1. I knew there were a lot of resources in the databases because Julie and Lee was out and presented our staff with a mini workshop. We just scratched the surface. Even now, every time I look at some of these databases I find new exciting things all the time. The Learning Express is one that I really got excited about. I did not realize that there were that many ebooks for teachers and students to use. The Learn and Search teachers will be really excited to learn to also. I also took time to learn more about the genealogy databases. I still didn't scratch the surface with all the resource that are there. Thanks for a very interesting tour.
2. Most of the English classes at Central use the databases for research. Some teacher tell the student that they have to use them for their research papers rather than an internet source. I coll orate with these teachers and we usually have a short presentation when they are ready to use them. We have a lot of new staff so I will be sharing the news with them. I am also going to try and expand to other department that seem to use only internet. We love the databases at Central and it really helps a tight budget to have them at the State Library. Thanks again.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
AncestryLibrary, HeritageQuest, and Sanborn
AncestryLibrary
1. I did a search for my name but didn't find any records. I did find my mothers record and some cousins so I look at those.
2. I found my grandfather, John B. Buechler. He was in the 1930 census. It also has a list of the children which would include my mother. It tells where he was born and where they lived in 1930. When I clicked some of the links it said to contact an administrator to download Ancestry Image Viewer.
3. I found yearbook indexs, yearbooks, and family photos. There was 178,970 records. I could not get any yearbooks because it said to contact and administrator. It also had maps, gazateers, and atlas of the area. There was also 139,737 records so a lot to look through.
HeritageQuest
I did a search on Persi for Walworth County, South Dakota. I got 33 results. One of them of interest were the Missouri River Bridge at Mobridge. Neuglueckstahl cemetery which on part of the land what was owned by my grandfather and later my father. It was very close to where I grew up on a farm in Walworth County. It is too bad many of these articles are not online but they do give you the form to get the article. Interesting source if one is into the geneology.
Sanborn
I did my search for Bowdle, South Dakota in June 1921. I found the St. Augstine Catholic Church which is still there and in use today. I also found the school. The building that is shown there was torn down but before they did that a new school was built around it. So the school is still in the same place. To the north of the school is a house that my brother lives in which was built back in early 1900's that is also on the map.
1. I did a search for my name but didn't find any records. I did find my mothers record and some cousins so I look at those.
2. I found my grandfather, John B. Buechler. He was in the 1930 census. It also has a list of the children which would include my mother. It tells where he was born and where they lived in 1930. When I clicked some of the links it said to contact an administrator to download Ancestry Image Viewer.
3. I found yearbook indexs, yearbooks, and family photos. There was 178,970 records. I could not get any yearbooks because it said to contact and administrator. It also had maps, gazateers, and atlas of the area. There was also 139,737 records so a lot to look through.
HeritageQuest
I did a search on Persi for Walworth County, South Dakota. I got 33 results. One of them of interest were the Missouri River Bridge at Mobridge. Neuglueckstahl cemetery which on part of the land what was owned by my grandfather and later my father. It was very close to where I grew up on a farm in Walworth County. It is too bad many of these articles are not online but they do give you the form to get the article. Interesting source if one is into the geneology.
Sanborn
I did my search for Bowdle, South Dakota in June 1921. I found the St. Augstine Catholic Church which is still there and in use today. I also found the school. The building that is shown there was torn down but before they did that a new school was built around it. So the school is still in the same place. To the north of the school is a house that my brother lives in which was built back in early 1900's that is also on the map.
Learning Express
1. I had an account set up before this session. I like that it remembers which tests you were working on and brings those up. It is also nice that they break down the tests into smaller groups so that you don't have to wade through the whole list.
2. I like that they give you immediate feedback. Not only do you get your score but you can go through and see the ones that you got wrong or right. It is also good that they give you suggestions for more practice in the areas that you were having problems. Nice touch.
3. I chose Interviewing tips. It is quite complete. They tell you step by step everything that you would ever need to know about going to an interview. If you have never interviewed for a job before, this would be nice to become familiar with what could possibly be asked and how you should present yourself. I would feel more confident if I had this to help be prepare for the interview.
4. I took a look at "Basic Skillings for Homeschooling." This is a 304 page book on homeschooling. I had to clink on the link that would show the whole book. It is amazing that you could have this at your fingertips. I also took a look at Goof Proof Personal Finance. This was a 208 page book. I didn't count how many ebooks there is listed but this is a great resource. We have a program at our school called Learn and Serve. The students go out into the community to job shadow and go through interviews process and eventually do the job. This would be a wonderful source for them to use to prepare for their jobs. This is a great find.
