WSWHE SLS Housekeeping
Odds and ends and things you may have missed
Here's a recap of some of the resources, news, and other things going on...
1. New ebooks in Rosen interactive collection
2. Sora Sweet Reads (live 5/5!) and SYNC audiobooks
3. Other new simultaneous access Sora collections
4. Training for database ordering via "The Menu"
5. Diversity audit tool in Titlewave
1. New collections added to WSWHE Rosen ebook collection!
(*Note: sometimes folks state that when they click on links in the Slide deck, they only see Spotlight on NY. If that's the case, go to the lower right corner of Rosen and "log out", then log in again with WSWHE SLS credentials. Fetching links while in your school's network also seems to help. Email us if you need login information!)
2. Sora Sweet Reads go live; SYNC audiobooks for teens, too
In addition, Overdrive has partnered again with AudioFile to make SYNC audiobooks available freely to students, aged 13 and up who sign up, from now through the summer. More information is here. And yes...we asked about Ed Law 2d compliance. Here is their response to our query here.
3. More Sora content news...
Benefits of Being an Octopus (audiobook) is back!
Forget Me Not
President of the Whole 5th Grade
Designing a Prosocial Classroom
SEL Every Day
--The BOCES library directors throughout NYS are purchasing an epic collection with shared simultaneous access to 475 audiobook titles and 25 read-aloud titles that will be live by the end of this school year. This incredible list includes many audiobook versions of curricular staples (from Fever 1793 to 1984) to popular trade materials (Dory Fantasmagory, Stellaluna) and is absolutely worth a look (and, of course, we'll have them curated among our "always available" materials once they're live).
4. Upcoming training for "The Menu" to purchase your databases
Tuesday May 11 (Session 1) 9:00 - 10:00am
https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=18589&I=3789374
Tuesday May 11 (Session 2) 12:30 - 1:30pm
https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=18589&I=3789384
Thursday May 13 (Session 3) 3:30 - 4:30pm
https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=18589&I=3789387