For ideas and tips on using technology in the classroom take a look at some of these links.  Be sure to check out the spring trials from the School Library System, for passwords and login information please see you building librarian. 

Trials	URL	Expiration
Career Cruising	http://www.careercruising.com/	March 17, 2006
Britannica Online School Edition	www.school.eb.com	June 30, 2006
Infotrac Custom Newspapers	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ocmboces	June 30, 2006
Infotrac Student Edition	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ocmboces	June 30, 2006
Gale Virtual Reference Library   GVRL	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ocmboces	June 30, 2006
Gale Products What Do I Read Next? And other Gale products	URL: http://trials.galegroup.com/k12	March 31st.
Greenwood  Daily Life Online	http://dailylife.greenwood.com	April 10
AP Photo Archive	http://ap.accuweather.com	March 31

History It's Happening! is a free resource designed for Middle and High school students, to accompany the study of North American History and support your library's celebration of important calendar events, such as Women's History Month, Black History Month, and Presidents' Day. It is provided by EBSCO and models searches users can conduct on their own in the library.  The site features include:

• Primary source documents, speeches, or selected articles about notable figures from Canada and the United States, and those who explored the continent.
• Historic video footage.
• Historical Fiction suggestions, courtesy of NoveList®.
• Web sites related to History.
• Search Tips for conducting more History searches on the library's EBSCO Publishing databases.
• A section for Librarians features suggestions for using the site, a sample e-mail announcement, and selected teacher guides.

This free, interactive resource resides at the following web address: http://www.epnet.com/flashPromo/historyhappenings/index.html

We invite you to feature History It's Happening! with other history source types for students, such as online databases, books, hard copy magazines, and reference works. You can also bookmark the site, and set it as a home page.

To explore other Special Event kits and web tools, visit the EBSCO Publishing Customer Success Center, Marketing Tools http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=20&topicID=212