[LM_NET] TAR: ELEM: Print vs. Online Encyclopedias

[Jessica Jacobs-Broedel <jjacobsb@HOTMAIL.COM>]

This is my first year as an LMS and I was looking at buying a new 
encyclopedia set (since the newest set we have is 1999).  My principal asked 
a few questions about print vs online encyclopedias that I couldn't give any 
concrete answers to.

She wondered if there's been a shift toward using/teaching more 
online/electronic resources/encyclopedias & primary resources versus print 
encyclopedias.  Are students/teachers using/teaching with print 
encylcopedias or using more online/electronic and primary resources?  And 
she wondered about the currency of having a print encyclopedia, being that 
the information is already dated when printed but with an online or 
electronic encyclopedia it can be kept more current.

I was wondering how others handled this.  I've been going back and forth on 
this issue myself and would like to be able to go back to her with some more 
definate answers.  Any thoughts and/or advice would be appreciated.  I'll 
post HIT if there's interest.

Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

Jessica Jacobs-Broedel, LMS
E.R. Andrews Elementary School
Morrisville, NY
jjacobs-broedel@m-ecs.org

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