Learning Express Library

After browsing though the Learning Express Library, I found an abundant amount of resources to help students of all ages improve their skills in all areas and with practice testing.  I focused mostly on high school and college bound areas to do a more in depth exploration.  The resources for test prep were numerous.  I did not, however, see test preps for TABE, Compass or Kaplan, which are tests sometimes used for entrance into various departments at the technical school I work at.  I'm new at this job, so I don't know if any of those exams would even be available on this format.  I would think though, that any of the upper level practice tests would be helpful.  After taking part of an exam myself, and getting the results, I thought the suggestions made for "additional help" was very beneficial and easy to access.  

I choose "Job Interviews That Get You Hired" for my Job Search and Workplace Skills Challenge.  The information I found on the eBook was easy to read with a lot of information, covering everything from writing resumes, questions that are asked during an interview, and questions that one should asked when being interviewed.  A good "all in one " resource that could be suggested for graduating students.

For the career topic I typed in Physical Therapist Assistant. The results showed several practice test exams along with several eBook exams.  I'm not quite sure why Cosmetology & Nursing showed up when I entered PTA, but since those programs are also available though our school, I will definitely pass on this information about this site to those instructors. 

Lesson One of the SD Library Electronic Resouse Challenge

For Lesson 1 of the SD Library Challenge, the mammal I chose to do research on was the dolphin.  I was surprised to find out that there are two types of dolphins, salt water, which most of us are familiar with, and river dolphins. River dolphins live in fresh or slightly salty rivers and lakes in Asia and South America.  Dolphins have a highly developed sense of hearing, along with good vision and a keen sense of touch.  What I didn’t know is that they have no sense of smell.

The information found on World Book Online Kids was simple, with basic information in comparison to World Book Online Info Finder, which had an expanded amount of information.  Both sites were easy to navigate and appear to be a great source of information for the targeted age level. 

I work at a post secondary tech school, so for the third exercise using the World Book Online Reference Center, I was unsure how the information of a country would be valuable to our students.  I decided to look for information that might pertain to them, and I was able to find some information for each subject that I searched for, (ex:  wind power, medical terms, etc.) and I believe this could be a good starting point for research.

I really like the “Hear text read aloud”, “Translate this text” and “How to cite this article” tools on each site, and believe they are valuable learning tools.