The Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC) is February 13-15, 2024 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center with the theme Syzygy: Aligning the Innovations of Teaching, Learning, and Technology.

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

GoLearn, Ohio’s Collaborative Course Catalog, is in development and will be released for pilot participation in September 2023. INFOhio has partnered with g2o—based in Dublin, Ohio—on the development of the platform with input from INFOhio's GoLearn user group. GoLearn will give Ohio districts the ability to offer open seats in their courses to students from other schools and districts across the state via remote live instruction.  

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. 

This summer, INFOhio's Library Services Platform will be upgraded to Symphony 4.0. With this upgrade, users of WorkFlows will need to update their version of the WorkFlows application.

Literacy Pro for Grades 3-6 has been available through INFOhio since August 2022 as a replacement for Storia for Grades 3-6. INFOhio’s subscription to Literacy Pro will end June 30, 2023.

Summertime is right around the corner! Dig into some fun learning activities and challenge your students to complete INFOhio's Beach Bingo Challenge. 

The Management Council, acting in the interest of Ohio Information Technology Centers (ITCs) and Ohio PreK-12 schools, is soliciting information from interested parties for collections of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital video available for purchase, to be made freely accessible to all Ohio PreK-12 students, educators, and families through INFOhio, Ohio's PreK-12 Digital Library.

Let your knowledge blossom with three new Learn With INFOhio Webinars. Join us in April and May to cultivate your learning with INFOhio resources and tools. Fight end-of-year fatigue and shower your students with content that will help them grow!

All webinars are now available as recordings.

Gale In Context: Elementary and Transparent Language Online have been available through the INFOhio website as part of the Libraries Connect Ohio shared collection, July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2023. Beginning July 1, 2023, Gale In Context: Elementary and Transparent Language Online will not be included in the Libraries Connect Ohio shared collection and will no longer be available through INFOhio.

Watch the recordings for this series of Learn With INFOhio webinars, Spring Into Science. Learn more about the licensed Infobase resources: The World Almanac for Kids, The World Almanac for Kids Elementary, Science Online, and Today's Science.