INFOhio’s central office has moved! We are now located within the State Library of Ohio.

Looking for an easy way to collaborate with teachers to curate resources to share with students and staff? With BLUEcloud Course Lists build resource lists that can be accessed online, anytime! Promote quality, vetted resources from your school library and INFOhio!

It can be challenging to find high-quality resources and support materials for the art classroom. Instructional materials make a difference, and quality visual arts materials are just as important to student learning as the core subject areas. Take a little time to explore these tools and see how they can support your instruction and goals for your students.

INFOhio recently added EBSCO's Current Biography Illustrated to the middle and high school resource collections. 

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. 

Recordings are now available for the four Learn With INFOhio Webinars in the Bundle Up with BLUEcloud series. Join INFOhio and explore BLUEcloud, SirsiDynix's next-generation library services platform, and discover best practices for using Fetch and ISearch in your library. 

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.

Looking for an easy way to collaborate with teachers to curate resources to share with students and staff? With BLUEcloud Course Lists build resource lists that can be accessed online, anytime! Promote quality, vetted resources from your school library and INFOhio!

Today's digital natives are primarily "tech comfy." Teens may need to show adults how to use SnapChat, but age and experience help adults know more about how to evaluate the content on this platform and other digital spaces.

In order to create critical thinkers who are able to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate digital content, educators must be intentional in preparing  students for 21st century learning. That includes reading content on the screen from a variety of sources—blogs, social media posts, databases, articles, and forums.

Interested in becoming an INFOhio ICoach? Find out how with these updates and changes to the INFOhio ICoach program. 

Learn how to use the 856 tag feature in Book Nook to add links to student-created book trailers in your school's online catalog.

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. 

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.

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.