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Welcome to William P. Breitsprecher's homepage and
Web portfolio,
BreitLinks
-- Glad you stopped! As the name implies, this
page represents a collection of links to some of my work
on the Internet. For more information about
BreitLinks, please click
HERE. Each of the links on the
left navigation bar points to a Web that I have created. Each
of these Webs is a collection of resources I have created and links
to additional
Web sites that support the purpose of that page.
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About BreitLinks
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Contact
BreitLinks: webmaster@clubtnt.org
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Mr. B's Online
Lessons & Reviews |
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Mr. B's Research Seminar.
Knowing when you need information, how to find it, and
being able to evaluate and organize are important
skills. Information literacy enhance our personal
lives, school work, and careers. Thinking about
"research" as a process helps.
We have resources and links about
plagiarism,
copyrights,
research & reference,
search strategies, an
interactive review,
and MORE! |
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Reference Books (NOTE:
Must use INTERNET EXPLORER for quiz to score itself).
Need to know something for school, business, career,
job, or your personal life? Getting to know the
reference section of a library will help you.
Libraries have special books, "ready-to-use" and
"good-to-go." Review a short video about
reference books and then take our interactive quiz to
check your understanding. |
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Internet Safety
(NOTE:
Must use INTERNET EXPLORER for quiz to score itself).
Kids love the Internet and the many different types of
fun and educational Websites. We need to teach
kids to be safe online. Here are 2 short videos
for kids that review basic ideas about safely using
the Internet - each video is presented with a short
multiple-choice "quiz" to help students show what they
have learned. They can review the videos, as
needed, to review and help them master my Internet
Safety unit. |
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Telling Time
(NOTE:
Must use INTERNET EXPLORER for quiz to score itself).
Children enjoy learning numbers - an important basic
math skill is telling time. This presentation is
designed to be an introductory lesson for preK-Kindergarten
students. It would be a great review for first
and second-graders. The short video has a catchy
song that kids love, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, what's the
time that's on my clock?" |
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Dinosaurs
(NOTE:
Must use INTERNET EXPLORER for quiz to score itself).
Here is a self-contained lesson for elementary or
middle school students about dinosaurs. It
consists of 3 short (8 minute) videos that make
learning fun. Kids love learning with multimedia
and this style of presentation enables classroom
teachers to work one-on-one or in small groups with
students, starting with those that have the greatest
needs and working around the room to provide guidance,
remediation, or enrichment based on each student's
needs.
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Light
& Colors (NOTE:
Must use INTERNET EXPLORER for quiz to score itself).
This self-contained lesson for elementary students
about color and light. It consists of a short
video (4 minutes) that reviews important concepts and
then 2 short interactive quizzes to assess learning.
The lesson is designed to allow teachers to engage
students independently or in small groups (they love
this style of presentation).
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 Mr.
B's Dewey Challenge!
Ready
to master Dewey Decimal? Ready to master information science? Are you
ready to find your way around virtually ANY library?
If you answered "YES", then you can start our
online quiz by clicking
HERE. Each question shows you a book
and has 3 answer choices - choose the one that correctly identifies
which general Dewey number the book belongs in. Good Luck!. Click
HERE if you want to
review Dewey Numbers
before you take the Dewey Challenge. Good Luck! |
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My
Library Media & Info/Tech Literacy Videos |
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Picture Book Videos |
The Blues of Flats Brown The
blues are an old style of music, born in hard times.
But blues music takes a sad situation and makes it
joyful. Let's listen to Albert Collins & BB King, look
at what blues music is, and then share a wonderful
picture book by Walter Dean Myers. |
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Parody: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Some stories are fun because we have heard another
story first. Sometimes authors take our favorite
stories and create new ones with new meaning and
characters. These new stories keep some of the
original story, which making it fun. |
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 Bear Snores On Karma Wilson is a
popular children's book author that is increasingly
getting the attention and affection of young readers.
She has a wonderful, whimsical style that uses rhyme
and repetition to delight children. |
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 Paddington Bear One of the most
popular bears in the world, one of the most popular
series of chapter books in the world, is Paddington.
