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.  

 

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

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.

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.

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

Book Nook has a new look! Browse a collection of student-created book trailers. This collection serves as a tool for teachers and librarians to explore and curate book titles to support curricular needs.

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.

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.

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.

Learning how to effectively evaluate information is not only an inquiry skill—it is a life skill. Whether evaluating an apartment lease contract, selecting the best post-secondary program and school, or deciding which candidate to vote for in an election, students today will need to evaluate messages, media, print, and visual text throughout their adult lives to make informed decisions. 

Recordings are now available!

Three new Learn With INFOhio Webinars are scheduled for September to dig into the instructional materials from the INFOhio licensed Capstone resources: Capstone Connect, Capstone Interactive eBooks, and PebbleGo Next. Capstone resources are provided at no cost to Ohio schools by funding from Future Forward Ohio.

Seventy-seven percent of internet users read blogs. More than 6,000,000 blogs are posted every day, making it hard for readers to stay up to date on the latest posts from their favorite bloggers. Let the INFOhio blog team offer you 4 ways to never miss the news or another blog post from INFOhio.

Adult leadership and modeling is important when using digital resources to ensure students are not only able to master the content, but also navigate the layout and find and use supports for learning. Learn five practices to support and empower students when using digital content.

INFOhio has recently purchased a new eBook collection from World Book with 1,500 titles on a variety of content areas.