Visitors will find a reference tool rich in composition advice and grammar help. Teachers will appreciate the downloadable handouts ranging from punctuation and parts of speech to psychological detail and dramatization. Other practical tools include a resume workshop and guides to non-sexist language and overcoming writer s block. Exercises and answer keys are available for many of the topics covered. Incorporating statistics from such sources as the World Factbook, students use pull-down menus to compare data elements of two countries, find the top five countries for any data element, or examine all data elements for a particular country.
Electronic experts are just a mouse click away.
Educator Deirdre Kelly leads you through the basics of bringing experts into your classroom via the Internet. It s easy. Dozens of Internet sites are home to thousands of subject matter experts, who are scattered across the globe. The first thing you ll need to do is to decide what your instructional needs are, based on your curriculum. If you know you re going to be studying rock formations in October, begin early this summer to look for an expert in geology who will be willing to field some questions from your students for a month or so.