Lesson 1c Foreign Language Edition

This was the hardest assignment. It has been a long time since I had Spanish classes. I plan to ask our Spanish teachers if they are aware of this site and tell them that perhaps they could use it. Listening to the reports spoken in Spanish would be valuable in hearing the correct pronunciations of the language. I liked the fact that you could choose the speed of the speaker!
It was frustrating to see only the Spanish language but this is the best way to learn!
I mentioned this before but we have a new student in our school from Honduras. I will inform her of this web page.

1b World Book Online Reference Center

Papua New Guinea is a country that interests me because I know a family who lives there.
There are many sources of information that can be found, everything from current events that are found in newspapers to maps that show locations in the country. Students or tourists could find information on the history, climate, people, economy and government of Papua New Guinea. A convenient aspect of this reference center is the ability to have pages of information printed. If a student's time at the computer was limited the student could print the information he wanted and finish reading the articles at a later time.

It is also interesting how the South Dakota Content Standards are part of this reference center. A teacher could use the suggestions that are found when you see that link.

The information was comprehensive. This definitely would be used by junior high students and older students.

1b World Book Online Info Finder

This site is very informational. The article on rabbits has 173 items, 3 videos, and 11 pictures. Some of the articles include dogs who hunt rabbits and books about rabbits. The vocabulary is definitely geared to adults instead of young children. The amount of information is at least three times as much as the information in the Kids Edition of World Book. I think this link would be frustrating for younger children so it is great to have the different levels of information I was just thinking of how having another level of World Book online has improved research for younger children.
My goal is to take this information to the classroom teachers and ask them to look at these different online references.

1b World Book Public Library Edition

I looked up rabbits and was successful in pasting the picture to this blog . (I hope!) Rabbits live in most parts of the world except the Antarctica. We have numerous rabbits on our farm and during the winter they eat many young trees and bushes.
The article continued with a good description of rabbits and how rabbits are often used for research.

There is also a video with this article which I think young children would enjoy.

Lesson 1a World Book Online

I researched the giraffe using World Book Kids. The giraffe lives in the Sahara Desert in Africa. A video is included with this article along with several pictures and basic information about giraffe.

The World Book Student includes more detailed information about the giraffe along with a map of Africa and more pictures. Citation information is also given. The vocabulary is for a more advanced reader compared to the World Book Kids.

Kenya was the country that I researched. The information about the government, people, land and climate, economy and history would be very useful for students wanting to learn more about that country.

The World Book Discover would help anyone who would like to read articles in Spanish or French. Also articles can be translated into many other languages. A student from South American who has just enrolled in our school. This feature might help her understand things if she could read it in her native language.

Check It Out!

Day 1 I have created a blog for this class. I am eager to learn about electronic resources. I think I have neglected this area too long!