E2T2 Project using EBSCO
by Maryann Angeroth
November 12, 2006
This information is copied from the Northwest Iowa Enhancing Education Through Technology website.
I attended the E2T2 presentations to the DE. There were many
wonderful resources presented. One that you might want to put into
your bag of tricks is: http://www.nwia-e2t2.k12.ia.us/
This website is dedicated to those who have ever tried to find
reading materials on the web and said, “There’s got to be a better
way!” If you are looking to improve the reading achievement of your
students, you have found the right site. It allows for teachers and
students to quickly find articles on any topic. What is even more
unique is that after finding the topic you want, with the click of
a mouse you are taken directly to the article to read or
print---and the articles are sorted by lexile level. This means
that the struggling reader has the same opportunity as the
proficient reader to find information currently being taught in
their classes. It may be as simple as finding information on a
person like George Washington, as complex as the Holocaust, as fun
as rock music, or as interesting as space exploration. This site
not only offers articles but full units as well. As the site
develops, teachers will be able to view demonstrations by other
teachers in their own content area on reading strategies such as
vocabulary, QAR, read alouds and many others. Furthermore, this
site will also provide information on how to determine lexile
levels for a student, tutorials on the use of polycoms, how to
conduct walk throughs and offer direct links to Ebsco, Clipart.com,
Multimedia Archive, SIRS Researcher, United Streaming, World Book
Online, Atomic Learning, AccuWeather and Iowa AEA Online. The goal
of this website is for you to have a simple, easy to use,
timesaving tool that will support you in improving your students
reading skills and strategies. So here is our advice to you, begin
by entering the “Articles/Units/Multimedia” section and soon you
will be telling others, “There is a better way! ”
