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.
Keynote: Ohio Department of Education and INFOhio
Tuesday, August 9, 10:00 AM
Keynote includes 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.
Session 1: Instructional Coaching 101
Tuesday, August 9, 11:00 AM
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, 11:00 AM
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.
Session 2: Finding Engaging Materials that Even Reluctant Readers Will Enjoy
Tuesday, August 9, 1:00 PM
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 2: Great Resources for Teaching Science
Tuesday, August 9, 1:00 PM
This session will highlight the wonderful instructional resources in the INFOhio collection that can be helpful in planning and teaching lessons in science.
Session 3: Great Resources for Teaching Social Studies
Tuesday, August 9, 2:00 PM
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 3: How to Personalize Student Learning with INFOhio
Tuesday, August 9, 2:00 PM
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 4: The PLCO - Professional Learning Collaborative of Ohio
Tuesday, August 9, 3:00 PM
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...
Hidden Gems of World Book Timelines
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Finding a diamond in the rough isn’t always simple, but with World Book resources educators can be confident in knowing they’ll find real treasure—up-to-date, quality instructional materials. World Book Online provides engaging, vetted, and standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades PreK-12. World Book Timelines for students in grades 4-12 features timelines throughout histor...
Hidden Gems of World Book Advanced
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Finding a diamond in the rough isn’t always simple, but with World Book resources educators can be confident in knowing they’ll find real treasure—up-to-date, quality instructional materials. World Book Online provides engaging, vetted, and standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades PreK-12. World Book Advanced, an online encyclopedia, for students in grades 9-12, features ar...
Hidden Gems of World Book Student
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Finding a diamond in the rough isn’t always simple, but with World Book resources educators can be confident in knowing they’ll find real treasure—up-to-date, quality instructional materials. World Book Online provides engaging, vetted, and standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades PreK-12. World Book Student for students in grades 5-10 features digital media including eBook...
Hidden Gems of World Book Early Learning and Kids
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Finding a diamond in the rough isn’t always simple, but with World Book resources educators can be confident in knowing they’ll find real treasure—up-to-date, quality instructional materials. World Book Online provides engaging, vetted, and standards-aligned digital resources for students in grades PreK-12. World Book Early Learning for students in grades PreK-3 features digital media includ...
Community and Collaboration with Open Space Groups
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Open Space Groups are community spaces that can be organized for multiple purposes and can span a range of topics, events, and subject areas. Groups provide a way for users to connect and collaborate with like-minded educators around the state, organize resources using folders, and create and participate in discussions. Join the INFOhio team for this 30-minute webinar about how you can use Groups...
Step Up Your Resource Curation with INFOhio's BLUEcloud Course Lists
Thursday, October 21, 2021
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...
