Thursday, 13 September 2012

World Book

In grade 5, students have the opportunity to complete research projects. That means we need to provide them with many different types of sources so they can learn lots of new facts. One online source is World Book.

Below is a letter written by our lovely librarian to share with you any information you may need.


Dear Parents,


ISW Library Media Centre has recently added World Book Online to our subscription information sources. World Book Online suits the needs of our school really well. The encyclopedia articles are accessible in 4 different levels:  Kids (Grades 1-5), Student (Grades 5-8,  Advanced (Grades 7 and up) and Discover (for older EAL students). The articles in the encyclopedia can be listened to and translated into many languages. Students using the Student version also have the possibility to save their research in a personal folder, where they can keep track of the articles and books they use in their research.

 
At ISW students have direct access to World Book Online (since our IP address is recognized by World Book’s website). To access this from home students need to login to www.worldbookonline.com. Students have been given a login name and password for these purposes (on a World Book bookmark). This login information is only for ISW students and should not be shared with people not associated with our school.

 
Grade 5 students have created personal folders (for which the login and password is the same that they use to login at computers at school). They have practiced using this feature this and they all know how to successfully create a research project and add information sources to this.


If the students have any problems in using Worldbook Online from home, or accessing their personal folders, or if you have any questions about using this product, please feel free to contact me: library@iswinterthur.ch

 

Gretha Wocke

ISW Library Media Specialist
 
 
Have fun researching!!

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