2. I like that they give you immediate feedback. Not only do you get your score but you can go through and see the ones that you got wrong or right. It is also good that they give you suggestions for more practice in the areas that you were having problems. Nice touch.
3. I chose Interviewing tips. It is quite complete. They tell you step by step everything that you would ever need to know about going to an interview. If you have never interviewed for a job before, this would be nice to become familiar with what could possibly be asked and how you should present yourself. I would feel more confident if I had this to help be prepare for the interview.
4. I took a look at "Basic Skillings for Homeschooling." This is a 304 page book on homeschooling. I had to clink on the link that would show the whole book. It is amazing that you could have this at your fingertips. I also took a look at Goof Proof Personal Finance. This was a 208 page book. I didn't count how many ebooks there is listed but this is a great resource. We have a program at our school called Learn and Serve. The students go out into the community to job shadow and go through interviews process and eventually do the job. This would be a wonderful source for them to use to prepare for their jobs. This is a great find.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
ArchiveGrid and CAMIO
ArchiveGrid
1. I learned that Sitting Bull was also known by Tatanka Iyotake or Tatnka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan. I was also surprised that he fled to Canada and then later toured with the Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
2. I did a search for Weiszhaar which is my maiden name. I did not find any entries with that search. I then did John Buechler which was my grandfather. I found two entries, one was the U of Florida and the other was the U of Vermont, but their were a lot of John Buechlers. His name was John B. Buechler which I did not find. This is a very interesting tool. If you had a lot of time to keep digging. It is too bad that you do not have access to it at home. So if you have a few minutes you could do some more digging.
CAMIO
1. I put in Paul Revere and got 34 pictures of him and his family. Also silver pieces that he made and pictures of his ride. It was interesting to me that he had done silver pieces. I guess I never thought of what his occupation was.
2.I put in Sioux and got 63 pictures of articles of clothing, pipes, and pictures, some are hand drawn and others look like old time photos, that depict various events in the Sioux's lives.
3.I searched for Van Gogh. The search produced 45 works. I great number of painting are in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It also gives great descriptions of each of the paintings and if they were part of a series and such.
4. I would think that the art department in our high school would use this for a reference. If they do any art appreciation in their classes, it would be a wonderful resource.
5. This feature would be wonderful if you were using it with a class. You could compare different prints of an artist or different artist. It could also be used on a webpage for students to observe different artists and have a little smaller grouping. When you are searching you get so many results it is a little overwelming for younger students.
This is a wonderful site if you need to look up any paintings. Most artists that I looked up were available.
1. I learned that Sitting Bull was also known by Tatanka Iyotake or Tatnka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan. I was also surprised that he fled to Canada and then later toured with the Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
2. I did a search for Weiszhaar which is my maiden name. I did not find any entries with that search. I then did John Buechler which was my grandfather. I found two entries, one was the U of Florida and the other was the U of Vermont, but their were a lot of John Buechlers. His name was John B. Buechler which I did not find. This is a very interesting tool. If you had a lot of time to keep digging. It is too bad that you do not have access to it at home. So if you have a few minutes you could do some more digging.
CAMIO
1. I put in Paul Revere and got 34 pictures of him and his family. Also silver pieces that he made and pictures of his ride. It was interesting to me that he had done silver pieces. I guess I never thought of what his occupation was.
2.I put in Sioux and got 63 pictures of articles of clothing, pipes, and pictures, some are hand drawn and others look like old time photos, that depict various events in the Sioux's lives.
3.I searched for Van Gogh. The search produced 45 works. I great number of painting are in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It also gives great descriptions of each of the paintings and if they were part of a series and such.
4. I would think that the art department in our high school would use this for a reference. If they do any art appreciation in their classes, it would be a wonderful resource.
5. This feature would be wonderful if you were using it with a class. You could compare different prints of an artist or different artist. It could also be used on a webpage for students to observe different artists and have a little smaller grouping. When you are searching you get so many results it is a little overwelming for younger students.
This is a wonderful site if you need to look up any paintings. Most artists that I looked up were available.
Friday, August 27, 2010
WorldCat
1. There is many different searches that are possible. Such as a title, author, publisher, ISBN, subject and more. You can also do a combination such as title in one and author in the next.
