Lesson # 8 Learning Express Library

Before completing all four parts of the Discovery Exercise on Learning Express Library, I thought I was fairly familiar with the resources from this site. Shortly after I started the exercise, I realized my assumption was wrong, as all I was really familiar with were the practice exams for the ACT and SAT, which our guidance counselor shows to our students and had happened to do so during one of the periods I had the students in class. One feature that I especially liked when taking a practice exam was the timer showing me how much time of the 45 minutes allowed for the ACT English practice exam I had left as I progressed through the test. I also thought the the feature that allows the test taker to finish later was a great option.
When I expored the "Job Search and Workplace Skills," I got to a page that listed seven job search websites and mentioned a seventh website on Twitter called "Will Tweet for Work." This page would be helpful to anyone involved in a search for employment.
I also checked out the resume preparation and writing link. After explaining three types of resumes (chronological, functional, and a combination of both), the user was then asked to answer about ten questions to determine which type of resume would probably best suit that individual. For example, one question asked the user if he/she was looking for a job in a field that he/she had work experience or training in or if he/she was looking for a job in a field that he he/she had no work experience or training in. This feature of the resume writing link was quite impressive to me.
The part of Learning Express Library that I did not know anything about was the link to all of the ebooks. Since my daughter is currently gettting her master's in occupational therapy and will need to take the national occupational therapy licensure exam, I searched for practice exams on that topic. Although I didn't find any, my search brought up a lot of books that had practice exams in other subjects. Since I teach English, I viewed the ebooks pertaining to topics we cover in English, and I found a lot of high quality ebooks, including English to the Max, 510 Writing Prompts, and Grammar Success in 20 Minutes a Day. The grammar books included lessons, practice exams, the answers to the practice exam questions, and referrals back to a particular lessson for any question the student answered incorrectly. The book of writing prompts included sections on persuasive, expository, narrative and literary response essays. Each section included lessons on that type of writing, 125 prompts, 6 point scoring rubrics, and samples of essays that would theoretically receive a score from 1 -6 with an explanation of the score the essay was given.
Learning Express Library is a much more comprehensive site than I realized prior to completing this lesson.