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| World Book Online Product Descriptions | |||
| Product | Suggested Grades & Audience | Description and Features | Online Training
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K-4 | Content from WB's Student Discovery Edition, plus search by click or
type. 3 content types in search results: Articles, Pictures, Maps. But
more content types are embedded in articles: music and sounds, for
example. External sites selected by WB Editors. Articles link to similar
content in ORC.
"Play It" - a trivia game using articles. "Activities" - off line activities designed to appeal to different kinds of learners (Make It, Think It, Be It) and teachers (Teach It). Printable worksheets. |
Adults: http://www.worldbook.com/training/html/webinars_kids.htm |
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K-4 Spanish-speaking Older students learning Spanish |
Same content from WB's Student Discovery Edition, but in Spanish. Content can be browsed in English to help English-speaking teachers helping Spanish-speaking students. | |
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Note: CVS does not have this product.
K-4 French-speaking Older students learning French |
"Based on World Book’s Student Discovery Encyclopedia, L'Encyclopédie Découverte is written by expert contributors at a reading level appropriate for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of illustrations, and a wealth of engaging activities. " | |
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5-9 | Online Reference Center (ORC) is the mother ship of all the WB
products. Content from the print WB, plus dictionary, clickable atlas,
outside links selected by WB editors, magazines, "Surf the Ages", "Back
in Time articles from WB history. 14 content types.
Note: display can be changed for younger users featuring simpler navigation, bigger text, age-appropriate features, but same content.. |
http://www.worldbook.com/training/html/webinars_wborc.htm |
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5-9 | In the fall of 2008, the ORC was redesigned, renamed as WB Student, and became the new flagship for WB Online. Some of the great new features of "Advanced" have been implemented for younger users here. | http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/html/webinars_student.htm |
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Note: CVS does not have this product.
Students reading below grade level in 5-12 Bilingual students |
Differentiated instruction, topics, life skills activities, relevant to older learners, but content compares closer to "Student Discovery Edition" than World Book. Articles are available in English, Spanish, and French, but there's a computer translate feature offering 14 languages. "Read Aloud" toolbar. Some of the cooler features from Advanced are included here: Interactive timelines, "My Research", "Citation Builder". Tutorials on "How to Do Research". Video series - "World Book Explains" | http://www.worldbookonline.com/wbdiscover/howto |
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9-12 and colleges | ORC content, additional reference, e-books, and primary source documents. Dictionary, Atlas, Explore the World, Today in History, and Teaching with Documents. "My Research" allows students to save articles, books, timelines, web pages online. "Citation Builder" "Timelines"- customizable. | http://www.worldbook.com/training/html/webinars_advanced.htm |