2. I put "Twilight" in the for the title phrase. There were 3029 libraries that owned #1. The top library was Alexander Mitchell library in Aberdeen, SD. They listed all the SD libraries that had this book available first then went on to different states. When I clicked on the Alexander Mitchell library link I got this message "404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable." I then went back to the search list and clicked on the title and got this Class Descriptors LC: PZ7.M5717515; PS3613.E979; Dewey: [Fic]. When you click on the link for Stephanie Meyers it gave me 494 book records of other books by her. It also showed 70 sounds records, 42 vituals, and 22 internet sources. Some records will also have the MARC display if you are looking for a catalog entry. I use this a lot when I have to do an entry that is not found elsewhere and it also helps me in finding a call number.
OAIster I did the subject phrase search with South Dakota. I got 195 records. I into the top one,Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Marcella Powers, May 15, 1942, and then access and it went to the Minnesota reflections but the letter did not show. I then went to the second one, Log Shanty with flag, woman and seven boys, and that did show in Minnesota reflections. I would think high school students would become frustrated with the results. Unless they were doing some really deep research probably for an AP class, this would be too time consuming.
2. I put "Twilight" in the for the title phrase. There were 3029 libraries that owned #1. The top library was Alexander Mitchell library in Aberdeen, SD. They listed all the SD libraries that had this book available first then went on to different states. When I clicked on the Alexander Mitchell library link I got this message "404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable." I then went back to the search list and clicked on the title and got this Class Descriptors LC: PZ7.M5717515; PS3613.E979; Dewey: [Fic]. When you click on the link for Stephanie Meyers it gave me 494 book records of other books by her. It also showed 70 sounds records, 42 vituals, and 22 internet sources. Some records will also have the MARC display if you are looking for a catalog entry. I use this a lot when I have to do an entry that is not found elsewhere and it also helps me in finding a call number.
OAIster I did the subject phrase search with South Dakota. I got 195 records. I into the top one,Letter, Sinclair Lewis to Marcella Powers, May 15, 1942, and then access and it went to the Minnesota reflections but the letter did not show. I then went to the second one, Log Shanty with flag, woman and seven boys, and that did show in Minnesota reflections. I would think high school students would become frustrated with the results. Unless they were doing some really deep research probably for an AP class, this would be too time consuming.
NetLibrary
1. I did my search on "To Kill a Mockingbird." When I did the full text search I got 141 ebooks. Some of them just mentioned the title within the book. I do like that you can search within the ebook and see where the title appears and decide whether you can use it or not. I have a teacher that is looking for material for a lower level high school English class. It would be nice if each of the students in her class could be on the same book such as Cliff Notes to read the notes and synopsis together. When I did a keyword search I only got 2 books, Cliff Notes and Blooms. These two were about the book itself. I was disappointed that the classic were not available in ebooks.
2. I am not sure what projects the students do for Constitution Day. I did a full-text search for the United States Constitution Day. "Public Papers" by Thomas Jeffereson and "The Constitution of the United States of America" are two books that might help the students.
3. Using Nebraska in the advanced search as the publishers of the netLibrary Public 2 eContent Collection, which is what came up when I went into netlibrary, I did not get any results. I then put western history as Keyword and Publisher as Nebraska and still did not get any results. I then tried Oklahoma and still did not get any results. I have read some of the blogs and they did get results. What am I do wrong?
2. I am not sure what projects the students do for Constitution Day. I did a full-text search for the United States Constitution Day. "Public Papers" by Thomas Jeffereson and "The Constitution of the United States of America" are two books that might help the students.
3. Using Nebraska in the advanced search as the publishers of the netLibrary Public 2 eContent Collection, which is what came up when I went into netlibrary, I did not get any results. I then put western history as Keyword and Publisher as Nebraska and still did not get any results. I then tried Oklahoma and still did not get any results. I have read some of the blogs and they did get results. What am I do wrong?
Monday, August 23, 2010
Gale
1. I picked Supreme Court Drama: Cases That Changed America. When I went into the table of contents I picked Near vs. Minnesota. I like how it gives a overview of the case and who brought the case, the lawyers, justice, and when the decision was made. When students are in a hurry this is a very good summary to decide if it is material that they can use. One of our social science teachers does Supreme Court Cases as an assignment and we have a lot of books but it always seems that some always need the same book. When you use Gale Virtual everyone could have the same volume and not have to wait for the other student to finish. The one I picked also had a sidebar which pulls out interesting notes about the four horsemen as they called the supreme court justices that usually sided together and controled many decisions of that time. It also gave additional reading if this article didn't cover everything that was needed. At the very bottom it gave other articles that you can click on to go to other sources that may have additional information. It also has a tool box that tells you how many pages this articles is, print preview, download, email, and the source citation. This helps students to know if this article is more information then they care to read. We tell them only print what you are willing to read. It also has the translate feature that many help ESL students. This is a very good reference source for the secondary student.
