Gale

1. The name of the book that I chose was Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the World Cultures, 2012.  I then chose the chapter on Australia.  Junior Worldmark would be a helpful source for our geography teachers.  Each year they participate in a World's Fair in which students research on a country and put together a project about that country.  This source would give the students good information on countries.

At the end of the information, there is a section that shows additional books that can be read as well as websites for further research on the topic.  On the left hand side, I was able to click on related subjects to find other readings.

2.  I typed in a search for "endangered animals".  Many articles came up.  I selected one on the giant panda.  I listened to the article as it was read.  I think this feature would be helpful for a struggling reader.  I selected the option to view as text and pdf.  I like being able to view the document with 2 pages in the pdf file.  It is more like the actual book.  A person is able to print the article, e-mail it to self, or download it to the computer.  I really like the citation tool.  This feature is really helpful to students who are doing research.

When using this type of source, you would have to be pretty specific about the search.  There is so much information available so it would be important to know how to narrow down the search.  It would take some practice using this type of tool.  A teacher who wants to share this source with his students would want to be prepared by trying it out and directing the students with their search.