Anderson Ponapart

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

            My third Effective Literacy Website is “ young explorer magazine ” in which the teachers bring the world into the classroom with connections, explorations, and digital transformation. National Geographic Learning is a part of Cengage Learning.  It was the leading educational publisher of Pre K–12 School and English Language Teaching. At National Geographic Learning, they believe that an engaged and motivated learner will be a successful one and they design their materials with a highly interactive storytelling approach which was a great way to raise the connections.

            Through the learning programs, they wanted learners to experience the excitement and joy of learning the National Geographic explorers, scientists, writers and photographers experience. They shared real stories from National Geographic that increase learners’ knowledge of the world and everything in it. They illustrated the materials with eye-catching National Geographic photography, video, and illustrations that bring the world to the classroom and the classroom to life.  They believed that intersection of education and exploration can make a profound difference for the learners and the educators who reach them. This program had an inspiring community of National Geographic Explorers cutting-edge scientists, researchers, and powerful storytellers from around the globe who would love to connect with your students. 

            The goal for this site was to show the educational materials they publish with photographs and video that enables learners and educators to celebrate their own cultures and everyday lived experiences.  Through the photographic expeditions, they send creative teams of the very best photographers and videographers in the field to record life and create photography and video that students and teachers will recognize as reflective of their own lives and experiences.  This program believe that Life as Lived Collection is the most engaging photography and video archive in the field of education for its accuracy, and the respect for local culture and global diversity.   The video archive helps them achieve their mission by bringing the world to the classroom and the classroom to life.