2. I did my basic search for zinc. I clicked on the first link that was titles Zinc by Judith Turner. In looking at the headings I found one that had Preparations/Natural sources. In this paragraph it gave you many food sources such as oysters, whole grain, beans, meats, yogurt and many more. It also gave you supplements and concerns about taking too much zinc. This article had a sidebar with key terms that you might need to know in reading this article. I did listen to a part of this article using the read speaker. It was a very pleasant voice and clearly understood. This article also has the tool box that is right on the top for handy use.
I also did a basic search for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and clicked on the first link. On the top of the article it broke down the paragraph topics that if you only wanted criticism for this book you could choice that link and it would jump you to that paragraph. It gives you the sources of this article and many more articles that might give you more and different information. On the left hand side of the articles are also the related subjects that may help with the search of the information that they are looking for. Great stuff!!
2. I did my basic search for zinc. I clicked on the first link that was titles Zinc by Judith Turner. In looking at the headings I found one that had Preparations/Natural sources. In this paragraph it gave you many food sources such as oysters, whole grain, beans, meats, yogurt and many more. It also gave you supplements and concerns about taking too much zinc. This article had a sidebar with key terms that you might need to know in reading this article. I did listen to a part of this article using the read speaker. It was a very pleasant voice and clearly understood. This article also has the tool box that is right on the top for handy use.
I also did a basic search for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and clicked on the first link. On the top of the article it broke down the paragraph topics that if you only wanted criticism for this book you could choice that link and it would jump you to that paragraph. It gives you the sources of this article and many more articles that might give you more and different information. On the left hand side of the articles are also the related subjects that may help with the search of the information that they are looking for. Great stuff!!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Proquest
1. I did a search for driving cell phones. I checked only full text articles. I always tell my students that they should check the full text because if they find an abstract of the perfect article the odds of us having the whole the article in the library aren't very good. I did notice the Find Text button of some but most students don't have the time to order it from the state library or our sources. The results were 422 documents. I like the suggest box for narrowing your topic. Sometimes what the students are thinking and what the writers of Proquest are thinking aren't the same terms so it is good to see some suggestions there. From the box I picked Cellular telephones AND Traffic accidents & safety which was closer to what I was looking for. I got results of 333 documents which is still a lot but I noticed that all were not full text so clicked on the link to show only full text and got 137. The students like Proquest because they seem to have most topics that they are looking for.
2 I searched for School Library Journal. They were all full text articles from 1996 to the present. You could also have the new issues delivered to you via the RSS. That is nice then you don't have to keep checking when the new issue comes out. I use this a lot when a teacher or student sees an article somewhere and wants a copy of the article. If they have the name of the publication and the date it is easy to go in and find the article. They think it is wonderful.
2 I searched for School Library Journal. They were all full text articles from 1996 to the present. You could also have the new issues delivered to you via the RSS. That is nice then you don't have to keep checking when the new issue comes out. I use this a lot when a teacher or student sees an article somewhere and wants a copy of the article. If they have the name of the publication and the date it is easy to go in and find the article. They think it is wonderful.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
SIRS Researcher
From the leading issues list, I picked banned books. There were 34 sources found. There were 18 newspaper, 3 magazine, 2 viewpoints, 1 reference, and 10 graphics/media. The student could pick all or only the type they would be using. The overview gave a summary as to what would be found in these sources. When you clicked on more it would give you terms to know on the left and pros and cons issues on the right along with events, key figures, organizations, and primary sources. At the bottom of this pages, it also gives a one sentence summary and the MLA citation. This page may be printed or emailed for further use. The research tools help the students not only with the overview but give them a timeline, global impact, statistics, and tools to help them organized there work. Each of these sections had more articles that pertained to what was presented in this section. It was all nicely organized if the students would take the time to dig through the material. I like the pro and con issues and essential questions. This takes a topic and narrows it down for the student to concentrate on one part of the topic. I chose "Free Speech Must Be Balanced Against the Rights of Others." It gives the students the option to read aloud, translates the written word into various languages, provides a summary, and does a MLA citation. It also gives them related subjects and articles if they need more on the subject. Again this could be emailed or printed out for later use. The students use Researcher a lot to pick topics and present speeches and term papers.
