Faculty Resources
- To help build AI literacy, we have two Exploration Padlets, one for faculty and the other for students.
- AI Exploration Wall for Faculty (create an account on padlet.com using your TAS Google email (@tas.tw) to access this Padlet)
- AI Exploration Wall for Students **
**(IMPORTANT: Both faculty and students must create an account via our TAS subscription to access the Padlet with the Students' AI Exploration Wall. Teachers sign up here, and students can sign up here.
**A guide to help students cite AI and use AI Responsibly is posted on our Upper School Library website, and on both Padlets.
**Of note, students will use AI tools with your approval and supervision only. The tools listed on the students' Padlet are vetted for ages 13+
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Featured News and Current Events Outlets for Your Reading Leisure and More:
- We subscribe to a wide range of news outlets and magazines. A comprehensive list can be found on this page. Scroll down and click on "Newspapers & Current Events."
- Check out our step-by-step guides to using some of our most popular news & current events sources featured below.
- Visit New York Times 1851 through today
- Visit the Wall Street Journal
- Visit The Economist
- Visit Sora Magazines—Full-color popular magazines, including the New Yorker, Afropolitan, BBC History, Harper's, etc.
- Visit Financial Times
- Visit PressReader - 1000s of full-color magazines and newspapers from around the world in 100+ languages.
- Guide to Other Language Magazines, Newspapers, & Journals
Resources to Support Your Research Needs & AI Literacy
We subscribe to more than 50 databases & research tools, many of which are college-level resources. A comprehensive list can be found on this page. Scroll down to find your subject of interest and expand the tab to explore.
- We have a Research Guide to help you find online resources.
- We encourage you and your students to use this Search Strategy to Find Sources for Research Papers. This approach aims to build your skill in using Federated Searching on our library website to find everything in one place, from articles to ebooks, media content, and more.
- To help build AI literacy, we have two Exploration Padlets, one for faculty and the other for students.
- AI Exploration Wall for Faculty (create an account on padlet.com using your TAS Google email (@tas.tw) to access this Padlet)
- AI Exploration Wall for Students **
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Please contact the K12 eResources Librarian for support with the following e-reading & e-research needs:
- You or your class would like to learn how to use eResources for research or reading (databases, AI for research, citation generators like Noodletools, ebooks, magazines & newspapers, library catalog, and other electronic resources);
- You would like a one-on-one session to learn how to use AI to support your own or students' research;
- You or your students are interested in registering for an account with any of our subscription newspapers & magazines;
- You are personally interested in reading eBooks & wonder how TAS libraries can support your adult-level reading needs.
- You would like a one-on-one session to address specific research needs in furtherance of your own college-level coursework;
Please check with your divisional libraries for all other services and materials related to your classroom's reading and research needs.
- Chinese Library Website
- Email the Librarian
- Lower School Library Website
- Middle School Library Website
- Upper School Library Website
Licensed Streaming Resources
- Alexander Street Alexander Street has some decent educational content with documentaries, speech recordings, movies & news. (Video quality varies.)
- Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Films, and Top Documentaries. Once you select a film to view, the entire school has rights for you and your students to watch the film remotely or in school for the entire year.
- Indigenous Taiwan information (includes links to videos)
Free Online Videos for Instruction
The below educational sites permit streaming in the classroom.
Indigenous People of Taiwan TV
Notes about streaming Netflix documentaries & content from other commercial media companies
- Netflix allows educational screenings of certain documentaries. Check Educational Screenings of Documentaries (netflix.com) for more information.
- Netflix "...will permit one-time educational screenings." One-time screening means that you can't hold screenings several times in one day or one week, but you may show the titles once a semester over multiple semesters.
- The University of Michigan summarizes information about streaming from HBO, Disney+, etc.
- Netflix, Disney, HBO, and other mainstream entertainment streaming services do not offer subscriptions to libraries.
- It is not legal to screen with your personal account in the classroom.
Still have questions? Contact the K-12 eResource librarian.