AASL released its list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning 2021! This year’s list took into special consideration how well these tools work for remote/distance students. The resources enhance learning and encourage the following qualities:
- Innovation/Creativity
- Active Participation
- Collaboration
- User-Friendly
- Encourages Exploration
- Information/Reference
We share these resources every year and you can explore our archive of past recommendations here.
This week we’re looking at Britannica School. This database “offers thousands of curated and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended websites, and three unique, but connected, databases to meet every reading level. Students can use Britannica School to browse by subject, media type, or weekly rotating content. They can access the world’s knowledge with accurate, nonfiction, cross-curricular multimedia content that’s aligned to the next generation science, common core, and state curriculum standards.”
Grades: K-12
School Library Journal calls the resource “a highly recommended database” in this descriptive review. This review from Tech Learning examines Britannica School’s quality and effectiveness, ease of use, creative use of technology, and use in a school environment. And this overview from EdSurge includes feedback from teachers using Britannica School in the classroom.
This three minute video gives an overview of the program: