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

IWonder, a tool powered by INFOhio, has added fresh, new content to spark student inquiry.

This summer, INFOhio made updates and enhancements to increase the ease of navigation and look of INFOhio's website. One of these changes was increased access to both Fetch and ISearch. Easier access to Fetch and ISearch is important for students, teachers, and families to be able to find library materials and additional materials licensed by INFOhio. 

Recordings are now available for these sessions.

This summer INFOhio will be hosting a one-day conference, Instructional Materials Matter: Voices from the Field, on August 9, 2022. Sessions include a Keynote from the Ohio Department of Education and additional sessions from Exchange Certified Trainers on integrating quality INFOhio resources, web tools, and professional development into the various educational environments. 

GenYES Ohio is a program that prepares Ohio students to become student technology leaders through a rigorous, technology-infused leadership curriculum. This curriculum has now been added to Open Space. 

INFOhio has a new online, self-paced class added to the K-5 Digital Content Learning Pathway. Take The World Almanac for Kids Elementary class to learn more about this research database for students in grades K-5 that includes topics such as science, social studies, math, the arts, biographies, and more. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.

EBSCO has added new tools for reading digital text to their resources including text-to-speech, enlarge text, page mask, and more. 

Four new Learn With INFOhio Webinars are scheduled for March to uncover the hidden gems and instructional materials in the World Book resources. This webinar series has concluded, but all recordings and certificates are now available.

• Hidden Gems of World Book Early Learning and Kids
• Hidden Gems of World Book Student
• Hidden Gems of World Book Advanced
• Hidden Gems of World Book Timelines

World Book digital resources are funded 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.

Learn about GenYES Ohio, a resource that prepares Ohio students to become student technology leaders through a rigorous, technology-infused leadership curriculum. 

INFOhio has a new online, self-paced class added to the K-5 Digital Content Learning Pathway. Take the PebbleGo Next class to support science and social studies content in your classroom. After successfully completing the final quiz, earn a certificate for two contact hours.

Through the RemotEDx initiative, INFOhio will provide free access to the GenYES student technology leadership platforms and instructional content beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. The platform and resources have been acquired through the RemotEDx initiative and will be accessible through the RemotEDx Exchange website and the INFOhio website. Announcements about additional resources from RemotEDx and INFOhio are coming soon.

76 new articles have been added to PebbleGo Next. Discover new biographies, science, and social studies content. 

INFOhio has revised and updated the Building Your Digital Curriculum with INFOhio OER Learning Pathway. It has transitioned to High-Quality Instructional Materials for Each Child Learning Pathway and includes a class called High-Quality Instructional Materials to Supplement Your Curriculum. 

In this class, learn more about what makes instructional materials high-quality, including those labeled Open Educational Resources (OER). Participants will learn why instructional materials matter and where to find high-quality instructional materials to supplement curricula. The class includes a focus on curriculum literacy and the use of the Ohio Curriculum Support Guide. Earn a certificate for 5 contact hours after successfully completing the final quiz.

This Learn With INFOhio Webinar has passed, but you can still watch the recording and complete a short quiz to earn a contact hour certificate.

The BLUEcloud Course Lists class, worth 2 contact hours, is a class to learn more about this resource list management tool that enables librarians and teachers to work together to build lists of library and online resources relevant to what students are studying. 

To learn even more about BLUEcloud Course Lists, a Learn With INFOhio webinar was recorded on Thursday, October 21.