Educators always need resources of various kinds to help with teaching.  Regardless of the content area of your teaching, you need a system for organizing and accessing your resources.  Databases are ideal tools for creating a resource file that will help you in this task.  The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for practicing simple database skills.  More importantly, this assignment will provide an opportunity to begin a Resource File for your own area of teaching.  You may also gain some ideas about how to apply databases as an instructional tool for student use.
 

Task

Set up a database file to serve as the beginning of a resource file.  You may use Microsoft Access or any database software at your disposal.  You may choose any topic, but it should be one related to your educational work.  Target resources that you can actually use.  Database records should "point" to resources, not necessarily contain them.  Resources may be web sites, printed materials from your filing cabinet, library books that you want to remember, math manipulatives, etc.
 
 

Components

• At least 15 records
• At least 10 fields
• Explanatory paragraph
• Evidence of application of one or more pedagogical themes (most likely, you will include this in your paragraph)

Turn in a hard copy containing one complete record, plus a table report that shows all of your records (but only 4 or 5 of your fields).  Accompany this with a paragraph or two explaining how the database is set up and how you will use it.