23 Years in North Carolina Public Schools!
1999-2022! |
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- NCWiseOwl (NC Windows for Online Learning) has been
providing online subscription resources for our schools since 1999. Our
mission is to ensure that all public school NC students have access to
a collection of online resources for use in educational pursuits,
without regard to the economic status of their local school system.
NCWiseOwl has four major strengths as an educational resource:
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- QUALITY - Information on the Internet at-large is often
unreliable and inappropriate for use in K-12 classrooms. NCWiseOwl’s
subscription databases provide access to articles from thousands of
magazines, from online encyclopedias and reference databases, and from a
variety of other sources that are only available through subscription
services including eBooks and subject-aligned reference centers.
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- ECONOMY - By purchasing databases at the state level we
can achieve an economy-of-scale that saves hundreds of thousands of
dollars over the cost of individual public school units purchasing the
same resources individually.
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- RELIABILITY - Using NCWiseOwl for online research
places students in a safer, advertisement-free environment with
age-appropriate information and tools that assist students with the
research process.
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| INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT – NCWiseOwl provides educators with classroom-ready content as
well as materials for research. Students and educators also have
academic as well as leisure reading opportunities. NCWiseOwl resources
support: |
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Reading Literacy • Research Processes • Personalized Learning • Digital
Literacy • Individualized Learning • English Second Language • Content
Integration • Platform Integration |
| NCWiseOwl resources are
available anywhere that Internet access is provided. School systems may
register their networks so that no passwords are required when using
devices on campus. Passwords may be obtained from the school or
system-level media and/or technology personnel to permit access outside
of school facilities. Access is also available through local Canvas
Learning Management Systems. |
