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KNOWLEDGE SOURCETO THE WORLD
SINCE 1768
In a world where questionable information is rampant, we provide products that inspire confidence, with content people can trust.
GET TO KNOW US AGAINEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a global educational publisher with products that promote knowledge and learning. We provide timely, relevant, and trustworthy information and instructional products used in schools, universities, homes, libraries, and work-places throughout the world. Merriam-Webster, one of the world’s leading and most-trusted providers of language information, is also an Encyclopædia Britannica company.
We’re deeply involved with schools, parents, and educators, designing products for the 21st-century classroom and today’s home learning environments. We’re a pioneer in digital education, and our products are marked by engaging and trustworthy content.
AN ENCYCLOPÆDIABRITANNICA COMPANY
BRITANNICA: THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Britannica’s Compton’s Multimedia Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Launches Discover English with Ben & Bella
Britannica Online School, Library, and Academic Editions; World Data Analyst, Annals of American History, Spanish Reference Center, and Global Reference Center
Started India operations
Launch of English Solution for Indian schools; Interactive classroom; and Library tools
2013
Britannica® ImageQuest™; Britannica® Pathways: Science™; e-books; The Encyclopædia Britannica App
2011
2001-2006
1989
The first printed Encyclopædia Britannica was released
1768Britannica Online® launched
1994The first mobile version of Britannica available for the Palm IV
2000
2007
Britannica Kids Apps2010
Halts print publication of Encyclopædia Britannica2012
The journey continues...
2014
1998
Is one of the few traditional publishers that has made a full transition into the digital media; is profitable and growing
Products available in almost every country on Earth
Catalogue includes educational, instructional, and information products and technology solutions
Offers specialized curricular learning solutions consisting of textbooks, interactive student and teacher resources, and teacher training materials
Digitally accessible to over 100,000,000 students, educators, and curious minds around the world
Sites consistently rank among the top 60 most visited; 460 million visits and more the 1.4 billion page views
Over 4.7 million mobile apps downloaded (dictionary, encyclopedia, and kids learning)
BRITANNICA TODAY: BEYOND YOUR EXPECTATIONS
GLOBALLY PRESENT: LOCALLY RELEVANT
Headquartered in Chicago, US Present in India since 1998
Solution-Based Approach Dedicated Sales Team
Growing at Over 50% AnnuallyFocused on PreK-12 Learning Solutions
75,000 teachers15,000 schools 60,00,000 students
National Coverage
Today, Encyclopædia Britannica products are found in a multitude of digital, age-appropriate forms that are updated continuously, many times a day.
PROMOTING EDUCATION
With a thrust on educational initiatives, today, we are geared to harness the immense potential of the convergence of print, electronic, and online media. We have done this by consolidating our product offerings and going beyond reference products, thereby developing a full-fledged learning solutions catalogue, providing individualized learning for various grades and reading levels.
ENGLISH LANGUAGELEARNING
PRINT REFERENCE
SOFTWARECD & DVD
SOLUTIONS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING
E-BOOKS
DIGITAL LEARNING
BRITANNICAAPPS
“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” - Sir Walter Scott
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING: CURRICULARSince 2009, Britannica has been designing and developing curricular learning solutions consisting of textbooks, interactive student and teacher resources, and teacher training materials.
The thought behind all this is to achieve desired learning outcomes and increase higher order thinking skills in the PreK-12 segment for English, Math, Science, Social Studies, General Knowledge and IT.
Digital Learning
DIGITAL LEARNING: EMPOWERING TEACHERS AND STUDENTSBritannica is leveraging its extensive global digital knowledge repositories, which are level and topic referenced, to enable enquiry-based and exploratory learning in the classroom and at home.
Britannica® Pathways: Science™An Interactive, Step-by-Step Approach to Understanding Science
pathways.ebonline.in
Britannica® ImageQuest™Easy Access to over 2.7 Million Rights-Cleared Images
quest.eb.com
Britannica® SchoolThree Levels of Learning for the Classroom, Library, and Home
school.ebonline.in
Britannica® Kids
kids.eb.com
Safe, Trusted Online Homework Help for KidsBritannica® Academic Edition
search.eb.com
Continuously Updated, Always New
Britannica® e-booksQuick Electronic Access to Britannica Titles
ebooks.eb.com
BRITANNICA: WHEREVER YOU ARE, WHENEVER YOU WANT‘Learning’ is a lifelong process regardless of age. We believe this, and that is why we have something for everyone; be it the 2nd grader learning Maths, the teacher explaining the laws of gravity, or a lifelong learner trying to understand the latest political crisis. You name a topic or a subject and we have it available with us!
Britannica is online, in print, on e-books, and on mobile devices providing tons of multimedia for anytime learning and answers on the go.
e-books Mobile Apps
Print Reference Software ReferenceCD/DVD
KNOWLEDGE: WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
1000+ TITLES
Encyclopædia Britannica is aiming to unplug the library with its e-Library offering that brings the library to the classroom and home. With the introduction of the e-library, reference books in the form of e-books can become part of the learning process. Teachers can introduce projects and research assignments for students without worrying about the age-appropriateness, reliability, and safety of the content.
SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS: TO EMPOWER MINDSEncyclopædia Britannica has forged partnership with global leaders to introduce solutions to empower young minds with skill sets so as to have the capability to face the challenges posed by environment and times. These include English language learning labs to enable better speaking skills and YOU CAN! unleash your potential for personality development amongst senior secondary and vocational students.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: MADE EASY Merriam Webster®, which is a part of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., has for more than 150 years, in print and now online, been a leading and most-trusted provider of language information worldwide. The company publishes some of the largest selling dictionaries in the English Language.
