Gale Newsletter
FADSS Edition
Who is Gale? And why is it so important in Florida?
Gale is a state selected content provider!
Gale is proud to be a selected provider of content to the State of Florida. Many Gale resources are found through the Florida Electronic Library. We are here to help with specific selected pathways to grade level content to meet the needs of your individual school or district. To find out more, schedule a meeting with Robin or Tammy and let us show you how you can provide these great resources easily!
Visit our new page for Florida educators only! Curated resources, lists to support state mandates, updates, filtering tools and more being added...
Your Gale contacts....
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning is here for you. Please contact us for district information and training!
What's the buzz about needs in your district...
Making ebooks work in your district through full integration..
What are your challenges with supporting teachers?
Professional Learning is such a huge part of supporting educators, addressing district initiatives, and creating a positive community. We know the goal, but how do we get there?
What are you doing in your district to address PD? What is working, and what are your challenges?
We'd love to hear from you and learn more about the PD experience in your district - especially as we are nearing the beginning of a new year and starting to plan those meaningful professional learning sessions.
Below are sample titles from publishers like ASCD, Corwin, ISTE, NCTE, and more on our award-winning platform that makes offering PD content sustainable.
Gale eBooks are:
- A one-time purchase
- Unlimited, simultaneous use
- Align with qualifications for state and federal funding
- Fully customizable platform
You choose the titles and collections that match your district's mission and pedagogical vision. We download and install them within 48 hours, and provide any onboarding or training you might need.
Publisher: Dave Burgess
Author: Matt Miller
This book translates AI through a teacher lens, provides practical ideas educators can use in the classroom right away, and unlocks powerful ways to streamline teaching and save time. It also paints a picture of the future that students will face, and provides thought-provoking questions for them to ponder.
Publisher: ASCD
Questioning for Formative Feedback
Author: Jackie Acree Walsh
This book presents steps to help create a classroom in which everyone learns through intentional practice. They include blueprints for coherent models of key processes and products; tools and strategies to achieve identified outcomes; protocols with directions for completing activities; and classroom artifacts of authentic classroom use.
Publisher: NCTE
Reimagining Literacies in the Digital Age: Multimodal Strategies to Teach with Technology
Authors: Pauline S. Schmidt and Matthew J. Kruger-Ross
This book advocates for a slower and more deliberate approach to thinking and planning for teaching literacies. It showcases how technologies can expand, enhance, and inspire the consuming and producing powers of secondary students by examining visual and aural literacies before multimodal literacies.
Publisher: ISTE
Dive into UDL: Immersive Practices to Develop Expert Learners
Authors: Kendra Grant and Luis Perez
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for designing instruction that meets the needs of every learner. In this updated edition, readers will learn how to incorporate accessible learning materials and technologies into their instructional design to ensure choice for learners and help them develop into independent, motivated expert learners.
Publisher: ASCD
Trauma Responsive Educational Practices
Author: Micere Keels
In Trauma Responsive Educational Practices, Micere Keels examines the neurobiology of trauma; presents mindfulness strategies that strengthen student self-regulation and extend professional longevity; and demonstrates how to build pedagogically caring relationships, psychologically safe discipline, and an emotionally safe classroom learning climate.
Publisher: Corwin
Authors: Nancy Frey, Michelle Shin, Douglas Fisher, and Enrico Biscocho.
This book offers activities and practical strategies that focus leaders and coaches on critical aspects of success for that make-or-break first year. Includes timely content aligned to needs as they come up throughout the year including the physical environment, engagement, and classroom management, and coaching scenarios to apply and reflect on strategies.
Things You Should Know...
Gale In Context: Elementary and National Geographic Kids
It’s a big job, so we’re bringing two powerful resources together. As of this week, Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids content will be integrated into Gale In Context: Elementary. Elementary educators and librarians are already superheroes in our eyes—but imagine what they’ll be able to do when they have both of these resources in one place.
What You Need to Know About Our Newest Integration:
If you have both of these resources, Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids content can now be found within the Gale In Context: Elementary platform. This means greater accessibility to premier content, a better user experience, and more opportunities for teaching and learning. Elementary-aged kids will love discovering miles upon miles of colorful, engaging content from National Geographic while being introduced to proper research skills.
Get LIT with our new Gale In Context: Literature
Gale In Context for Literature: provides context for literary classics and a mixture of new texts by using a robust multimedia collection of videos, images, infographics, eBooks, and more. There are also over 60 full text novels in this new program. This high-interest content is available in the user-friendly Gale In Context platform, complete with accessibility and navigation tools that ensure a seamless user experience. Spark greater interest in literature and inspire more-compelling class discussions when you connect your students to Literature.
New Spanish Titles-Youth Large Print from Thorndike Press
Necidad Espanol titles? Emerging bilingual students face unique challenges in acquiring English proficiency. Providing them with appropriate resources is essential. Large print books are a simple literacy solution that’s proven to be effective.
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