Strengthen your professional development with INFOhio's free Learn With INFOhio webinar series. Learn With INFOhio webinars are 30 minutes or one hour in length and are designed for Ohio educators.
Banish Boredom with Engaging STEM Units from ScienceFlix
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Join INFOhio as we share four ways to banish boredom with engaging STEM units from Scholastic's ScienceFlix. ScienceFlix offers more than 80 complete units of study for science, technology, engineering, and math. Engage student learning with videos, articles, hands-on experiments, career exploration, and lesson plans aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in correlation with&nbs...
Curating Content for Student-Centered Learning
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Selecting and organizing digital content is important for student growth and achievement. As a state-wide agency, INFOhio carefully curates the quality licensed and purchased content on our website by grade band. This ensures students of all ages engage with content that best supports student learning. In this one-hour webinar, learn how to select and curate quality resources from INFOhio to perso...
Empower Students to Work Creatively Together: Create, Lead, Empower Ohio
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Find new inspiration in the classroom by empowering teachers and students to work creatively together with the engaging collection of resources in INFOhio's Create, Lead, Empower Ohio (CLEO) toolkit. The CLEO toolkit is a curated collection of supplemental instructional materials, digital content, websites, lesson plans, and instructional units for educators. In CLEO, teachers will discover challe...
Spring Into Science: Today's Science
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Thrive with Today’s Science and bridge the gap between the science taught in class and real-world discoveries—giving in-depth explanations of important advances in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology. Featured articles offer easy access to content to extend learning such as crossword puzzles, cartoons, and questions; additional articles that help place news and ...
Spring Into Science: The World Almanac for Kids Elementary
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Watch young learners blossom with The World Almanac® for Kids Elementary which provides a wealth of elementary-level content. Students will find engaging illustrated articles, videos, interactives, and Fun Facts in a colorful, kid-friendly format perfect for helping young children develop online research skills. Join INFOhio and Infobase for this 30-minute webinar to sprout new growth in using on...
Spring Into Science: Science Online
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Flourish with the award-winning Science Online, featuring a dynamic design and a broad range of content to support STEM research and multiple science disciplines. Topic Centers feature specially selected content on core science disciplines to help students find a starting point for their research. Users can also access the full, updated content of the unique science eLearning Modules, which target...
Spring Into Science: The World Almanac for Kids
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Kick off spring with The World Almanac® for Kids which includes homework support and engaging content to explore as well as content from award-winning Chelsea House and Facts on File sets and series. Each topic area such as physical science and social studies provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, that students can use to explore age-appropriate subjects while developing online r...
Bundle Up with Fetch & ISearch
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Bundle up with Fetch and ISearch and wrap yourself in best practices for using the online catalog with students and staff. Explore Fetch, a basic library catalog search, searching only your school library. ISearch lets you search nearly all INFOhio resources, along with the contents of your school library, from a single search box, making it easier for you to find the right print and digital texts...
Bundle Up with BLUEcloud Cataloging
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Bundle up with BLUEcloud Cataloging and wrap yourself in SirsiDynix's next-generation, browser-based, cataloging tools. The BLUEcloud Suite supports your library with a clean, modern interface that works effectively providing you with more time to help students and teachers discover your school library and INFOhio resources. With its wide array of unique cataloging tools, learn how to reduce effor...
Bundle Up with BLUEcloud Course Lists
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Bundle up with BLUEcloud Course Lists and wrap yourself in this 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. The BLUEcloud Suite supports your library with a clean, modern interface that works effectively providing you with more time to help students and teachers discover your ...
Bundle Up with BLUEcloud Circulation
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Bundle up with BLUEcloud Circulation and wrap yourself in SirsiDynix's next-generation, browser-based, circulation tools. The BLUEcloud Suite supports your library with a clean, modern interface that works effectively providing you with more time to help students and teachers discover your school library and INFOhio resources. Learn how to manage check-ins, checkouts, holds, and more from any supp...
Fall Into Gale Resources: Gale In Context: Elementary
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Fall into the licensed resource Gale In Context: Elementary and help young researchers discover a bounty of information on subjects of interest. Browse and search through a cornucopia of topics like animals, geography, health, influential people, literature, social studies, sports, and technology. Explore articles, magazines, eBooks, periodicals, reference materials, and more. Discover how Gale In...
