Lesson 3 -- Learning Express Library

Lesson 3 -- Learning Express Library

Basic Discovery Exercise:

I went into the career center and I took the Culinary Arts Practice Exam. I took the first twenty questions. The exam consisted of 100 multiple choice and true false questions. The format was a traditional exam. I think this format works for a preliminary assessment of general knowledge. In the area of Culinary Arts it would a good assessment for determining further learning.

I went into a career center and looked into the Green Career and Firefighting. The resources presented were an e-document. Basically both documents were books presented in a PDF format. The books were comprehensive in nature. They included information about the training needed for occupation. Finding Financing for the needed education needed for the occupation. Final part of the training materials describes what is needed to getting a job in the area and how to succeed after getting the job.

I then did a search for different occupations like carpenter and electrician there wasn't any information. The occupations listed on the left navigation panel are the only areas covered in the website. Picking a training area they have listed provides multiple things to select from. In the nursing area for example the search provided test preparation materials, practice tests, and content area e-books.

Overall I think the Learning Express Library is a valuable tool for learning about the given occupations that were listed within the tool. People that have specific interest in the listed careers would really benefit from this tool.

Common Core Connections:

RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

I went into the School Center and looked at elementary school reading. The reading assessments covered information text, narrative text, persuasive reading, poetry reading and general reading. The way I would uses this to support common core would be to practice online tests. This format will help kids get ready for the Smarted Balance Testing coming up in spring.