Arkansas Brings More Britannica Resources to Schools
December 4, 2013
Online Services, Ebooks, Available Statewide Through Education Department
Arkansas students and teachers have a host of online resources from Britannica Digital Learning to support the Common Core State Standards and classroom work for every grade, courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Education.
Under a new and expanded initiative by the department, public schools, teachers and students across the state—as well as their families—have unlimited access to the full suite of Britannica’s educational products for grades preK-12.
Products provided to all Arkansas public schools include:
• Britannica School, the award-winning classroom information solution designed for differentiated instruction. Britannica School recently won the prestigious Golden Lamp Award, the highest honor for an educational product given by the Association of American Publishers.
• Pathways: Science: An inquiry-based, collaborative classroom program designed to overcome scientific misconceptions. The product recently won the Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom.
• Britannica E-books: engaging, versatile, high-quality non-fiction titles focused on the STEM areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
• Image Quest: Millions of easy-to-use, high-quality images from more than 50 collections, including Dorling Kindersley, Getty and National Geographic. Images are rights-cleared for educational use, so students and teachers are free to use them for school projects. Image Quest has won the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of American Publishers.
• SmartMath Practice: a fun and adaptive math practice program for grades K-8. This product also just won the Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom.
“Britannica’s education products and services are unique in their quality, reliability and comprehensiveness,” said Michael Ross, general manager of Britannica Digital Learning and a senior vice president at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. “They address classroom and research needs across the curriculum—general knowledge, science, math, social studies and language arts. The teachers and students of Arkansas will be well served.”
The Britannica products can be accessed from mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, as well as personal computers. They’re designed to promote academic success and have a wide range of uses in the classroom, in the library or media center and at home. The online services are available not only in school, but at home or with an Internet-connected device 24/7.
Arkansas teachers and parents interested in access to Britannica products at home can use their school’s Britannica password, which they can obtain from the school librarian, or Britannica technical support at edsupport(at)eb(dot)com or (800) 621-3900, ext. 7160. More information about these and other Britannica products is available at http://info.eb.com.
About Britannica Digital Learning
Britannica Digital Learning (BDL) provides reliable, high-quality products and solutions for educators and students in grades PreK-16. BDL products are created by scholarly experts, skilled editors, educators, and curriculum specials. They’re designed to ignite curiosity and collaboration in students and make teaching and learning more effective. Products include Britannica School, SmartMath, Pathways: Science, and Image Quest. BDL is a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and is headquartered in Chicago.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
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