The LearningExpress Library has a very
different set up from last year. I did
have to create a new account with the updated version. There was also the option to create an
account without using an email which would be very handy for the elementary and
middle school students without an email.
I do not remember to user guides from last year but thought there were
many useful guides including how to search LearningExpress Library.
I was able to easily find the school center
and select elementary, from there I then selected Reading Comprehension Skills
Practice. There are reading practice for informational, narrative, persuasive,
poetry and general reading.
Informational had the most reading practice section at 9. The sections are set up to allow you to test
by seeing the answers at the end or viewing the answers as you go through the
practice as a study guide. I only see
reading practice for grade 4 at the elementary level. I am curious as to why only 4th
grade was chosen for these practice areas.
Looking for Office Manger provided much
more difficult. I searched with the
general search box and looked throughout the Career Center section. I used various search terms including office manager,
managerial, and office without success.
I did find under the Job Search and Workplace Skills, how to improve the
job search and networking skills and building your workplace skills which would
be useful to many serious in finding a job.
Through my searches I discovered a lot of help for the health care
field. I back tracked to the school center
and looked under high school. Possible
sections that could help with the job training could include logic and
reasoning, math, statistics, vocabulary and spelling and writing and grammar
skills. By not finding the specific
office I manager search I did “stumble”
across a lot of other areas that could help a wide variety of possible
careers.
I went straight to the Career Center for
the student with the nurse and pharmacist report. Nursing had an ebook that detailed the
profession. Looking at the table of
contents each chapter listed a variety of information on nursing. This would be
an excellent resource for a report with the option of emailing the PDF to your
personal email. When I first selected Learn More about a Career, there was an
eBook on Becoming a Healthcare Professional.
When looking through this resource there was mention of becoming a
nursing assistant technology and no mention of pharmacy. I know I had seen an exam for a pharmacist
technician but when I went back the next day I could not find it again. It happened to be under the Allied health
section. What I found was pharmacy exams
but little information about the actual career.
I had hoped for more information.
Looking at the types of resources given under health care, I could only
wonder if there was more focus on these particular professions because of a
perceived shortage or need in these areas.
When at home, every time I selected Allied
Health under prepare for an occupation exam, I got a pop up on finding a
dentist by searching by my zip code.
This was a bit annoying.
Yes, Shelley, Learning Express has an entirely new platform! We are still getting used to it ourselves. Learning Express has nothing for below 4th grade, because that is the age at which many schools begin standardized testing. They have never had anything specifically for 5th grade. I don’t know why, but you managed to find appropriate resources to help the patron in question 1. Question 2 is a bit of a trick, because you have to think about which skills an office manager performs and go from there. What you found would be helpful for the patron. I also recommend the Adult Learning Center resources, depending on the person’s strengths & weaknesses. You are so right about pharmacy—only the tests. Still, if you showed what you found to the patron, he would be enlightened about those career choices. I have no idea why you are getting a popup ad when using Learning Express! I’ll see what I can find out. Thanks for your work here!
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