. So [00:12:25.820] they learn a bit about the women's suffrage movement. [00:12:28.190] maybe they want to kind of move forward to women's [00:12:30.500] rights. You know, what are women still fighting for? [00:12:32.678] What sort of rights are we still trying to, [00:12:34.739] um, to ensure for ourselves? [00:12:37.570] they can click right here and go into the women's rights [00:12:39.889] topic page. So again, they're keeping [00:12:42.149] this topic page format that's really [00:12:44.418] guided. It's still going to let them explore [00:12:47.019] on their own. Of course, they'll be able to click into any [00:12:49.149] of these content types, but it's still [00:12:51.219] guided in a way that we're making sure [00:12:53.500] they're finding the content they actually need [00:12:55.710] and not getting overwhelmed by content. That might [00:12:57.840] not be exactly what they're looking for, [00:13:00.129] especially again, for those beginner researchers [00:13:02.580] who may be struggling to build effective [00:13:04.658] search terms. [00:13:06.979] So let's jump into one of these today. I'm just going [00:13:09.129] to click into my references here. So you'll see, [00:13:11.158] I've got 100 and nine results [00:13:13.308] in my reference content bucket [00:13:16.599] and I do want to show you a few of our great [00:13:18.788] filters that we have listed [00:13:21.019] here. So when I click into a content bucket, [00:13:23.649] this is what a basic search would look like. [00:13:25.879] So if your user, you know, is [00:13:27.960] looking for something that doesn't have a topic page, [00:13:30.369] this is what they would see as opposed [00:13:32.500] to that topic page. So we've got these filters [00:13:34.940] on the right hand side here that I always wanted to point [00:13:37.000] out these are going to be really effective [00:13:39.264] for users who are coming in with really broad [00:13:41.384] search terms and you know, they're going to search and pull [00:13:44.173] just a ginormous amount of content that [00:13:46.315] may not be exactly what they're looking for. [00:13:48.625] We've got some great ways to filter that content. [00:13:50.923] I first like to point out the subjects option. [00:13:53.634] So of course, this is first searching [00:13:55.884] for women's suffrage movement, but we can get even [00:13:58.384] more precise if we want [00:14:00.724] to, we [00:14:04.219] can al also narrow down to a document [00:14:06.308] type here. So these are all going to be reference [00:14:08.590] works. But maybe I want you [00:14:10.599] know, some commentary or just a quick overview. [00:14:13.168] Maybe I want something more detailed than I want [00:14:15.200] the essay. I can narrow that down here [00:14:18.349] to make sure I'm getting exactly what I want. [00:14:21.190] You'll see, I have a few other things, publication title, [00:14:24.190] The ability to narrow down based on lexile [00:14:26.580] measure or content level. This [00:14:28.599] is going to be good for you as an educator [00:14:30.619] on the line who's um if you're pulling for [00:14:32.769] a specific student, you know what level they need, [00:14:35.308] you can narrow that down using this lexile [00:14:37.460] or this content measure here. [00:14:40.580] You can also drop this down to search with N [00:14:42.649] if you like [00:14:44.359] and then you'll see, I have this option to check off [00:14:46.428] this level documents tool [00:14:48.529] here [00:14:49.399] and these level documents I [00:14:51.519] personally think are just absolutely great. [00:14:53.629] I taught middle school before I came to gal and [00:14:56.239] you know, I wish I had the option to use these [00:14:58.469] level documents because what this is going to do [00:15:00.960] is we've leveled the same document [00:15:03.320] at two different levels. So if [00:15:05.428] you need to differentiate for your class, you have [00:15:07.469] some struggling readers and you have some more advanced [00:15:09.629] readers. we can take a look. I'm gonna [00:15:11.729] click into level documents here. [00:15:14.029] We can take a look at all of our documents [00:15:16.418] that are leveled here. So I'm going to click [00:15:18.619] into this women's suffrage movement [00:15:20.769] and I will point