Encyclopedias

We've searched four different encyclopedias online and these are two of them chosen for different reasons:

1-)http://www.britannica.com/

- An interesting list of contents ( History and Society, Arts and Entertainment, Travel and Geography, Science and Technology, Featured Videos, Advocacy for Animals).

- Appealing side and bottom folders with specific subject and links to spotlights.

- Useful and usable reading, writing and listening resources.After checking some examples we concluded that they include short, clear and motivating texts, with a variety of possibilities of multimedia and well organized learning activities.We tried the classroom activity "Black History", which gave us a good impression for the text, the image gallery, the timeline, the videos and a wide range of activities.

- Access to a dictionary online and a blog.

- Anyway, it requires subscription but its interest is worth the effort.

2)http://www.encyclopedia.com/
- More than hundred sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins and abbreviations).

-Imaginative top folders, opening the topics like Martin Luther King, Socialise Medicine, Global Warming, Immigration,etc.

-Writing, reading and listening resources.

-Access to reference links,   dictionary,further reading,videos from the youtube and also images.

-We've tried the folder "Immigration" and we could adapt part of those materials for our students.

-This is a very good encyclopedia to get information.  However we found it difficult to work it out in class because it has too much information and may become time consuming.

-It's free.