Author: Tamra Dugan

OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION LESSONS IN OPEN SPACE Lesson plans from Ohio History Connection have been added to Open Space. These 28 lesson plans for grades 6-12 are aligned with Ohio’s Learning Standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts. The plans feature activities, like the one pictured below, using primary source documents available through the Ohio Memory Collection, a

SUMMER FUN WITH INFOHIO’S BEACH BINGO Summertime is right around the corner! Let’s continue to extend student learning with fun summer learning activities and resources on INFOhio’s Summer Learning page.  Challenge families and students to take INFOhio’s Beach Bingo Challenge this summer to accelerate learning with fun activities and earn a badge and certificate to Show What You Know! Students can

OPEN OFFICE HOURS TO HELP WITH TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE ONLINE TEACHER LICENSES Transparent Language Online, appropriate 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

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 Resources are provided at no cost to Ohio schools by INFOhio

SKETCHUP PRO TRANSITIONING TO A FREE WEB-BASED APP SketchUp Pro is discontinuing its Statewide License Grant program, which has been administered through INFOhio, effective July 1, 2022.  SketchUp Pro encourages schools to transition to the web-based, 3D modeling app called SketchUp for Schools available through Google Workspace and Microsoft Education platforms. The move to a web app

Transparent Language Online Transparent Language Online is a web-based learning platform with over 100 languages, including English. Listening, reading, speaking, and writing activities support students to develop language skills while exploring the culture and history of the target language. Interactive lessons and activities keep students of all ages engaged as they study colors, letters, and basic

NEW LEARNING PATHWAY CLASSES: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION LITERACY The School Library Basics Learning Pathway has been developed to help school librarians learn the basics for managing an Ohio school library and is ideal for new Ohio school librarians or Ohio school library staff who have not completed a graduate program in library science. Choose to complete

SEEKING FEEDBACK ON IWONDER IWonder, a student tool powered by INFOhio, includes age-appropriate, curated collections of websites to help students in grades 4-9 with homework and research. IWonder’s collection of websites are chosen by Ohio school librarians and provide a jumping off place for student inquiry and curiosity. Are you an educator who uses or has