Technology Solutions

Thomson Wadsworth offers you and your students the possibility of a more thorough, integrative classroom experience by coupling innovative technology with appropriate Wadsworth Religion texts. Click on the links below to learn more.

Turnitin
Turnitin, the revolutionary plagiarism tool, allows you, the instructor, to check every student’s paper for plagiarism against documents on the internet, books and journals in the ProQuest database, and over 10 million papers already submitted. Students use the internet to submit their paper and the instructor receives an originality report in a short time. Ensure your students papers are original works. Order your textbook with Turnitin today.

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Please contact your local Thomson Representative for more information on how to order Turnitin today.

TextChoice2
TextChoice2, offered through Thomson Custom Publishing, brings textbook customization to your PC. With just a few simple clicks of the mouse you can customize your favorite Wadsworth Religion book just the way you and your students want it. Getting exactly what you want has never been so easy.

If you would like to learn more about adding a personal touch to your Religion materials, ask your Thomson sales representative or contact Thomson Custom Publishing directly at 1-800-355-9983. You can also visit the TextChoice2 web site at http://www.textchoice.com.

MultiMedia Manager
Find all the technology tools available for your World Religions text in one place. Supporting our five major world religion texts you can get your Instructor’s manual, PowerPoint lectures (when available) and access to video clips describing the major world religions – all available for your use in one location.

Available for January 2006 classes, contact your local Thomson Representative for more information.

WebTutor™
Creating an engaging e-learning environment is easier than ever with WebTutor content from Thomson. Whether you want to Web-enhance your class, or offer an entire course online, WebTutor allows you to focus on what you do best-Teaching!

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
This online Center allows you to expose your students to all sides of today's most compelling issues!

The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on Greenhaven Press's acclaimed social issues series, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources. The result is a dynamic online library of current event topics—the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Special sections focus on critical thinking (walks students through how to critically evaluate point-counterpoint arguments) and researching and writing papers.

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To visit the OVRC website, visit http://www.wadsworth.com/pubco/serv_opposing.html

InfoTrac® College Edition
When you adopt a Thomson Wadsworth Philosophy text, you can give your students anytime, anywhere access to reliable resources with InfoTrac College Edition, the online library! This fully searchable database offers 20 years' worth of full-text articles from almost 5000 scholarly and popular sources. This incredible depth and breadth of material—available 24 hours a day from any computer with Internet access—makes conducting research easy. New! Students now have instant access to critical thinking and paper writing tools through InfoWrite. In addition, special guides to InfoTrac College Edition are available on our Web sites and as handy booklets that can be packaged with our texts. InfoTrac® College Edition Student Guide: 0-534-24727-X.

JoinIn on TurningPoint®
Thomson Wadsworth is now pleased to offer TurningPoint®! Transform your classroom and assess your students’ progress with instant in-class quizzes and polls on ethical concepts and controversial ethical issues. Our exclusive agreement to offer TurningPoint® software lets you pose questions specific to Practical and Applied Ethics courses and display students’ answers seamlessly within the Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides of your own lecture, in conjunction with the “clicker” hardware of your choice. Enhance how your students interact with you, your lecture, and each other.

TurningPoint® allows you to:

Take polls - and instantly show results
Quiz - to get an instant read on class progress
Give exams - and easily export results to your grade book
Facilitate peer review - makes it easy for students to comment candidly and anonymously
Facilitate group work - each group can click in their answers
Create student teams or individual competitions that reinforce content in exciting ways
Take attendance in seconds

Please contact your local Thomson Representative for information on Personal Response System content as well as hardware options.
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The Wadsworth Religion Web Site
This full service site features information on all our texts, and additional resources designed to help students succeed in their religion courses. These resources include

While you’re visiting the Wadsworth Religion Web Site be sure to explore our free text-specific Student Book Companion Web Sites. Ideal for students who want to increase their mastery of course content or who want to explore further into course topics, Student Book Companion Web Sites accompany many texts. Chapter-by-chapter resources include tutorial quizzes, flashcards, Internet Exercises, Maps, Study Guide, and Glossary. Online text-specific Web sites are also available to Instructors. Instructor Book Companion Web Sites include password-protected teaching resources such as downloadable Instructor’s Manuals and PowerPoint® slides, teaching tips, and more.