Fall Into Gale Resources: Financial Literacy eBooks
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Fall into the Financial Literacy eBook collection purchased from Gale featuring more than 50 unlimited, simultaneous use titles. Need to help your high school students learn about saving money? There is an eBook for that! Want to prepare students for life after school? There are ebooks for that! Explore engaging topics with accessibility features such as read aloud, translation of more than 40 lan...
Fall Into Gale Resources: STEM & Career eBooks
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Fall into the STEM & Career eBook collection purchased from Gale featuring more than 80 unlimited, simultaneous use titles. Need to help your middle and high school students navigate and stay safe in the world of technology? There is an eBook for that! Want to prepare students for life after school? There are ebooks for that! Explore engaging topics that will help build background knowledge an...
GenYES Ohio: Supporting Your Tech-Centered, Project-Based Classroom
Thursday, October 13, 2022
GenYES Ohio can offer significant opportunities by engaging students in a project-based, tech-centered supplemental curriculum offering unique ways to put learning into action. This supplemental curriculum and project tracking platform provide students with opportunities to collaborate, problem-solve, and use technology with purpose and power. With the purchase of the national program, INFOhio has...
Through the Capstone Lens: Capture Science Content
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Start your year by looking through the Capstone lens. Capstone provides engaging, standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades 3-6. In this webinar, learn how Capstone resources connect to the science curriculum. Capstone resources are provided at no cost to Ohio schools by funding from Future Forward Ohio. Join us for this 30-minute webinar to explore and create instructional materi...
Through the Capstone Lens: Zoom into Social Studies
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Start your year by looking through the Capstone lens! Capstone provides engaging, standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades 3-6. In this webinar, learn how Capstone resources connect to the social studies curriculum. Capstone resources are provided at no cost to Ohio schools by funding from Future Forward Ohio. Join us for this 30-minute webinar to explore and create instructional...
Through the Capstone Lens: Focus on Standards-Aligned Content
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Start your year by looking through the Capstone lens! Capstone provides engaging, standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades 3-6. In this webinar, learn about Capstone’s fresh new look. Capstone resources are provided at no cost to Ohio schools by funding from Future Forward Ohio. Join us for this 30-minute webinar to explore and create instructional materials that can be used in...
Session 4: The PLCO - Professional Learning Collaborative of Ohio
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
This session will provide attendees with an overview and Q&A opportunities on the Professional Learning Collaborative of Ohio. The PLCO is a RemotEDx grant-funded initiative to create 25 courses for RemotEDx and ODE accessible to all educators in Ohio. The mission is to create engaging professional learning experiences for all educational stakeholders in Ohio. The vision is to provide access t...
Session 3: How to Personalize Student Learning with INFOhio
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Participants in this session will come away with a deeper understanding of the differences between personalized, individualized, and differentiated learning. Additionally, participants will explore how to use the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines, in conjunction with INFOhio, as they explore how to create expert learners through personalized learning.
Session 3: Great Resources for Teaching Social Studies
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
This session will highlight specific resources in the INFOhio collection that social studies may find helpful as they plan their lessons and teach Ohio's social studies standards.
Session 2: Great Resources for Teaching Science
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
This session will highlight the wonderful instructional resources in the INFOhio collection that can be helpful in planning and teaching lessons in science.
Session 2: Finding Engaging Materials that Even Reluctant Readers Will Enjoy
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
A love for reading can provide students with many advantages throughout their academic careers and into their adult lives. So how do we instill that love of reading in students who are struggling or reluctant to read at all? Join us as we explore INFOhio’s numerous resources that support reading and learning for students of all ages.
Session 1: Instructional Coaching 101
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Many districts are leveraging the leadership within their system to drive instructional improvement. Increasingly districts are utilizing instructional coaches to help improve classroom instructional design and delivery. Instructional Coaching 101 is designed as an introductory talk covering the instructional coaching cycle.
Session 1: Resources for Introducing Research to Elementary Students
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Research projects can feel overwhelming for both students and teachers. It’s time to change that! We know that creating a solid foundation of research skills provides vital support for students throughout their academic careers. This session will discuss how to approach research with students in PreK through 4th grade and highlight some of INFOhio’s best research resources for that age group.