out we have a flag under [00:15:23.000] the title. You'll see right here where it says leveled. [00:15:25.668] So if you're ever kind of wondering [00:15:27.779] if a piece of text [00:15:30.029] is leveled before you click into it, just take [00:15:32.099] a look at that little flag. [00:15:33.639] If it says leveled, then you do have the two [00:15:35.729] levels. And when I click into this here, [00:15:39.279] I can actually toggle back and forth between [00:15:41.658] the levels. So you'll see on this upper left hand [00:15:43.869] side here, [00:15:44.940] I clicked into the lower level version, [00:15:47.469] but I can toggle while on this page [00:15:49.649] to the upper level version. [00:15:51.739] And again, these are providing the same [00:15:53.779] information. Just the lower level [00:15:55.798] is going to have um simpler [00:15:58.129] vocabulary. Generally, it's going to be a little [00:16:00.349] bit shorter [00:16:02.178] to make it a little bit easier for [00:16:04.229] your struggling readers to connect with. [00:16:07.710] So scrolling down here, excuse me, [00:16:11.259] you'll see while we're on a document, we've got a few [00:16:13.450] tools that are going to help your researchers as [00:16:15.489] well. So the first one is going to be on [00:16:17.529] this right hand side here, this explore panel, [00:16:20.168] this again is going to help them move forward. [00:16:22.229] So once they're done with this article, if [00:16:24.428] they want to take a look at things that are kind of similar [00:16:26.509] to this, you'll see we have a related subjects here [00:16:29.269] and they can click into any one of these and move [00:16:31.279] forward with that subject. [00:16:33.359] This is also giving them the article contents [00:16:35.509] here as well. So if they want to kind of jump [00:16:37.908] throughout the article, if it's a longer article, [00:16:41.019] they can jump to specific sections here. If they would [00:16:43.158] like, you'll [00:16:45.750] find a lot of these blue sidebars [00:16:47.869] here as well. I know they're not on the side [00:16:49.879] but they are called sidebars. Um [00:16:52.200] This one's got main ideas here. Some, [00:16:54.320] you'll find critical thinking questions, [00:16:56.469] some may have vocabulary [00:16:58.849] These are great ways to kind of get your students [00:17:00.889] brains thinking a little bit more. [00:17:03.099] What's great is if there are critical thinking [00:17:05.250] questions, you know, that's something you can assign. Again, [00:17:07.689] maybe as a bell ringer, maybe as a discussion. [00:17:10.328] If you want to share it [00:17:11.660] on your L MS or if you're using Google [00:17:13.989] classroom, we're integrated with that as well [00:17:16.009] using our [00:17:17.729] Google classroom button right up top here. [00:17:20.920] So you can share out the document with those critical [00:17:23.259] thinking questions and have them answer [00:17:25.309] them before class or during class and [00:17:27.469] then you can discuss afterwards. It's a really nice [00:17:29.729] way to kind of pull all of that forward. [00:17:33.959] You see at the bottom, there is a words to know here as [00:17:35.969] well. So that vocabulary [00:17:38.529] also at the very bottom of the page here, [00:17:40.670] you'll see. I have a source citation [00:17:43.140] and everything in our res our resource [00:17:45.900] is cited. So documents, [00:17:48.170] images, videos, podcasts, [00:17:50.890] primary sources, everything's [00:17:53.239] got a citation attached to it. This is a really [00:17:55.368] great way to get buy in from both [00:17:57.469] teachers and students because [00:17:59.489] your students are going to have to build their own citations, [00:18:01.969] which is a challenge. We all know [00:18:04.209] they can copy and paste this into [00:18:06.250] their work cited into their project. [00:18:08.439] Wherever it needs to go, they can really easily do [00:18:10.500] that. They can also export it [00:18:12.539] directly into noodle tools or easy bib [00:18:14.630] or send over to their drives if they're using their [00:18:16.680] drives. So nice clean way to [00:18:18.759] get that citation out. [00:18:21.769] That citation is also actually found up [00:18:23.848] top here in my