Pioneer+Library+Resource

= **__Pioneer Library Resources __** = 1. Thinkfinity.com is a sort of a clearinghouse of various educational and interesting websites, sponsored by Verizon. The information it contains varies from Arts and Literature to Economy and Science. Each link sends the visitor to a stand-alone website containing information, activities, and lesson plan ideas on each specific topic. 2. The information appears to be kept very current and accurate. 3. The navigation of the resource could have been a little better. It seemed like every time I would click on a link, it would send me to a brand new website with an overwhelming amount of choices and potential directions to take. 4. As an educator, I would likely visit this site to augment my lesson plans with engaging activities and interesting information. Several of the sites I arrived at through Thinkfinity.com were fun and easy to adapt to a lesson plan. 5. I’m not sure I would encourage the students to use this site without giving them detailed, strict instructions on how to get to the information they might need for a report or research project. To simply tell them to go to Thinkfinity.com and look around would likely lead to frustrated parents and overwhelmed students.
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1. EBSCO is a great resource when working on a research paper or investigative essay. It provides links to countless scholarly sources and verifiable information on almost any topic that one might find themselves looking into in school. 2. The information is of the highest quality and although it’s likely that a search will produce older, potentially outdated articles, it will also produce the most recent information available. 3. Although there is a vast amount of information available through EBSCO, it isn’t hard to separate the helpful stuff from the other stuff. 4. I can imagine using EBSCO as an educator when crafting a lesson plan from the ground up. When I select a topic such as Native American history to teach to my students, I can go to EBSCO first and access information that will help ensure that I’m covering all my bases. 5. I see EBSCO being most helpful when my students have a research assignment to do. EBSCO makes it easy to find accurate, valid information which can be cited and sourced and easily plugged into an academic paper.
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1. As a musician and avid music lover, I look forward to incorporating all kinds of music into my instruction. Soundzabound.com provides free, legal music to stream online. 2. The music is great quality and the comfort of streaming it legally is great. 3. I didn’t have any trouble navigating the site and finding the music and sound effects I was looking for. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">4. As a student, I remember having a very difficult time studying or focusing when there was absolute silence. As a teacher, I will obviously be sensitive to students who don’t prefer background noise, but I anticipate having some kind of music playing during “no-talking” seat work time which is appropriate for the situation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">5. I can’t see any way that my students could use this site except maybe as a study aide when they’re doing homework, at home.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">SOUNDZABOUND __**