He is a bear that came to London as a stole-away from
Peru. This "book-talk" video presents the main titles
in the Paddington series. |
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 Tadpole's Promise Written by
Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Tony Ross, Tadpole's
Promise is a delightful book and was nominated for a
Golden Archer Award in 2007/2008. This video also
reviews the lifecycle of butterflies and frogs. |
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 Where's My Teddy? Having a
routine, a set of things we do at bedtime, can help us
get a good night's sleep. For many children, going to
bed means huddling and cuddling their own teddy bear.
Here's a fun story about a boy, a bear, and the teddy
bears that they love. |
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 Corduroy.
Children love their teddy bears! Many adults love
bears too. Written by Don Freeman, the book Corduroy
is one of the most popular picture books in school and
public libraries. This timeless classic has
entertained generations of kids and helped get them
ready to read. |
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 Almanacs, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and
Thesauruses
Need to know something for school, business, career,
job, or your personal life? Getting to know the reference
section of your library will help. Libraries have special books
"ready-to-use" and "good-to-go." |
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 Folk Tales & Fairy Tales. Learning
about genres is the key to connecting young readers
with fun books - there are many different types of
stories and books, different genres. Let's get started
by comparing and contrasting folk tales with fairy
tales. |
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Library Skills Videos
Information & Technology Literacy |
Almanacs:
General Index. The World Almanac
is organized with tabs, a table of content, a general
index, and a quick reference index. Students are
surprised to see we find information quicker in an
almanac than an Internet search. Let's let some
young readers explain. |
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 Doin'
Dewey: Nonfiction. The
library bears are back! Join Bogey Bear and Fuzby as
they talk about getting started with Dewey Decimal
Numbers - Melvil Dewey's system for organizing
nonfiction books in the library. Dewey Decimal numbers
are used in libraries all around the world! |
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 Finding Fiction Books.
Mr. Breitsprecher always likes it when students and
other friends stop by the library. Join Bogey Bear,
Fuzby, and Mr. Breitsprecher as they review the
alphabet and how fiction books are shelved in the
library - they are in ABC order by the author's last
name. |
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 Your
Library: Finding Fiction and Nonfiction Books.
Mr. Breitsprecher and his friends review an old video
about libraries, call letters for fiction, and Dewey
numbers for nonfiction. This project shows how
older videos can have good information if you look for
useful clips that are still valid. |
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 Amazing Grace: Hope, Change, and Freedom. This lesson
celebrates African American Heritage by reviewing
slavery in America, the inspiring story of the song
Amazing Grace, and what that song has meant to
different people over the years. |
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 I Love It When You Read To Me.
Children love to sing - they love songs about books.
I wrote this to share a love of books with the young
students I read to. The kids love it and they
love the books we share too. |
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 Celebrating Youth 2008: Tech Panel, Monona Terrace.
Each Year,
Club TNTis one of
the media sponsors of Madison's
Celebrating
Youth and each year I participate in a panel discussion
about youth and technology. This year, in
addition to our panel, I talked about
Podcasts for Learning. |
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 Author Study: Jeanne Willis. A popular author from England who
has written more than 80 books for children, Ms.
Willis' book Tadpoles Promise is one of
the 2007/2008 Golden Archer Award nominees. This
video also features a presentation I made of her book, Mayfly Day. |
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 Wisconsin's Golden Archer Award 2007/2008. Each
year, Wisconsin students nominate books and a popular
vote determines the "winner" as determined by the
state's young readers. It's a lot of fun and
promotes a love a reading. Learn more with this
short video. |
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 Caldecott
Awards. Children love to sing -
they love songs about books. I wrote this to share a
love of books with the young students I read to. The
kids love it and they love the books we share too. |
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 Fiction & Nonfiction Books.
The first thing we need to
decide when looking for a fun book to read is (1).
Do we like to read stories based on imagination
(fiction). or (2). Do we want to read
information books (nonfiction). This video was
produced for elementary students. |
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