Friday, August 6, 2010
SIRS Discoverer
1. I did a search in Discoverer for armadillos. I found 70 articles and 37 of them were magazine articles. I like if you are looking for a magazine article and not a newspaper you can click on the tab and only get the magazines. Most of the read levels were easy or moderate. It is hard on my computer to see the difference in colors so I had to go into the article and see what the reading levels were for sure. I only found one of the 70 that was in the challenging level. Most of the articles had pictures which is nice for this age. I liked that before you went into the article that the icon was there to let you know that there was a picture. Sometimes students are looking for a picture rather then content. A lot of the web image sites are blocked at our school so this would be a source to find pictures of various items. It also told you if the article was about a person using the P, such as the article "A Learning Link to the Los Angeles Zoo " which was about the animal keeper Jami Shoemaker. Sometimes when a student is looking for facts articles like this one would probably not be there first choice even though they have good information. It is nice that you can sort my date, relevance, and reading level. When needing a current article you can sort by date and get the newest one on top. Sometimes the teacher will only let students use articles that are less than 5 years old so this would be a good tool in that case. Good and colorful source.
2. I picked Germany as my country. The first thing that was available was printable worksheets in various levels to organize the facts. This articles also provided a map and a picture of the flag. It then gave the facts in a very organized way with headings being population, geography & weather, economy, government, and history. It gave a very nice timeline of Germany's history. At the end Discoverer also gave you contacts for more information such as the the German Embassy in the United States. It also told you all the sources that they used to get the information in the article. There was also links to related articles at the very bottom if the information was not enough.
I selected Brazil for the maps of the world. The search produced 12 different maps. Some were historical and had certain years of how the country looked at the time. One of them showed where the sugar cane was grown in Brazil. It was hard to find a detailed map of just Brazil but there was one. The maps also had some related articles for each picture which was very nice. It also was nice that these maps can be printed for use in school projects.
I decided to do biographies. I put in Edgar Allen Poe. Discoverer found 7 articles. Two newspapers, 4 magazines, and 3 pictures. I'm not quite sure how that adds up to 7. I am assuming that some pictures are in the articles that are already mentioned. In the pictures it also gave you articles that the pictures went along with. It also gave you reading levels. Most of the them were easy and moderate with one challenging. Discoverer also gave you subjects to further explore if you wanted to dig deeper. At the end of some articles, they also gave you further reading if you needed more information.
2. I picked Germany as my country. The first thing that was available was printable worksheets in various levels to organize the facts. This articles also provided a map and a picture of the flag. It then gave the facts in a very organized way with headings being population, geography & weather, economy, government, and history. It gave a very nice timeline of Germany's history. At the end Discoverer also gave you contacts for more information such as the the German Embassy in the United States. It also told you all the sources that they used to get the information in the article. There was also links to related articles at the very bottom if the information was not enough.
I selected Brazil for the maps of the world. The search produced 12 different maps. Some were historical and had certain years of how the country looked at the time. One of them showed where the sugar cane was grown in Brazil. It was hard to find a detailed map of just Brazil but there was one. The maps also had some related articles for each picture which was very nice. It also was nice that these maps can be printed for use in school projects.
I decided to do biographies. I put in Edgar Allen Poe. Discoverer found 7 articles. Two newspapers, 4 magazines, and 3 pictures. I'm not quite sure how that adds up to 7. I am assuming that some pictures are in the articles that are already mentioned. In the pictures it also gave you articles that the pictures went along with. It also gave you reading levels. Most of the them were easy and moderate with one challenging. Discoverer also gave you subjects to further explore if you wanted to dig deeper. At the end of some articles, they also gave you further reading if you needed more information.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Lesson 1c World Book Foreign Language
Lesson 1c
The foreign language edition is great for the students that do not speak a lot of English. They could still do an assignment using this edition and get basic facts. Also the Spanish and French students who are just learning the languages could use this to learn to read basic words. They are also hearing someone read the text and become familiar with the pronunciation of the words. This is a great tool.
The foreign language edition is great for the students that do not speak a lot of English. They could still do an assignment using this edition and get basic facts. Also the Spanish and French students who are just learning the languages could use this to learn to read basic words. They are also hearing someone read the text and become familiar with the pronunciation of the words. This is a great tool.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Lesson 1B - World Book Public Library
2. I used Word Book InfoFinder and again searched for dolphins. This gave me more in depth information then World Book Online for Kids. The whole site looked more "grownup" then the kids one. There were 13 articles about dolphins in Kids and 66 that were in InfoFinder plus many more resources on the sidebar than the kids version. It gave a much more through description with an outline like sidebar on what information it would cover. In looking through the articles it did have some on the Miama Dolphins so you had to sort out the ones that didn't pertain. The InfoFinder also gave you suggestions of books to read and also an e-book having to do with dolphins. This is set up nicely for the older student and yet keeps them in a focused area. If they want to do more in depth research on the dolphin, they have many links to follow.
