• New - Libraries Connect Ohio Resources
• GO! Ask, Act, Achieve
  
• Getting Started with Educator Tools Video Tutorial (INFOhio on YouTube)
  
• InfOhio on Pinterest
  
• Getting Started with INFOhio and G Suite
  

• Tech Skills for Online Testing
  

• Research Favorites

Together with OPLIN, OhioLINK, and the State Library of Ohio, INFOhio provides quality databases and

resources at no cost to Ohio schools. This year the following resources have been added:

• ChiltonLibrary - Digitized collection of manuals on automotive service and repair. For grades 9-12.
• Small Business Reference Center - Full text for many small business periodicals, reference books, videos, industry information, state-specific demographic data, and details on how to create business plans. For grades 10-12.
• Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center - Full-text magazines, reference books, recipes, hobby profiles, and videos with “how-to” instructions and creative ideas. For grades 6-12.
• Home Improvement Reference Center - Full-text magazines and trade publications, reference books, images, and videos with “how-to” information. For grades 9-12.
• Transparent Language Online - Web-based language learning platform with more than 100 languages. For grades 4-12.
• Very Short Introductions - Full-text academic introductions and historical overviews. For grades 11-12.
• Oxford Research Encyclopedias - Full-text academic encyclopedia articles from subject-based encyclopedias. For grades 11-12.
  

Have you seen the updated GO! Ask, Act, Achieve?

Infohio is pleased to announce an updated and revised version of GO! Ask, Act, Achieve. This online tool leads students in grades 4-10 through the inquiry process by providing digital tools, resources, and strategies to help them from the get-go: develop and ask questions; research, synthesize, and act to find the answers; and finally, achieve success by presenting their findings and evaluating what and how they learned. Updates to the tool include:

• Interactive PDFs converted to Google Docs
• Updated project creation tools, focusing on free resources such as Adobe Spark and Canva
• A variety of INFOhio’s digital content in each module, including Book Nook
• Additional modules to scaffold student learning

• Makerspaces - Resources - INFOhio's Pinterest board on makerspaces includes links to articles and resources to use to promotes and build makerspaces. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: ALL GRADES
  
• Marshalling Arguments - INFOhio's Pinterest board on marshalling arguments includes articles, websites, tools and instructional strategies for developing arguments.This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: ALL GRADES
  
• Financial Aid - College and Career - INFOhio's Pinterest board on financial aid includes links to articles, infographics, and more to help students and parents in searching for financial aid to pay for college. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
  
• College and Career Readiness - INFOhio's Pinterest board on college and career readiness includes digital tools and links to use for preparing for college and career. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: ALL GRADES
  
• Coding - INFOhio's Pinterest board on coding includes resources for teachers to get students started with coding.
  
• Fake News - Teaching Students to Evaluate Source - INFOhio's Pinterest board on fake news includes links to lesson plans, articles, and more on teaching students how to spot fake news and evaluate sources. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• Text Complexity - INFOhio's Pinterest board on text complexity includes articles, charts, and websites to help educators decipher the mysteries of text complexity. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: ALL GRADES

• STEP 1. Sign in to your Google account so that you can readily access G Suite for Education tools that include Gmail, Classroom, Drive, Docs, and more.
• STEP 2. Go to INFOhio (www.infohio.org) and find content to use. Many of the resources will help you easily share content with students.
• STEP 3. ISearch, World Book, Science Online, and EBSCO all offer easy steps to integrating digital content into G Suite.
  
• INFOhioandGSuite Guide - This guide shows how to create Google classroom assignments or announcements using digital content from INFOhio.

Ohio schools are moving toward online assessments for their students which include interactive assessment items. These interactive assessment items have been enhanced by technology and in order for students to successfully complete these online assessments, they will need to be able to perform many technology tasks including: click/tap, scroll, plot points, drag/drop, type with text editor, select object, select text, use video player, select area, drag/slide, deselect, highlight, use ruler, use calculator, use protractor

These resources contain interactive online activities that will simulate the technological tasks the students will need to complete. Also on each tab are ways to integrate these tech skills in your everyday classroom and activities. Visit Tech Skill for Online Testing

• World Book Student - Online encyclopedia includes eBooks, videos, activities, primary sources, read-aloud, and translation features. Lexile reading levels included.This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
• World Book Advanced -Online encyclopedia includes eBooks, videos, activities, primary sources, read-aloud, and translation features. Lexile reading levels included. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• Science Reference Center - Full text of science and math encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals, searchable by topic and standard. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• Points of View Reference Center - Multiple perspectives on current issues presented in overview essays and journal articles. Lexile reading levels included. This resource is suitable for students in the following grades: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th