Strengthen your professional development with INFOhio's free Learn With INFOhio webinar series. Learn With INFOhio webinars are one hour in length and are designed for Ohio educators.
Step Up Your Resource Curation with INFOhio's BLUEcloud Course Lists
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 3:30pm
Join INFOhio as we demonstrate our newest BLUEcloud product, BLUEcloud Course Lists, a resource list management tool that integrates directly with your library catalog, INFOhio's Digital Resources and Tools, and librarian and teacher vetted materials. Learn how BLUEcloud Course Lists can help you curate resource lists of both physical and digital materials for your students and teachers and collab...
See What’s New: Transparent Language Online Teacher Licenses: Part 2
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Transparent Language Online designed for students in grades 4-12 is an online language learning platform with more than 100 languages, including English. Learners are introduced to a language with listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Individual teacher licenses have been added to INFOhio's subscription to Transparent Language Online. Individual teacher licenses allow teachers t...
See What’s New: Transparent Language Online Teacher Licenses: Part 1
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Transparent Language Online designed for students in grades 4-12 is an online language learning platform with more than 100 languages, including English. Learners are introduced to a language with listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Individual teacher licenses have been added to INFOhio's subscription to Transparent Language Online. Individual teacher licenses allow teachers t...
See What’s New: Capstone Grades 3-6 Resources
Thursday, September 23, 2021
New content for Grades 3-6 is available from Capstone. New Capstone resources for students include PebbleGo Next and Capstone Interactive eBooks. PebbleGo Next is designed for upper elementary students in grades 3-5 who are more proficient in navigating technology but still need some extra support using curriculum-aligned articles with more robust information. PebbleGo Next offers five unique dat...
See What’s New: EBSCO eBook Collections: High School and Education
Thursday, September 16, 2021
With the addition of EBSCO eBook High School Collection, you gain fast and easy access to a high school collection of more than 12,000 unlimited use eBooks across all academic subject areas including a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials. Plus, EBSCO Education Collection supports the research needs of students and faculty in the stud...
See What’s New: The World Almanac for Kids and Kids Elementary
Thursday, September 2, 2021
The World Almanac for Kids and The World Almanac for Kids Elementary are the ideal one-stop reference resources for primary and intermediate-level students. Topics found in these resources include the arts, biographies, geography, health and guidance, language arts, life science, physical science, math, social studies, and sports. Educators and students will find current information, perfect for r...
See What’s New: Today’s Science
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Today’s Science is being added to the RemotEDx and INFOhio collection. A complementary resource to Science Online, Today's Science bridges the gap between real-world discoveries and the science classroom—giving in-depth explanations of important advances in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology. Learn more about the quality instructional content, including feature...
See What’s New: Storia: Ohio's eBook Collection for Grades 3-6
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Students in grades 3-6 will now be able to use Storia, a collection of over 1,200 eBooks. Individual teacher accounts for educators who teach grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 allow teachers to assign lessons, run reports, and track student progress. Storia includes unlimited use of nonfiction and fiction eBooks to support Ohio's Learning Standards. In addition, it supports content area knowledge and liter...
Session 4: Reimagine Your 6–12 Classroom with Quality Materials from INFOhio
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Quality counts, and ensuring that all students and teachers in Ohio have equitable access to quality instructional materials is at the heart of INFOhio's mission. According to a study cited by EdReports, high-quality instructional materials and textbooks are cited as a top funding priority for teachers. Quality resources are easy to use, are adaptable for any learning environment, and are cultural...
Session 3: Reimagine Your PreK–5 Classroom with Quality Materials from INFOhio
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
INFOhio provides Ohio educators, students, and families with no-cost, equitable access to quality instructional materials. Research shows that when teachers have access to quality, standards-aligned instructional materials it makes a difference in their teaching practice as well as the instruction students receive. Quality instructional materials are flexible and adaptive, culturally responsive, r...
Session 2: Open Space: Harnessing the Power of Open Educational Resources
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Educators may often feel as though they have to create every lesson from scratch, leading to additional stress and time lost. On the other end of the spectrum, some teachers may feel forced into following a prescribed curriculum with little opportunity to enhance lessons, differentiate to support all learners, or use their strengths in the classroom. Students aren't the only ones who benefit from ...
Session 1: Identify High-Quality Instructional Materials with EdReports and the RemotEDx Rubric
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Teachers and administrators know how important high-quality instructional materials are for student learning, but access to the best materials remains an issue for many educators. Time is of the essence, and too often, the criteria for high-quality instructional materials is unclear. To build capacity in Ohio schools to find and use quality materials, INFOhio has partnered with EdReports to provid...
Keynote: Ohio Department of Education
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Paolo DeMaria, Ohio's Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Sherry Birchem, Director of the Ohio Department of Education's Office of Learning and Instructional Strategies, will give an overview of high-quality instructional materials in Ohio and will connect the dots between high-quality instructional materials, Each Child, Our Future, and student achievement.
Using INFOhio’s Authentic Text to Support the Simple View of Reading
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Do you need help planning extended learning activities for your students? School districts across the state of Ohio are developing extended learning plans to support the continued academic growth of their students. Let INFOhio, Ohio's PreK-12 digital library, be your school district's partner as you accelerate student learning. INFOhio offers a variety of PreK-12 digital learning resources and tex...
RemotEDx: Empowering Remote, Hybrid, and Blended Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
RemotEDx is a state-level initiative to help schools enhance, expand, and effectively scale high-quality remote, hybrid, and blended education models. Using a partnership-based approach, the Connectivity Champions, Support Squad and its Concierge Team deliver vital support services via the Exchange to Ohio’s schools seeking to meet these challenges. Join INFOhio Assistant Director, Lori Lee, as ...
