Use electronic or on-line resources such an electronic encyclopedia, magazine index, Internet resources. Notes can be copied and pasted into rough draft. Sounds and pictures can be used in multimedia reports. Large number of resources means narrower focus on topic and that adds interest. Book reports Use database with fields for title, author, publisher, date, genre, summary and recommendation.
All students contribute to database.
Concise reports can be used as a reader's advisory by future classes. Easily printed and distributed to class. Math problems Use a spreadsheet to set up some basic math story problems. Formulas and operations clearly visible. Charting and graphing capabilities.