160,000 EXAMPLE SENTENCES
3,000 CORE VOCABULARY WORDS
SUBJECT LABELS
USAGE NOTES
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
IDIOMS
Also available as mobile apps
General Knowledge
Encyclopædia Britannica regularly conducts Know for Sure quiz contests at various locations across the country, hosted by Mr Siddhartha Basu.
ASKING: THE RIGHT QUESTIONSOnly a questioning mind can become a truly knowledgeable one. Know for Sure is Encyclopædia Britannica’s General Knowledge series of eight books for classes 1 to 8. Authored by eminent TV personality, and India’s best known quiz-master, Mr Siddhartha Basu, the series includes quizzes, games, facts, surveys, word craft, activities, life skills, brain teasers, lifestyles, stories, handicrafts, group discussions about value systems, and much more.
Digital Learning
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Classes XI - XII Elective
Classes XI - XII Core
Classes IX - X
Classes VI - VIII
Classes III - V
Classes I - II
Level VI
Level V
Level IV
Level III
Level II
Level I
C2
C1
B2
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LEARNING RETENTION(Adapted from: Cone of Learning by Edgar Dale)
90%
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75%
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passive
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Teach Others/ImmediateUse of Learning
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RESEARCH-BASED LEARNING
C2 - MasteryC1 - Effective Operational ProficiencyProficient User
B2 - VantageB1 - ThresholdIndependent User
A2 - WaystageA1 - BreakthroughBasic User
JOINT PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXTUALIZATION/MAKING MEANING
CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES
INSTRUCTIONAL CONVERSATION
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS PRODUCING TOGE THER
DEVELOPING LANGUAGE AND LITERACY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
CONNEC TING LANGUAGE TO STUDENTS’ L IVES
TEACHING COMPLEX THINKING
TEACHING THROUGH CONVERSATIONNCERT MAPPED TO CEF
COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK (CEF)
LANGUAGE LAB: INTERACTIVE, INDIVIDUALIZED, NEW AGE LEARNING
LISTEN
Listen with the headset, without external noiseListen to various sourcesRecord and review
SPEAK
Repeat after spoken modelRecord and review Compare and correct
READ
Improveoral skills Record and review Compare and correct
WRITE
Preparedocuments Send to the teacher for correction Present to a whole class
YOU CAN!
LIFE SKILLS: INTEGRAL PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
unleash your potential
You Can! unleash your potential is based on a methodology that involves teachers, students, and parents leading to a consistency in approach in reinforcing the important life skills concepts.
LeadershipDecision-Making
TeamworkEmotional Intelligence
Goal-Setting Communication SkillsStress Management
Benchmarking
Marketing
The Art of Writing
The Skills of SellingInterview
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Interview
Goal-Setting
The Art of WritingTHE SOLUTION
The objective is to empower young minds with skill sets that will help them build self-esteem and self-confidence along with enhanced decision-making and problem-solving skills. The eventual goal is to create a society of achievers.
Digital version
Handbook
DVD
FOR STUDENT
FOR TEACHER
SOLUTION DEVELOPED BY :
Former Captain of Indian Cricket TeamKris Srikkanth
WORKING WITH MINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONl develop solutions appropriate to local curricula and technologyl provide regional news feeds and new contentl provide online and on-site training programs that promote awareness, use of technology, and online resources in schools l develop training programs as part of teachers’ career development programs
Britannica collaborates to:
Britannica offers a proven model for ministries of education around the world to enhance e-learning initiatives in their countries. Giving access to Britannica’s editorial and visual databases and learning materials ensures that thousands of learners and educators have access to the most current and accurate source of knowledge available to help their education.
“What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future.”
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
CONNECTING THE WORLD: ENHANCING E-LEARNING
OUR TEAM
BRITANNICA: A HALLMARK OF TRUSTThe Encyclopædia Britannica (EB) leadership team is dedicated to bring you the most authentic knowledge solutions in a world where the reliability of on-line content is often doubtful. Over the past decades, EB’s accomplished leadership team has been instrumental in bringing about a paradigm shift in the way the world looks at digital and print-based knowledge dissemination.
In South Asia, led by Sarvesh Shrivastava, the leadership team consists of subject matter experts, whose experience spans over two decades each. They bring creative, content, management specializations and in-depth subject knowledge to EB so that the final product which reaches your desk may meet the challenging benchmark of excellence set by the company since 1768.
CHRIS MAYLAND VP, CONSUMER MARKETS
DOUG EVELEIGH EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL
GREG HEALY SVP, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
JASON PINTER SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
JORGE CAUZ PRESIDENT
LEAH MANSOOR SVP, BRITANNICA DIGITAL
LEARNING INTERNATIONAL
MICHAEL ROSS SVP, BRITANNICA DIGITAL LEARNING US AND EMEA
EXECUTIVE TEAM
SARVESH SHRIVASTAVAMANAGING DIRECTOR,
SOUTH ASIA
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© 2014 Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Private Limited Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Online, Britannica Learning Zone, the Thistle logo, ImageQuest, and Pathways: Science are trademarks of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Merriam-Webster, Collegiate, and the bull’s-eye logo are trademarks of Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Galleries and images in ImageQuest are subject to change without further notification. All other brand and product names are the trademarks of their respective companies. All Rights Reserved.
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