The Explora interface has been updated with new usability features to improve the user experience. Updates include a simplified design to reduce distractions, more accessible filters, and text-to-speech for Online full text and PDF versions.  

 

During the 2023–2024 school year, Ohio educators can access Learning Blade®, a resource focused on STEM/CS/CTE and career awareness, at no cost. Access to the Learning Blade platform is provided through the Ohio STEM Learning Network. Ohio educators can find Learning Blade using INFOhio's Open Space, Educator Tools, and the Create, Lead, Empower Ohio toolkit.

CultureGrams is now available to INFOhio users across the state through five-year funding provided in part by a federal IMLS Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant through the State Library of Ohio. Additional funding is provided by Libraries Connect Ohio partners: INFOhio, OhioLINK, and OPLIN.

Included in the CultureGrams package are four editions: World Edition, States Edition, Provinces Edition, Kids Edition

Computer Science courses from Code.org have been added to Open Space. These include 222 lesson plans from the Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A courses. 

INFOhio is purchasing and licensing high-quality, digital, teaching and learning content for the 2023-2024 school year that all Ohio PreK-12 students, parents, and teachers can use at school, at home, and on the go. This post will be updated as additional information is available.

Learn more about topics such as the Underground Railroad, Civil War, and voting rights with lesson plans for grades K-12 from the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Celebrate School Library Month with resources and activities at no cost from INFOhio!

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring equity in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps. In this Teach with INFOhio Blog post, learn how to use licensed digital content from World Book Kids to engage, empower, elevate, and extend student learning in elementary classrooms. 

INFOhio’s Create, Lead, Empower Ohio (CLEO) toolkit is a curated collection of resources supporting K-12 students' growth through personalized learning, career exploration, and employability skills practice.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring equity in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps. In this Teach with INFOhio Blog post, learn how to use licensed digital content from ScienceFlix to engage, empower, elevate, and extend student learning in middle-grade classrooms. 

Share engaging science content with ScienceFlix. This digital resource from Scholastic features more than 70 complete units of study on the topics of science, technology, engineering, and math for students in grades 6-8.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring learning in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps.

When paired with a high-quality curriculum, INFOhio's quality eBooks, videos, lesson plans, instructional web tools, and training and support materials can provide engaging and innovative supplements to scaffold student growth and learning. 

INFOhio purchased Gale’s Financial Literacy eBook collection for high school students with funding from Future Forward Ohio for all Ohio schools. With more than 50 full text, simultaneous and unlimited use eBooks this collection provides students and educators with support for teaching Ohio’s Learning Standards for Financial Literacy which includes topics of financial responsibility and decision-making, planning and money management, informed consumer, investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance. 

INFOhio recently added EBSCO's Current Biography Illustrated to the middle and high school resource collections. 

Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is December 5-11, 2022 and is an annual event where educators, students, and caregivers can learn about and celebrate the fun and benefits of computer science. Help inspire interest in your learners by introducing a few Computer Science (CS) concepts, ideas, or activities at home and in the classroom.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring equity in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps. In this Teach with INFOhio Blog post, learn how to use licensed digital content from The World Almanac for Kids to engage, empower, elevate, and extend student learning in middle-grade classrooms.