Using online Newspapers in the Classroom

There are now a plethora of online newspapers that  our students  are able to  access. Newspapers still remain valuable tools for helping students to understand a variety of perspectives on  newsworthy events and incidents in Australia and other countries. This week I have been alerted to some useful tools:
Newspaper Map

This easy to use website allows you to access newspapers from over 130 countries and read them with the assistance of Google Translate.This could be useful to study how issues are covered in other countries and of course would be a great tool for foreign language students

Online Newspapers.com

Newspaper websites can be searched by country and region and retrieved quickly. Online magazines are also included with free links to world wide magazines covering many topics.

 

Newseum



 

 

Newseum displays  the front page front of over 2000 newspapers worldwide  on  each website each day. Papers can also be translated using Google Translate.