Learn more about Literature Online: American & English Literature. This cross-searchable database of full-text literature covers works of prose, poetry, and drama. This class will help educators learn how to use the resource and integrate Literature Online into classroom instruction. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn the skills necessary to develop a collection that is up-to-date, accurate, and relevant for students and teachers. After completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for three contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn more about the differences between reading print and digital text. This class will introduce participants to research on how reading on a screen affects student learning and the strategies and approaches to help students read complex text online for comprehension and synthesis. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for three contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn about the importance of promoting your school library and develop a plan to help raise awareness of the services and support available. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
BLUEcloud Course Lists is a resource list management tool enabling librarians and teachers to work together to build lists of library and online resources relevant to what students are studying. Course Lists is a great way to promote your library’s resources, incorporate teacher vetted materials, and link to safe, quality digital resources.
Material Type: Full Course
Develop a more complete understanding of how and why we catalog the way we do. This class is for new Ohio school librarians or Ohio school library staff who have not completed a graduate program in library science. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for one contact hour.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn about information literacy, the structure of an information framework, the resources to build information literacy, and tools to build information literacy into your communication and curriculum for students. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn more about BLUEcloud Cataloging, SirsiDynix's next-generation, browser-based, cataloging software. This class will train school library staff on how to use and incorporate BLUEcloud Cataloging into their own unique library environment. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for three contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
INFOhio's quality resources and tools for K-5 teachers and students support Ohio Learning Standards, provide a foundation of learning using a variety of media, and prepare learners for future success. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway, or complete the full K-5 Digital Content Learning Pathway to earn up to 20 contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
BLUEcloud is SirsiDynix's next-generation library services platform that brings the best library user experience in a cloud-based environment. Through INFOhio, the following BLUEcloud products can be accessed such as BLUEcloud Circulation, BLUEcloud Cataloging, MobileStaff, and ISearch. BLUEcloud Circulation manages check-ins, checkouts, holds, and more, from any supported device with an internet connection. BLUEcloud Cataloging brings copy cataloging to the cloud, to work smarter and faster. With MobileStaff, take circulation out from behind the circulation desk, conduct inventory, and create a self-checkout station. ISearch, INFOhio's discovery search interface, allows users to search nearly all INFOhio resources along with the contents of school libraries making it easier for you to find the right resource when needed. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway, or complete the full BLUEcloud Learning Pathway to earn up to 18.5 contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
INFOhio's digital tools and resources for teachers and students in grades 6-12 support the Ohio Learning Standards, provide a foundation for the inquiry process that connects classroom learning with real-world applications, and transform students into educators, researchers, and advocates. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway, or complete the full 6-12 Digital Content Learning Pathway to earn up to 20 contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn the basics for managing your Ohio school library. This INFOhio Learning Pathway is for new Ohio school librarians or Ohio school library staff who have not completed a graduate program in library science. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway or complete the full School Library Basics Learning Pathway to earn up to 11 contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
INFOhio's quality resources and tools for children ages 3-5 and the adults who lead them support Ohio Learning Standards. They also provide a foundation of learning using a variety of media and prepare learners for future success. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway, or complete the full Ages 3-5 Digital Content Learning Pathway to earn up to 10 contact hours.
Material Type: Full Course
Welcome to the Be Internet Awesome curriculum, a collaboration between Google, The Net Safety Collaborative, and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition. This resource is part of the Be Internet Awesome program designed to help teach kids the skills they need to be safe and smart online. This year, we’ve added 10 new activities to the curriculum. We partnered with the Committee for Children nonprofit organization to create new social-emotional learning activities to help guide children on their digital journeys. Additionally, we’ve added new lessons on search literacy and updated our safety and security activities to meet the needs of today’s digital world. You’ll also find activities categorized for specific grade levels to accommodate the wide spectrum of child development. Notably, the Be Internet Awesome program has undergone a thorough evaluation by the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children Research Center. As a result of the study, this is the first internet safety program proven to positively impact student learning on topics of online safety and digital citizenship. The Be Internet Awesome curriculum is self-contained. All the activities are designed to be used with no prior professional development, minimal class prep and no special equipment or resources needed to teach them. Additionally, the lessons are reinforced through gameplay with Interland , an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun—just like the Internet itself. Five fundamental topics of digital citizenship and safety form the Internet Code of Awesome: •?Share with Care: Digital Footprint and Responsible Communication •?Don’t Fall for Fake: Phishing, Scams, and Credible Sources •?Secure Your Secrets: Online Security and Passwords •?It’s Cool to Be Kind: Combating Negative Online Behavior •?When in Doubt, Talk It Out: Questionable Content and Scenarios This curriculum was created for grades 2?6, however educators with both older and younger students have found value in the lessons, particularly with key vocabulary, class discussions (they age up or down), and gameplay. We encourage you to experiment to find what works best for your learners, whether that means completing the curriculum start to finish or going deep on one or two lessons most needed by your students. To complement the curriculum, you’ll find additional educator and family resources—such as ready-to-teach Pear Deck slides, printable activities, and a family guide and tips for the home. The International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) completed an independent audit of Be Internet Awesome, recognizing the program as a resource that prepares young learners to meet the 2021 ISTE Standards for Students. ISTE has awarded Be Internet Awesome with the Seal of Alignment for Readiness.
Material Type: Full Course, Unit of Study
This lesson employs direct instruction and small-group discussion to help students learn new vocabulary skills while reading Patricia Polacco's "Pink and Say".
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Students create acrostic poems using their names and the names of things that are important to them.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
This article describes covert and overt active engagement strategies for use with elementary students. Find the Question templates are included for use with informational text.
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