3. I searched for information on Georgia, the country not the state. I did get articles on the state so had to sort through to find the country. It gives a little summary so that before you go into the articles you know which one you will be looking at. On this first search screen to the left, it gives you many options such as encyclopedia articles, primary sources, maps, and much more. To the right, they expand on the primary sources and also give you ebooks. Once you go into an article, it give you brief facts on the country, shows their flag, and talks about about their government. It then goes into more detailed informtion about each section listed on the left hand side of the page. On the right hand side encyclopedia articles, back in time, websites, magazine articles, and maps. It also gives you links to related primary source information. I like that each section can be printed by it self. If the student only uses a paragraph from the article they will not have to cut and paste or print the whole article. Depending how deep they want to search for information this seems to cover it all. For the student that just wants the basic they can read what is written in the article and for the student who wants to dig deeper they can go the the primary source material. I also like the tool box on the top of the articles. This gives them a place to print, save their article or translate it if they need to. With foreign exchange students or ESL students this would be a great help.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Lesson 1a
1. I searched World Book for Kids for a koala. I found three articles about the koala. In the one name koala, I found about four paragraphs about the koala, this picture and a video of a real one climbing a tree. Koalas live in trees and sleep most of the day. They are active at night. Koalas eat the leaves and shoots of eucalyptus trees. I liked that it gave a pronunciation of words students may not know right in the article. It had nice big writing for the younger students and it is also has the option that the students can have it read to them. The voice is a little choppy but it can be understood. This is great for the younger users.
2. In searching World Book Student there is 11 articles that talk about koala versus three in the kids. There are also maps, tables, other web sites and pictures that weren't in the other one. There are still four paragraphs in the koala article but they add more information in each one. World Book Student also gives you the Scientific classification for the animal. They both give you how to cite the article. I'm not sure the younger students would need this but I guess it doesn't hurt to have it there.
3. I searched the World Book Advanced for Australia. On the left hand side it gives you various choices. If you want an encyclopedia article, a primary source, an ebook, tables, timelines and many other options that pertain to Australia. This is very nice. It gives you a lot of different links that might help you with your country. When you go into an article, it gives you pictures, maps, music and different links on the left side that might be of interest from your country. I also like that you have the option to print just one paragraph if you only want that information. On the right of the article, they again add the options to go to other sources that were on the first page. This is a very nice source.
4. In using World Book Discover, I discovered that it has a translator built in. This will be wonderful for the students who struggle with English. They can read it in their native language. It looks like it takes the kids version and then translates it into other languages.
1. I searched World Book for Kids for a koala. I found three articles about the koala. In the one name koala, I found about four paragraphs about the koala, this picture and a video of a real one climbing a tree. Koalas live in trees and sleep most of the day. They are active at night. Koalas eat the leaves and shoots of eucalyptus trees. I liked that it gave a pronunciation of words students may not know right in the article. It had nice big writing for the younger students and it is also has the option that the students can have it read to them. The voice is a little choppy but it can be understood. This is great for the younger users.
2. In searching World Book Student there is 11 articles that talk about koala versus three in the kids. There are also maps, tables, other web sites and pictures that weren't in the other one. There are still four paragraphs in the koala article but they add more information in each one. World Book Student also gives you the Scientific classification for the animal. They both give you how to cite the article. I'm not sure the younger students would need this but I guess it doesn't hurt to have it there.
3. I searched the World Book Advanced for Australia. On the left hand side it gives you various choices. If you want an encyclopedia article, a primary source, an ebook, tables, timelines and many other options that pertain to Australia. This is very nice. It gives you a lot of different links that might help you with your country. When you go into an article, it gives you pictures, maps, music and different links on the left side that might be of interest from your country. I also like that you have the option to print just one paragraph if you only want that information. On the right of the article, they again add the options to go to other sources that were on the first page. This is a very nice source.
4. In using World Book Discover, I discovered that it has a translator built in. This will be wonderful for the students who struggle with English. They can read it in their native language. It looks like it takes the kids version and then translates it into other languages.
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