Educational Technology at IU13

OverDrive's Big Library Read launches on November 1st. This year's title is Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards is available to all IU13 districts for sim-use checkouts until November 15th.  Marketing materials, such as flyers, social media posts, and images to promote to high school students and teachers can be found here.

Here are some fresh ideas and resources from Discovery Education to keep the momentum of the school year going. Be sure to log into your instance of Discovery Education before clicking on the links below.

Timely & Relevant Resources  

Did you hear the news? DE has launched an Activity Center for K-8 teachers with daily ready-to-use activities! Here, you can find a calendar of ready-to-use activities to engage students with a variety of science, social studies, math, and ELA content. DE will release a new calendar each month with timely and relevant content, so be sure to subscribe to the new Activity Center. 

The ready-to-use activities combine the best of the SOS Strategies with high-quality content, giving you that magic formula for constructive, engaging activities that save teachers time. 

• K-2 Activity Calendar: November 2021 
• 3-5 Activity Calendar: November 2021 
• 6-8 Activity Calendar: November 2021 

This Month at DE

Explore the full Discovery Education November 2021 Newsletter to learn about all the timely and relevant resources happening this month!

Extend Your Learning 

Grab "just-in-time" professional learning resources that are short, convenient, and relevant to teachers' day-to-day life. In our Professional Learning NOW collection, explore micro-learnings that cover topics such as remote teaching and learning, social-emotional learning, and culturally responsive teaching. Each micro-learning provides a 3-5 minute burst of personalized, guided learning that seamlessly fits into a busy schedule.

Stay Connected at VirtCon |  Tuesday, November 9, 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET 

Go hands-on with Discovery Education to build meaningful learning activities. From interactive slideshows, all new Activity Templates and real-time collaboration, there is a lot to explore! You will also participate in sessions hosted by DEN STAR Educators.

Learn More

Our Fall 2021 IMS Showcase series of 30 to 45-minute webinars kicks off this week for educators to learn more about the materials and resources that the Instructional Media Services (IMS) provides for all of IU13.

Here is the listing of our upcoming webinars:

• Discovery Education Experience on Wednesday, October 20 at 3:30 – 4:15 PM
• BrainPOP Combo on Wednesday, October 27 from 7:30 – 8:15 AM
• Gale Research Databases on Wednesday, November 3 from 3:30 – 4:15 PM
• IMS Lending Library Materials - StarLab, Telepresence and Mobile Device Kits on Wednesday, November 10 from 7:30 – 8:15 AM
• OverDrive & CultureGrams on Wednesday, November 10 from 3:30 – 4:15 PM

This flyer contains webinar descriptions and Frontline registration links. 

A recent announcement from OverDrive:

We are happy to announce that OverDrive has acquired TeachingBooks.net. TeachingBooks creates, acquires and maintains an expansive, exclusive collection of digital resources that deepen students' understanding of children's and young adult books. It is the best source of supplemental materials that enables you to support curriculum needs and enrich literacy instruction while enhancing students' engagement with books and reading. See press release.

TeachingBooks has been creating and maintaining enrichment content about children's and young adult books since 2001, and now offers more than 265,000 resources in their catalog to enrich how a book is taught in the classroom. They currently work with more than 50,000 schools and libraries, supporting students' and readers' appreciation and enjoyment of books.