Pioneer+Library


 * Culture Grams **


 * This site contains a lot of great information about any kind of place a kid would want to learn about. It has every country around the world with at least the basic information you would need to know when first learning about it. The information is very interesting and up to date. The website is very easy access for the kids and is pretty simple and easy to understand how to navigate it. You can just click on what you want to know about and the information just comes right up! I would most definitely use this resource in my classroom as an educator. I would use it when we are discussing world geography or history. Each child will pick a place they are interested in and have to find certain information about it, and then I think I would make a project out of it with part of it having them bring a food from that country. **


 * eMedia **


 * On this website there is almost an endless amount of resources of videos that teachers can use in their classroom to aid lesson plans. There are videos on every subject and grade level. The quality and how up to date it is varies with each video, there are so many I could not say for sure but so far through looking through quite a few of them they are good videos but only if it really fits in with the subject being taught. Of coarse when planning a lesson at any time, a good review of the video will be necessary to make sure it will enhance learning for the specific subject. The website, to me, is not quite as easy to get around on as culture grams but it is fairly easy to get around on. As an educator I would find videos from this site that would apply to what I am teaching and help the students understand a concept. I may use it for the students in having them find a certain video and watching it on their own, but most likely when I use this site it would be with the whole class not on individual assignments. **


 * EBSCO host - kids search **


 * This website is wonderful for doing research projects in any topic. It provides information from magazine articles to peer reviewed articles and is easy for kids to understand because of the layout. Because there are so many different articles that come up, I am sure there are some that may not be as good of quality or relevant but that makes it even better so the students can learn how to find the articles that are the best for their research. Most of what shows up in the kids search is very recent so that is very helpful. Like I said before it is very easy to navigate on this website because of the way they lay it out for kids to understand. As an educator I would use this as a tool for when they need to find research for a project we will do. I would have them find and print of maybe 1 or 2 articles they find and share the information they learned from them. The students can also use this resource if they want to learn more about a specific subject on their own. **


 * I am amazed at how many wonderful resources there are to help us learn and teach. I will use all of these resources a lot in my classroom. **