http://tech.tricountyesc.org/2008/01/23/library-of-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=library-of-congress tri-county educational service center Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.tricountyesc.org/2008/01/23/library-of-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Chris Bower Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:34:25 +0000 http://tech.tricountyesc.org/2008/01/23/library-of-congress/#comment-114 The elementary library aide raised an interesting situation that our students in grades 4-6 face - the readability of websites. She said students are often given research reports/projects to do that require them to use web sources, but many of them that have the content they need are not written at a level that they can comprehend. I asked her if students were using the "Info Ohio" collection, and she said that was what they are using. The readabilty of the site makes it very difficult if not impossible for students to work independently and still develop deep understanding of the topic. Do you have some suggestions for content rich sites that are designed for 4th or 5th grade reading skills? The elementary library aide raised an interesting situation that our students in grades 4-6 face – the readability of websites. She said students are often given research reports/projects to do that require them to use web sources, but many of them that have the content they need are not written at a level that they can comprehend. I asked her if students were using the “Info Ohio” collection, and she said that was what they are using. The readabilty of the site makes it very difficult if not impossible for students to work independently and still develop deep understanding of the topic. Do you have some suggestions for content rich sites that are designed for 4th or 5th grade reading skills?

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