Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring equity in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps. In this Teach with INFOhio Blog post, learn how to use licensed digital content from ScienceFlix to engage, empower, elevate, and extend student learning in middle-grade classrooms. 

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.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring learning in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps.

When paired with a high-quality curriculum, INFOhio's quality eBooks, videos, lesson plans, instructional web tools, and training and support materials can provide engaging and innovative supplements to scaffold student growth and learning. 

INFOhio purchased Gale’s Financial Literacy eBook collection for high school students with funding from Future Forward Ohio for all Ohio schools. With more than 50 full text, simultaneous and unlimited use eBooks this collection provides students and educators with support for teaching Ohio’s Learning Standards for Financial Literacy which includes topics of financial responsibility and decision-making, planning and money management, informed consumer, investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance. 

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.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring learning in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps.

When paired with a high-quality curriculum, INFOhio's quality eBooks, videos, lesson plans, instructional web tools, and training and support materials can provide engaging and innovative supplements to scaffold student growth and learning. 

INFOhio licenses Scholastic's Capstone Interactive eBooks for all Ohio schools and families. With more than 800 titles to choose from, Capstone provides students and educators with a variety of science and social studies eBooks appropriate for grades 3-6.

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.

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

As Ohio's PreK-12 Digital Library, INFOhio is ready for a new school year providing quality resources to help support schools as they accelerate learning. The instructional materials from INFOhio are available at no cost to all students, teachers, and parents. INFOhio is actively seeking new members for the INFOhio Integration Partners, or IPartners, program to boost our reach, support our efforts, and strengthen our connections.

Instructional materials matter. While securing a coherent curriculum and professional development for teachers is the first step in ensuring learning in Ohio’s classrooms, identifying high-quality supplemental materials at grade level for all learners can be helpful in increasing student engagement, meeting diverse needs, and filling instructional gaps.

When paired with a high-quality curriculum, INFOhio's quality eBooks, videos, lesson plans, instructional web tools, and training and support materials can provide engaging and innovative supplements to scaffold student growth and learning. 

INFOhio licenses Scholastic's BookFlix for all Ohio schools and families. With more than 150 pairs of fiction and nonfiction titles, this resource is not only helpful for supplementing English language arts curricula but also other content areas to build background knowledge and develop vocabulary in grades PreK-3. Use BookFlix to engage, empower, elevate, and extend student learning!

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. 

Instructional materials matter and looking closely at the materials you use in your classrooms is important. Every Ohio student deserves the opportunity to learn from high-quality, standards-aligned instructional materials to become a resilient, lifelong learner who contributes to society. 

Studies have shown that using high-quality, coherent curriculums and instructional materials lead to student growth in learning and achievement. For more than 20 years, INFOhio has been providing Ohio schools and districts with quality supplemental resources available at no cost. INFOhio’s resources provide educators and students with premium, vetted content such as eBooks, videos, lesson plans, instructional web tools, and training and support materials that can be used for teaching and learning. INFOhio's Digital Video Collection and our newly purchased Learn360 Video Collection from Infobase offer Ohio parents, educators, and students access to quality, standards-aligned videos that focus on topics across the K-12 curriculum. 

Text sets are an excellent way to promote equity and provide high-quality instructional materials for all students. INFOhio Text Sets are standards-aligned and help students build background knowledge and develop vocabulary. Created using quality digital content from premium licensed resources, INFOhio Text Sets not only help students grow as readers, they also bridge the gap between reading instruction in the science and social studies classrooms. Learn how to get started using these resources in the classroom.

April is Financial Literacy Month and INFOhio has the standards-aligned tools and resources to help you bring money smarts to your learners, including content from INFOhio’s web tools, premium licensed resources, and open educational resources.

Celebrate literacy in the mathematics classroom with 6-12 grade resources from INFOhio.