Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Britannica explorations

This week's assignment was perfect. The students at my little school have not used MARVEL at all, so this is a new experience for all of us. I have 11 computers in my library/computer lab space, so on Tuesday morning I added the MARVEL information to the desktops of each computer. The 5th/6th graders all were working on reports on countries in North America. We looked at the Elementary and Middle School editions and decided that the Elementary version was best for them. They used the Quick Facts link to get basic facts about their countries. They were very pleased to find so much information so quickly. We talked about the U.S. Census and the fact that our 1998 editions of World Book wouldn't have up-to-date census information. Many of the students wanted to know how to access MARVEL from home. I came home tonight to try setting up an account and discovered that I must have had an account years ago in a previous job. I'm struggling to figure out how to retrieve my password.

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