The new school year is here bringing cooler temperatures, early mornings, and a new classroom of students eager to make connections. Start the year by engaging students and helping them feel safe and connected in every classroom. INFOhio is excited to share instructional materials to support educators with three ways to build a connected classroom. 

Are you a new school library staff member? Congratulations on your new job!! INFOhio is here to help you with tips and tricks for successfully transitioning into your new role.     

Recording is now available for this Learn With INFOhio webinar featuring News Literacy Project. 

INFOhio provides a variety of options for educators looking for flexible summer professional development. Online classes, webinars, and blogs available at no cost train educators to use and integrate digital content for teaching and learning. Read more about how to use INFOhio's professional development and hit a homerun this summer whether you're at the ball park, on vacation, or lounging at home.

Check out professional learning options from INFOhio. This year, INFOhio has selected recorded webinars and self-paced classes that will equip you for the upcoming school year. Explore these professional learning opportunities and choose your path for PD this summer.

As the end of the school year is approaching, your mind is probably thinking about summer and maybe even a vacation! Have you planned your summer vacation yet? As you plan, dig into CultureGrams: Kids, Provinces, States, and World Editions to find important information about your travel sites. Discover pertinent facts and information for each state and country that will help you know what to wear, what greeting to use, what type of food you will discover, and more. Each report provides information about the Land and Climate, History, Greetings, Family, Diet, Housing, Holidays, Economy, Education, Health, and more. 

April is National Poetry Month. Shower your students with INFOhio's quality digital content to support Ohio's Learning Standards. Let rhythm and rhyme downpour in your spring classroom!

Advocating for your library has never been more important. Through numbers you can share the value of your school library, sending a powerful message to your audience.

April is School Library Month, a time to celebrate librarians' vital role in fostering a love of reading and instilling digital, information, and media literacy skills in students to help them become literate and successful citizens. To celebrate, read about Ohio School Librarians participating in INFOhio user groups—ICoach and Users Council—doing amazing work with INFOhio resources.

How can INFOhio support preschool-aged students? Emily Rozmus, an educator and school librarian who used technology daily with all grade levels, and Jill Finnan, an early learning professional who has served in a variety of settings, share thoughts about the best uses of technology for students ages 3-5.

Start building your school's professional eBook library, and lead the effort to read more. With INFOhio, Ohio educators enjoy immediate and equitable access to a permanent collection of more than 250 professional learning eBooks. 

March is Women's History Month. Quality text from eBook collections provided by INFOhio supports knowledge-building and vocabulary development while increasing awareness and understanding of the contributions made by trailblazing women. 

As educators, we crave high-quality professional development opportunities. We want personalized professional training that we can work on at our own pace and at no cost. That’s a tall order, but INFOhio has you covered. Today we will look at just a few professional learning eBooks available from INFOhio that nurture creativity in your teaching practice and classroom. With INFOhio eBooks, you have simultaneous and unlimited use—there is no limit to how many people can use the resource at one time. These eBooks are also freely available; INFOhio has taken care of the costs and there is no purchase required to use them.