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WikiAnswers. The Answers.com Q&A community where you can ask a question, answer a question or just browse. Because it�s wiki-based, anyone can improve answers and contribute to the growing Q&A database which already includes more than 700,000 questions spanning 1,800 topics!
For the Classroom
- PC Magazine�s �Top 101 Websites� for Information, Search and Reference
- CODiE Award for Best Education Reference or Search Service from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), 2006
- Parent-to-Parent Adding Wisdom Award
- Time magazine: 50 Coolest Websites
- Answers.com powers HomeworkNYC.org, the education site of the New York Public Library
Lesson preparation. Don�t be caught unprepared! Use our resources to enhance your lessons and deliver useful, accurate information.
WebQuests and Extra Credit. For your assignments involving WebQuests or extra credit involving web search, help direct your students to appropriate information by linking topics to the relevant Answers.com pages. Use the AnswerLinking tool found at the bottom of each AnswerPage for clear and easy linking.
Foreign Language and ESL. Answers.com has word translations from English into 16 other languages. Find out more about Answers.com and ESL students here.
Mission Possible: Successful Online Research. Our free downloadable video clip is a self-contained lesson that addresses many of the issues facing students who use the internet as a study tool.
Is your textbook updated with the current Prime Minister of England? How healthy was today's lunch? Do you have all of the facts on the people and places in today's news?
While your textbooks have the curriculum you need for classroom instruction, Answers.com provides an easy way to make sure that you also have all of the latest information from sources that you can rely on, to make your class today as relevant and interesting as possible.
These days, it can be hard to get students excited about current events that don't involve Harry Potter: Book 7 or The OC.By displaying the Answers.com Today Highlight's page - available at http://reference.answers.com - on a projector screen in front of the classroom every morning, students can find out what important event occurred on that day in history, as well as today's own news stories.
If your students are studying the American Revolution, and it's Washington's birthday, a simple click in the Today's Highlights section will bring up an entire page devoted to our first president. On this one page, students discover how many times he was shot during the war, how he dealt with farmers who instigated the Whiskey Rebellion and if he really did chop down that cherry tree.
Answers on Facebook
Are you on Facebook? All your students are. We are happy to introduce our own Facebook applications, serving up fresh trivia each day. Choose from Word of the Day, Today in History and WikiAnswers, which enables anyone to ask a question on any topic and get a cooperatively-written human answer. Once these features are added, you'll have access to a daily dose of information that can be used as a basis for your next class!
Lesson Enhancement
Ever been stumped by a question in class? Next time, be sure to have Answers.com ready to go on your classroom computer, allowing a student to quickly find that information. Not only does this add to the classroom experience, it also teaches your students that their curiosity can be easily satisfied with a few quick clicks using Answers.com!
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