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What's Happening Next Year
May 2014
Boise School District librarians offer this monthly newsletter to provide tips and information about some of the digital resources available to both teachers and students.
All of these programs and tools are available at the Boise Schools Library Portal Page or on individual school library websites.
All of these programs and tools are available at the Boise Schools Library Portal Page or on individual school library websites.
To aid in planning over the summer, please find information about new or updated versions of the library databases below that will be available after July.
If you have any questions about new features, new databases, where they are located, and how to use them, please contact your librarian.
If you have any questions about new features, new databases, where they are located, and how to use them, please contact your librarian.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is launching a new Beta Version with new and improved capabilities, This version will be the default interface next fall, and retain all the great information that is already there. This update includes:
- Mobile capability
- New screen design and article navigation
- Updated Games
- Search capability
CultureGrams
Next year Country Reports with be replaced with CultureGrams. CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. The variety of grade level resources makes this an exciting addition to the suite of research databases.
CultureGrams in 2 Minutes
Noodle Tools
Due to lack of use, the district wide license will not be renewed for Noodle Tools for the upcoming school year. Noodle Tools will be available until the end of June. Please contact your librarian to find alternate solutions.
District Follett eBook Shelf
For the start of the 2014-15 school year a District eBook shelf will be available for the students and staff of the district. This will provide hundreds of fiction eBooks for students and staff to access. They will be found in your school catalog and can be viewed online, or on mobile devices.
Remember you need to download and use the Follett Quest and Enlight apps to read your eBooks on your mobile devices. Find these as well as other library apps here.
Remember you need to download and use the Follett Quest and Enlight apps to read your eBooks on your mobile devices. Find these as well as other library apps here.
Early World of Learning from World Book
Early World of Learning is an online resource for preschoolers & children in early grades.
The Early World of Learning offers resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum. The site encompasses three interactive learning environments:
- Trek's Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games and original videos that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, opposites, and more.
- Welcome to Reading provides leveled readers activities to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. The Lexile Framework for Reading ensures that early readers use text at their level.
- Know It offers a visual encyclopedia that will captivate early learners with non-fiction topics of interest and importance to them.
Biography and Mythology from FactCite
FactCite is a comprehensive online database containing The Lincoln Library's catalog of extensive historical, biographic and reference material.
Beginning next year the Mythology database will now be available for both junior high and elementary students. This includes a new Easy Reading Version.
Also new to elementary next year will be Biography for Beginners. Featuring over 400 famous people, this database includes a listing of it's of articles ranked by their Lexile score.
Beginning next year the Mythology database will now be available for both junior high and elementary students. This includes a new Easy Reading Version.
Also new to elementary next year will be Biography for Beginners. Featuring over 400 famous people, this database includes a listing of it's of articles ranked by their Lexile score.
My Fusion Pages are GONE!
When we all come back from our wonderful summer vacation, there will be a jarring moment for many when they see their Fusion page is gone.
Don't worry, your pages have just been archived. Check out this video below to find out how to save all of your hard work.
Don't worry, your pages have just been archived. Check out this video below to find out how to save all of your hard work.
Tumblebooks
New and available now, Tumblebooks contains 1000+ titles including animated talking picture books, chapter books, NatGeo Videos, non-fiction titles, books in French and Spanish, graphic novels and math stories.The cross-referencing to CCSS is a handy tool to help in planning lessons.
School's (Almost) Out For Summer
Schools out for Summer by andysally