Goal+2

=Goal 2: Working with IB Students - Resources for Extended Essay=

My 2nd goal was to work with Junior IB students who are starting their Extended Essay. Tomorrow I will meet with this group during F block and show them Questia and EBSCO. These are general topic databases that will have information for every topic. These resources can be used by every student writing an extended essay.

Questia is a database that includes the full text of books, as well as magazines, newspapers and academic journals. Students can highlight, add notes and pull quotes from the articles. EBSCO MAS Ultra has articles from magazines, newspapers, radio and TV transcripts and other sources. Both resources are very current and also pull from older sources. Unfortunately neither of these resources are as user friendly as they can be.

As a follow-up, I will also schedule workshops for students with literature themed extended essays and show them Literature Resource Center. Students with art related topics will learn about Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online. Students whose topic is science related will learn how to use the Science Resource Center. History themed extended essay students will learn about the US History Resource and World History Resource.