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Infobase and teaching strategy
1. Resources to Fit Today’s
Teaching Strategies
Ben Jacobs
Director,Licensing and Business Development
Bjacobs@infobaselearning.com
2. Infobase and Your Teaching Strategy
Regardless of the teaching strategy you and your peers are using,
Infobase offers a complete suite of online resources to engage your
students. With impeccable content informed by 75 years of publishing,
Infobase's learning assets are designed to encourage research and
stimulate interest. Whether your institution strives for Flipped-
Classrooms, Project-Based Learning, is implementing a 1:1 initiative, or
moving towards Blended Learning, we can help you engage and inform
your students and help them think critically about their world.
3. Infobase Supports Project-Based Learning
If your students are thriving with
project-based learning, Infobase has
a variety of resources to assist you.
Our exclusive videos on core-
curricular subjects are segmented
and ready to use to illustrate a point
or reinforce an argument. Our
experiments and diagrams are a
must-have for any STEM project. And
many of our research databases are
complete with lesson-plans and
ideas for high-interest, reliable
activities and projects.
4. Infobase: Project-Based learning
Learn360
The ultimate resources with more
than 130,000 media assets, has been
relaunched on a powerful platform
bursting with new features and
content—perfect for student
projects and classroom activities.
Audio files, encyclopedia content
and .pdfs supplement an
unsurpassed streaming experience.
Integrate your own custom-content
and “Best of Web” channels to make
it your media hub.
5. Infobase: Project-Based Learning
World Geography and Culture
Online
1,300 original maps, unique and
powerful tools for comparing and
ranking countries, extraordinarily
comprehensive information on all
major countries, states and
provinces make this a must-have
resource for any geography or
social studies project.
6. Infobase: Project-Based Learning
Today’s Science and
Science Online
Use the integrated Science Fair
Guides to put on an exciting
Science Fair in your school and
source hundreds of engaging
science experiments (sortable by
science discipline, time needed,
grade range or number of
participants.)
7. Infobase Enriches Flipped Classrooms
Is your classroom flipped?
Educational Technology and activity
learning are two key components of
the flipped classroom model,
especially for STEM and Social
Studies classes, and Infobase has
exactly what your students need to
succeed. Students can watch a
variety of educational videos from
our resources at home and teachers
can use the Enhanced Lessons and
activities in class to illustrate and
explain concepts.
8. Infobase: Flipped Classrooms
Classroom Video on Demand
A deep and diverse catalog of
video for IB, AP and other high-
achieving students blended with
cutting-edge tools for creating and
sharing playlists, segments and
more make this an essential for
any 21st century classroom.
Integrate your own custom-
content and “Best of Web”
channels to make it your media
hub.
9. Infobase: Flipped Classrooms
Bloom’s Literature
For homework, students can
watch videos of classic plays and
use the special guides to writing
about authors, while more than
9,000 discussion questions provide
the starting point for classroom
lectures and activities.
10. Infobase: Flipped Classrooms
Issues and Controversies
Assign the Oxford-style debate
videos to watch at home and use
the interactive polls, printable-
handouts and discussion
questions to spark in-class
discussion.
11. Infobase Empowers Blended Instruction
Infobase online resources are
ideal complements to blended
learning, offering core curriculum
solutions 24/7 so students can
benefit from control over the
time, place and pace of their
online learning. Our educational,
interactive activities and puzzles
can be used in class or at home,
and videos can be viewed during
the online portion of any lesson.
12. Infobase: Blended Instruction
Ancient and Medieval History and
Modern World History Online
New, original SMART-Board
friendly slideshows offer a visual
introduction to key topics and
themes for in-class overviews,
plus comprehensive Topic Centers
provide virtual study guides.
Extensive primary sources round
out a mix of content for any
student.
13. Infobase: Blended Instruction
World Almanac for Kids
This multi-subject resource
features classroom materials and
a Homework Help section, plus
plenty of interactive crossword
and word-search puzzles for in-
class activities. Extensive videos
and full-length biographies
complete the mix of content
types.
14. Infobase: Blended Instruction
Science Online
The wealth of STEM assets now
includes new interactive
experiments which replicate the
in-classroom laboratory
experience, as well as eLearning
Modules with valuable Teacher
Support materials. A Reuters
newsfeed offer current science
news to compliment in-depth
articles.
15. Infobase Enhances 1:1 Learning Initiatives
With the proliferation of mobile
devices such as tablets,
smartphones, as well as with
“BYOD”programs, 1:1 learning has
become far more prevalent. But it’s
not just about the devices—its about
the content and the access to that
content. With Infobase resources, it’s
easy to transform your classroom’s
into a 1:1 environment because our
products work with the latest
technology and allow for seamless
integration into learning
management services and online
catalogs.
16. Infobase and 1:1 Learning Initiatives
Middle-High School eBook
Subscription
Thousands of titles across all
subjects with simultaneous access
and no check-in/check-out
restrictions ensure every student has
access to a complete library of
content at all times. Included access
to the Literary Classics ebook
collection adds a wealth of classic
novels, plays, poetry and narratives.
17. Infobase and 1:1 Learning Initiatives
Classroom Video on Demand and
Learn360
The premier resources for engaging,
exclusive video lets you embed
persistent and authenticated videos
and clips into online catalogs,
distance education courses, and
learning management systems. With
Classroom Video’s high school/IB
level content and Learn360’s K12
media assets, your entire institution
will have video appropriate for each
and every student.