2015 Advanced Library Challenge
Starting with WorldBook Kids I made the choice of Maps from choices of World of Animals/ Science/ or Maps. I am a visual learner so Maps was a great selection for me. Ranging from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, and Ukraine, I could closely view the borders and cities that we hear about every evening on the news. With the curser and the zoom features you can quickly locate areas you are interested in. Such compact areas on a large map, can be viewed in detail. A friend of ours served in the Peace Corp in Azerbaizan, and I could find see it's close proximity to George, Russia, Armenia, and Iran. It made his stories come alive again for me. This would also be great as you prepared for a trip to anywhere in the world. My second assignment involved using World Book InfoFinder. Between WorldBook Explorer/ Interactive/ or Research tool I selected Interactive. I spent a little time looking at finding about South Dakota just to remind myself of the wonderful places in SD. The information would be great for planning in either business or programs, using demographics and knowledge available. It was fun viewing the variety of land and climates of SD or any state. Then I spent some time looking at Manova-Gounda St. Floris National Park in Central Africa Savanna. World Book explorer also gave me an opportunity to do a little research on Alcatraz Island. We traveled to San Francisco this summer but weren't able to tour Alcatraz. We were there in August, 2014 and the tickets were sold out well into March, 2015. WOW!! A lot of people were interested in Alcatraz. Since I missed the tour I could view artifacts on this site. I also learned besides being a Federal Prison from 1934-1963, it had also had a Military presence, as well as some years as an Indian occupation. You can see how when people get started researching, they can easily go from one topic to another and loose track of time. We just need to get them started! The final piece of my research for today, took me to World Book Online Reference looking for the assigned e-books. I found several ways to search for Emma by Jane Austen, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. I checked the special tools on the left and looked at Related Information. Through this link there were other articles regarding these authors. I read an article written by Mark Twain for Harper's Magazine entitles Body of the Nation about the Mississippi. These sites have so much information and I feel it is in a very friendly, hands-on format. For the most part, pictures are appealing and everything is very up to date.
Starting with WorldBook Kids I made the choice of Maps from choices of World of Animals/ Science/ or Maps. I am a visual learner so Maps was a great selection for me. Ranging from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, and Ukraine, I could closely view the borders and cities that we hear about every evening on the news. With the curser and the zoom features you can quickly locate areas you are interested in. Such compact areas on a large map, can be viewed in detail. A friend of ours served in the Peace Corp in Azerbaizan, and I could find see it's close proximity to George, Russia, Armenia, and Iran. It made his stories come alive again for me. This would also be great as you prepared for a trip to anywhere in the world. My second assignment involved using World Book InfoFinder. Between WorldBook Explorer/ Interactive/ or Research tool I selected Interactive. I spent a little time looking at finding about South Dakota just to remind myself of the wonderful places in SD. The information would be great for planning in either business or programs, using demographics and knowledge available. It was fun viewing the variety of land and climates of SD or any state. Then I spent some time looking at Manova-Gounda St. Floris National Park in Central Africa Savanna. World Book explorer also gave me an opportunity to do a little research on Alcatraz Island. We traveled to San Francisco this summer but weren't able to tour Alcatraz. We were there in August, 2014 and the tickets were sold out well into March, 2015. WOW!! A lot of people were interested in Alcatraz. Since I missed the tour I could view artifacts on this site. I also learned besides being a Federal Prison from 1934-1963, it had also had a Military presence, as well as some years as an Indian occupation. You can see how when people get started researching, they can easily go from one topic to another and loose track of time. We just need to get them started! The final piece of my research for today, took me to World Book Online Reference looking for the assigned e-books. I found several ways to search for Emma by Jane Austen, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. I checked the special tools on the left and looked at Related Information. Through this link there were other articles regarding these authors. I read an article written by Mark Twain for Harper's Magazine entitles Body of the Nation about the Mississippi. These sites have so much information and I feel it is in a very friendly, hands-on format. For the most part, pictures are appealing and everything is very up to date.
Wow! Fascinating tour of WorldBook and beyond! Thanks for your post,
ReplyDeleteJulie