My Take
The teachers and students in our district enjoy using this Britannica. I love the different access levels and supports that are included. Serves kids and provides teachers piece of mind as a safe research tool and those can be a challenge to find from time to time. Well worth the money our district spends on this resource.
How I Use It
I would use this product as a resource for the students to safely use for research. Pictures, videos, online text has an option or being read to the students and much more. Worked great, even in a kindergarten classroom.
More community reviews for Britannica School
Sara C.
Teacher
Indian Ridge Elementary School
Aurora, CO
October 8, 2014
User friendly research website with different tools to find information.
I think this is a great way for the students to conduct online research. It is a kid friendly tool and it's easy for the students to use. Students type in the topic they are researching and then they get a number of articles to read about the topic. I also like that there is an option for the article to be read to the student. This allows all students the opportunity to learn the information. If available, they also include images and videos on the topic. The site also differentiates the reading level for the articles. There are three levels, so you can reach all your readers.
Continue reading
Julia B.
Special education teacher
Ridge High School
Basking Ridge, NJ
August 12, 2014
Quaility research tool for students.
This is a great tool to help students research a topic further, with articles, videos, and images.
Continue reading
Megan C.
Teacher
Cimarron Elementary School
Aurora, CO
May 13, 2014
Research projects, find valuable information! Information given in differentiated reading levels and videos!
I love to use this tool to help students gain knowledge on an unknown topic. It is a safe place for students to search a topic without being given the "kitchen sink" that is Google search. It is easy to navigate. I think the best feature is the "Web's Best Sites" that provides other safe websites with information about the topic. It also provides many resources for teachers such as interactive lessons and multimedia about a given topic. The downfall is that all three levels of information are not always available for your topic. Sometimes you can only access level 3 information or there will be no given information at all on a topic, but it will search similar topics which can be confusing for children.
Continue reading