toolbar. This [00:18:26.199] does the same thing we've just decided to conclude [00:18:28.358] it at the top and the bottom of the page. So hopefully, [00:18:30.680] students don't miss it as they're working [00:18:32.989] through. [00:18:34.858] hm In addition to that [00:18:36.969] citation tool. We have a lot of other tools that are [00:18:39.088] really going to help your students out. [00:18:41.039] So right next to citation, we have our send [00:18:43.259] two options [00:18:44.709] and that button is going to include Google [00:18:46.799] and Onedrive. So if you're a Google School [00:18:49.108] or a Microsoft School, this is going to function [00:18:51.289] perfectly for your users. they [00:18:53.469] can click into these. If they're not signed in on [00:18:55.539] the browser, it's going to prompt them to sign in. [00:18:57.979] But once they hit the send to button this [00:19:00.289] document or image or whatever they're on [00:19:02.519] is going to go directly over to their [00:19:04.868] drive and it will always be there for them [00:19:07.029] in a folder that's labeled Galen context [00:19:09.289] middle school. So they can hold on to [00:19:11.328] this for if they need to maybe come back [00:19:13.539] later, maybe their lesson [00:19:15.608] is done for the day or something like that. They'll [00:19:17.680] be able to come back. They can also use that to [00:19:19.769] share between group members. If they're working [00:19:21.949] on a group project or something like that, [00:19:24.009] they can also use it to share with the teachers, they'll [00:19:26.140] be able to send over to drives and [00:19:28.160] vice versa. Teachers can use it to send over to students [00:19:30.529] as well and we do include an email [00:19:32.578] option here as well. So if they'd prefer to email [00:19:34.650] it to themselves or to others [00:19:37.000] that's found under the scent too as well, [00:19:40.358] right next to that, they can download this document [00:19:42.640] as a PDF. Um, they can [00:19:45.199] technically download videos [00:19:47.358] as PDF S as well, but all they're going to [00:19:49.400] get is, um, generally there's going [00:19:51.519] to be a transcript on the pages, what they're going to see, [00:19:55.019] they won't be able to download the video itself. [00:19:57.578] They can also print pages here [00:19:59.719] and then we have this get link tool [00:20:02.439] and I personally love this get link, especially [00:20:04.588] if you're going to be sharing content [00:20:06.809] with students. Maybe you found an article [00:20:08.910] that you want them to use in a project that's coming [00:20:11.000] up or maybe you've got a new lesson coming [00:20:13.318] up and you want them to read it to kind of be prepared. [00:20:16.000] This scale link is great because it's persistent. [00:20:18.709] You send it over to your students and they can click [00:20:20.858] into it at any point to read whatever [00:20:23.170] piece of material that you sent them. So [00:20:27.078] they'll be able to click into it wherever they are. They [00:20:29.299] actually aren't required [00:20:31.509] to enter a password to click onto this link, [00:20:33.989] which I think is really handy. [00:20:35.969] Um If they decide to move forward in [00:20:38.009] their research though, you know that you sent over [00:20:40.029] an article about climate change and they [00:20:42.140] want to learn more once they try to click [00:20:44.390] further into Gallen [00:20:45.779] Ks middle school, they'll be prompted to authenticate [00:20:48.699] however you authenticate. So for using a password [00:20:51.140] or something like that, they'll be required to enter [00:20:53.299] it at that time, but you can send them this [00:20:55.309] link and they can read it [00:20:57.160] on their phones at home, on [00:20:59.348] a tablet wherever they are, they'll easily [00:21:01.439] be able to access that. It's also great to [00:21:03.549] throw that in a syllabus or something [00:21:05.719] like that because it's persistent. So you don't [00:21:07.809] need to worry about it. [00:21:09.309] You know, accidentally breaking in, you're not noticing until [00:21:11.479] you've handed out your syllabus for all of your students. [00:21:13.650] And then, you know, all 30 in your [00:21:15.750] class, tell you that the link isn't working. At the same [00:21:17.828] time, this get link is persistent [00:21:20.029] and available for you. [00:21:22.608] So in addition to those tools [00:21:24.779] to kind of get the content out of the resource, [00:21:27.500] we also have some great ways to make [00:21:29.699] the resource more accessible for your users. [00:21:32.078] So the first one is going to be our translate [00:21:34.578] button here. [00:21:36.140] When I hit this button, I'll be able to translate into [00:21:38.299] whatever language I need. [00:21:40.059] And it's going to translate that full article [00:21:42.150] for me. I also have the option [00:21:44.309] to translate the interface which is actually [00:21:46.608] going to translate all of my [00:21:48.729] navigation buttons. So I'll do [00:21:50.880] that quickly so we can see what that looks like. Let's [00:21:53.078] click Spanish here. [00:21:55.650] So clicking at, you'll see, you know, my search [00:21:57.828] bar is in Spanish, my tools up here, [00:22:00.390] my explore panel here is in Spanish [00:22:03.029] and this actually follows me along. So [00:22:05.338] if you do have, you know Spanish speakers [00:22:07.390] coming in, who prefer to have their resource [00:22:09.789] in Spanish. [00:22:10.838] I always suggest have them translate the platform [00:22:13.309] into Spanish before they start their, [00:22:15.318] their learning [00:22:16.618] and then they'll just be able to go through and translate [00:22:18.739] the articles as they find them. It's [00:22:20.838] a nice way to make sure they know where [00:22:22.868] they're clicking if they're having trouble, you know, reading [00:22:25.019] the buttons in English. [00:22:28.219] In addition to that, we have some different [00:22:30.279] font size options here to decrease [00:22:32.348] or increase the f the [00:22:34.469] font sizes. Excuse me. [00:22:36.630] Next to that, we have got some display options [00:22:38.868] here as well as I mentioned, we have some different colors [00:22:41.670] and some different font options to make [00:22:43.769] this as accessible as it needs [00:22:45.779] to be. So your users can really customize [00:22:48.489] how they're seeing this material. So whatever [00:22:50.989] way works best for them, we want to make sure they can do [00:22:53.118] that here so they can change this at any time [00:22:55.400] under those display settings. [00:22:57.500] I'm going to leave it on by default [00:22:59.779] though because that's actually what I prefer [00:23:02.729] right next to the display options. We have our listen [00:23:04.979] tool. It's gonna pause this time. [00:23:07.469] But when I hit that, you'll see it opens up this little [00:23:09.549] player and I'll be able to have this full article [00:23:11.890] read to me. You'll see, I can also download [00:23:14.140] the art or download the audio. [00:23:16.410] If I maybe want to listen to this later on, [00:23:18.539] I can do that. [00:23:20.049] And I've also got some settings with this little gear [00:23:22.199] here. You'll [00:23:24.519] see how I can change. the text [00:23:26.759] highlighting as my article is being read to me. [00:23:28.858] I can choose if I want words or [00:23:30.969] sentences to be highlighted. I can [00:23:33.239] change the speed. You know, if it's going a little bit too [00:23:35.430] fast for me, I can turn it down to slow. [00:23:37.890] It defaults to medium, but I can't turn it to slow [00:23:39.969] or I can speed it up here. [00:23:44.118] You see, we also have things like automatic scrolling [00:23:46.410] that's going to help them out as well. [00:23:48.578] So this is a nice way for users [00:23:50.588] to really get the most out of this resource [00:23:52.650] to really increase the accessibility [00:23:55.130] to make sure everyone could get this content. [00:23:58.338] We have a quick question here. Then I'm just going to read out [00:24:00.348] part of our school is dual immersion. Spanish [00:24:02.500] English, usually guide students to search using [00:24:05.098] English subject terms and then translate. [00:24:07.838] Would you recommend this for Spanish classes, [00:24:10.118] classes or another method? [00:24:14.019] Um Yeah. So Ali I would [00:24:16.358] probably [00:24:17.250] recommend searching in English [00:24:19.269] because the majority of our content is going [00:24:21.338] to be in English. So I definitely recommend [00:24:23.680] searching in English to pull contents and [00:24:26.108] then translates that article [00:24:28.449] as far as native content in Spanish. [00:24:30.939] Ali. I'm going to verify that with my content [00:24:33.255] team. I believe we do have some Spanish [00:24:35.515] publications, but I don't want to quote [00:24:37.634] myself on that until I verify. So after [00:24:40.203] the session, I'll get with them and I'll forward [00:24:42.354] their information to you. So you'll have that, [00:24:44.755] that information. But I believe we do have [00:24:46.924] a few Native Spanish [00:24:49.035] publications in this resource. [00:24:56.189] Ok. So we've got about five [00:24:58.380] minutes here. [00:25:00.088] Um, I do want to show you one quick [00:25:02.118] topic. so I'm actually going [00:25:04.199] to go into my advanced search because I wanna show [00:25:06.219] you our topic finder, which is [00:25:08.239] another really fantastic [00:25:10.719] kind of research tool for your users. [00:25:12.779] So my advanced search is found up here next [00:25:14.818] to my basic search [00:25:18.338] and I am going to click here and into topic finder. [00:25:23.358] And now from here, I can search for [00:25:25.420] a specific topic. So if I'm coming into the [00:25:27.459] library again with a really broad search [00:25:29.689] term, that's maybe just pulling up too [00:25:31.750] much stuff like maybe I'm coming in searching for [00:25:33.910] environments and most likely your middle school [00:25:36.108] students are looking for you [00:25:38.269] know, the natural environment, the world around [00:25:40.328] us. But as you know, environment can mean a lot of things, [00:25:43.949] you know, it could mean work environment, it could mean school [00:25:46.118] environments. [00:25:47.368] So of course, running a search [00:25:49.509] for environment is most likely going to give them a lot [00:25:51.660] of things they don't necessarily want. [00:25:54.439] So when they run a search for environment [00:25:56.449] now, you'll see, I've got this nice little interactive [00:25:58.838] piece here. [00:26:00.818] So maybe I'm looking through and, oh yeah, [00:26:02.848] you know, I actually, I wanted to learn [00:26:04.858] a bit about climate change. I [00:26:06.880] can now click into this topic and you'll see it's pulling [00:26:09.199] me down a little bit further here. So maybe I wanna [00:26:11.380] learn about climate change and humans [00:26:14.000] and you see this is pulling me down even further [00:26:16.390] to a specific bit of content here. [00:26:18.588] You'll see I can change this anytime I want to [00:26:21.068] and it's really narrowed down my results [00:26:23.088] for me. So I'm not weeding through [00:26:25.858] a basic search for an environment that probably [00:26:28.269] would have pulled forward thousands, if not tens [00:26:30.420] of tens of thousands of results. I'm really [00:26:32.519] narrowing it down here for me to [00:26:34.608] make it easier just to point and click and find my content. [00:26:37.469] So this is almost like running an advanced [00:26:39.868] search without developing the search itself. [00:26:42.549] You know, it's almost running a search including [00:26:45.098] multiple terms [00:26:46.578] and I can reset this at any time if I [00:26:48.598] wanna go back and learn more. Maybe now I wanna [00:26:50.739] click into energy, [00:26:52.818] learn about energy. I can do that here as [00:26:54.880] well. So again, nice clean way [00:26:57.150] to find content for your users who [00:26:59.299] may not be the best [00:27:01.439] just yet at searching through the resource [00:27:03.818] on their own. I've actually heard [00:27:05.920] um of a lot of teachers actually having [00:27:07.969] their students start on this page [00:27:10.000] to begin their learning. So not [00:27:12.239] even going through basic search, but they actually [00:27:14.358] direct them directly to topic finder [00:27:16.729] and then have them learn from there. So it's a really [00:27:18.900] nice feature that you'll be able to find [00:27:21.509] both under your advanced search. And