WORLD BOOK FOR STUDENTS

The World Book now calls its Reference Center World Book Student and has added a timeline builder, a biography center, and hundreds of new videos and pictures to support student research projects. Students also now have the ability to establish their own research accounts. World Book Student still includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools such as trivia quizzes, science projects, cyber camp, and special features such as African American Journey, Climates Around the World, and an Atlas with hundreds of maps.

You can subscribe for as little as US$49.95 per year. What a deal!

Disclosure: I grew up with and learned to read from the print World Book and it holds a special appeal for me.

URL: http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students

CAN YOUR CHILD DO ALL THESE THINGS?

I found these technology standards on the Internet (from Livonia Michigan schools). It was a real eye-opener!

Prior to completion of First Grade, students will:
Use all the letters on the keyboard
Will correctly use the shift, backspace, delete, and spacebar keys on the keyboard
Use a word processor to type at least a sentence
Print a document

Prior to completion of Second Grade, students will:
Use a word processor and be able to change the font, font size and font color
Use a drop down menu
Open a document
Save a document
Use the library system to find a book--YEA!
Use the Internet for guided research

Prior to completion of Third Grade student will:
Be able to copy and paste within a document
Use spell check
Insert a graphic into a word processing document
Use the Internet to communicate