Information explorer

Provides information on what a blog is, how to set up a blog and what can be discussed in a blog.

Helps students create a digital portfolio that will highlight their schoolwork, with activities and step-by-step instructions to help them through every stage of the process, from planning to design to publication.

Looks at books as a good source of information for homework or research projects, identifying different types of books, discussing how books are organized, and explaining the skills of reading for understanding and using information responsibly. Includes exercises, illustrations, and checklists.

Presents tools children can use to effectively formulate and organize questions while doing research projects, and includes activities that offer students opportunities to become familiar with various types of questions to ask for each kind of situation.

Presents the tools that readers need to find, organize, and share information clearly and effectively about a winning science project.

Examines strategies for starting and finishing social studies projects.

Explains how digital images are created, discusses their sizes and formats, offers tips on taking and editing digital photographs, and looks at how to use digital images in school and for personal projects. Includes activities.

A discussion of podcasting that defines what it is and describes how podcasts are planned, recorded, edited, revised, exported, and published.

Discusses the importance of taking notes at school, describes different methods of effective note-taking, and includes exercises, illustrations, and checklists.

Describes strategies students can use to organize, prepare, and present research projects after they have finished gathering information, and includes exercises, illustrations, and checklists.