it's [00:27:23.549] also listed on search results [00:27:25.828] pages underneath the filter so your [00:27:28.068] student students can access it there as [00:27:30.239] well. Now, [00:27:34.160] I'm gonna go ahead and jump back here to [00:27:36.299] my slides because we're almost done for [00:27:38.400] the day. Now, if I didn't cover anything [00:27:40.539] that someone wanted me to take a look at, feel [00:27:42.799] free to type that into the Q and A and [00:27:44.890] I can do that now. [00:27:46.358] But I do have just some wrap up information [00:27:48.699] that I want to give you here. So if [00:27:50.719] you have any questions about this webinar [00:27:52.890] or any upcoming webinars that we're running, [00:27:54.920] you can feel free to reach out to me again. [00:27:57.039] My name is Amber Winters. My email here, [00:27:59.160] Amber that Winters at Zen gauge.com. [00:28:01.598] If you want to talk a little bit more specifically [00:28:04.039] about how you can use this resource in your [00:28:06.108] learning community. Reach out to [00:28:08.118] your customer success manager. If you don't [00:28:10.189] know who that is, you can send an email to [00:28:12.348] gale.customersuccess@cengage.com [00:28:14.989] and they can go over some best practice that [00:28:17.029] they've seen with other schools. You know, they work [00:28:19.269] with schools around the country so they'll really [00:28:21.509] be able to help see how you can integrate your [00:28:23.660] resources [00:28:25.719] into your classrooms as well [00:28:27.818] as my public library folks. They can work with [00:28:29.868] you on promoting this information to your patrons [00:28:32.299] and getting the information out in their hands. [00:28:34.750] If you don't have access right now to Gale In Context: Middle School [00:28:37.189] but want to talk about it, you can reach [00:28:39.269] out to your sales consultant. If you don't [00:28:41.489] know who that is, you can just go to support.gale.com/repfinder, [00:28:46.469] that'll direct you to the correct individual and you'll [00:28:48.588] be able to reach out to them [00:28:50.680] if you need support materials. [00:28:52.769] Um So additional training information, [00:28:55.390] [00:28:56.890] flyers, tip sheets, lesson plans, [00:28:59.199] activities. [00:29:00.640] Sorry, all [00:29:02.979] of that information you'll be able to find on our support [00:29:05.170] site, which is support.gale.com [00:29:08.039] and I have included tech support here as well. [00:29:10.118] So if you have any technical things that pop [00:29:12.368] up, maybe uh you're working to get your resources [00:29:14.618] into your learning management system or something like [00:29:16.729] that, you can feel free to reach out to them [00:29:19.209] at gale.technicalsupport@cengage.com. [00:29:22.358] And we did have another quick question pop [00:29:24.479] up here uh asking if I can [00:29:26.809] uh show again how to set the platform [00:29:29.108] language to Spanish. So I'm gonna [00:29:31.219] go ahead and jump back to do that. Um [00:29:33.368] If no one else has questions and if you [00:29:35.390] already feel comfortable with that, you can feel [00:29:37.640] free to hop off and I appreciate you being here. [00:29:40.108] But I'm quickly going to show [00:29:42.150] how to do that. So [00:29:43.880] let me just jump back to the home page. So we have that [00:29:45.949] here. So if we're looking to translate [00:29:48.150] the interface, it's right at the top here, kind [00:29:50.309] of in this little gray bar, I know it's a little bit [00:29:52.390] small, but right at the top here where you [00:29:54.449] see English, it's gonna drop down [00:29:57.199] and we can choose Spanish here [00:29:59.348] and then we're translated, [00:30:01.108] you'll see all of my tools here are translated [00:30:04.689] and then I could just jump back [00:30:07.000] and go back to English if I need English. [00:30:10.170] OK. Now I've not seen any other questions [00:30:12.239] pop up, so I'm gonna go ahead and end the session [00:30:14.500] for today. I appreciate it again, everyone [00:30:16.719] for being here. Hopefully we'll see you in future [00:30:18.848] webinars, maybe future Gale 101 sessions. [00:30:21.828] Uh But please enjoy the rest of your day.