Saturday, July 12, 2008

Competency 5E, Browsing Search Strategy in LexisNexis

Search Topic:  Motivate Reluctant Readers
Search:  Power Search
Search Terms:  Natural Language
Sources:  US Newspapers and Wires
Dates:  Previous 5 years (Jul. 12, 2003 to Jul. 12, 2008)

The prompts above generated 83 results.

I chose hit #5 because it was the most relevant to my topic:  reluctant readers at the elementary level.  The title is, "AudibleKids Encourages Using MP3 Players as Valuable Learning Tools; One-of-a-kind community of parents, educators, and children launches a website with nearly 4,000 titles and exclusive and never-before-released content."  

AudibleKids.com is a site that offers almost 4,000 high quality digital children's audiobooks available for purchase.  These stories can be played on iPods, audio players, and mobile devices.  This company is even working with Reading is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) by providing a featured section on the RIF website where audible books can be downloaded by children, parents, and educators.  The combination of reading and technology is something that will attract reluctant readers of all ages.



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