INFOhio has purchased a Premium Membership on behalf of all Ohio PreK-12 schools to OhioNET, and that membership has benefits.

Make student learning happen on the first day of school by setting up your Storia classes and Transparent Language Online student accounts now.

INFOhio is pleased to provide Storia to Ohio 4th and 5th grade teachers and students at no cost. Beginning August 1, 2018, educators who work with 4th and 5th grade students can request an access code for this online reading program which provides over 350 eBooks, both fiction and non-fiction.

For the 2018-2019 school year, Ohio's 4th and 5th grade students can use Storia: Ohio's 4th & 5th Grade eBook Collection, which now includes more than 350 titles. Ohio's 4th and 5th grade teachers can begin requesting their new Storia codes on August 1st.

With special thanks to the Ohio Department of Education and the Libraries Connect Ohio partnership, INFOhio is able to continue delivering essential digital resources to all Ohio PreK-12 schools ensuring equity of access for all students once again. INFOhio will continue to provide favorite resources teachers rely on accessed directly from INFOhio’s website:

• BookFlix
• Digital Video Collection
• ISearch
• Science Online
• Storia for 4^th grade, soon to be expanded to include 5th grade, bringing the Storia collection to over 300 titles!

Do you want to get an inside look at the new and returning resources available from INFOhio in the next school year? Watch a Sneak Peek Webinar recording!

INFOhio is licensing and renewing high-quality, digital, instructional content for the 2018-2019 school year that all Ohio PreK-12 students, their parents, and their teachers can use at school, at home, and on the go. INFOhio has licensed Science Online and renewed videos in INFOhio's Digital Video Collection (DVC) for all Ohio PreK-12 schools to use at no cost to schools.

Divorce. Emotional abuse. Neglect. Natural disasters. Poverty. Separation. Violence. Most teachers will agree that they encounter students who display the behaviors caused by severe trauma in their classrooms. Trauma is epidemic.

This post is part of the Teach With INFOhio series "Here's How #INFOhioWorks." In this series, you'll find specific examples of how INFOhio works for other Ohio educators. Learn some strategies you can try in your own classroom. Then share with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using #INFOhioWorks!

On Thursday, March 15th, the State Library of Ohio Board approved a grant to contribute LSTA funding to the Libraries Connect Ohio collection of digital content for FY2019. INFOhio, OhioLINK, and OPLIN, representing school libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, contribute funding for this collection of high quality digital content. Through this unique partnership of library organizations, Libraries Connect Ohio is able to provide a strong and consistent set of resources that demonstrates the benefits of shared services and effectively serves Ohioans of all ages.

The dimension of locating information has grown exponentially with the internet and tools that allow easy and constant access. Learn which INFOhio tools you can use to help students learn to locate the best information to answer their question. This is the third in a series of several posts about the inquiry process and the Dimensions of Inquiry.

The weekend is almost here! It's time to kick back and relax. But we think that the weekend is also the perfect time to get your professional growth on. We're not talking about parking yourself in front of a computer or sticking your nose in a scholarly journal. Instead, we're giving you a weekend playlist for professional growth. So plop down on the couch and turn on your TV, or tune in while you're in your car, or listen on your phone while you go for a walk—and get ready to grow professionally!

Using digital text and tools is a way to engage readers in text, as well as empower them with one of the most critical needs for their future—digital literacy. INFOhio is dedicated to providing high-quality digital content, resources, and tools for students and teachers in Ohio that will develop the necessary skills for early literacy, inquiry, and college and career readiness. 

One of the best ways to teach children to understand the feelings and thoughts of others is by using picture books in the classroom. 

The weekend is almost here! It's time to kick back and relax. But we think that the weekend is also the perfect time to get your professional growth on. We're not talking about parking yourself in front of a computer or sticking your nose in a scholarly journal. Instead, we're giving you a weekend playlist for professional growth. So plop down on the couch and turn on your TV, or tune in while you're in your car, or listen on your phone while you go for a walk—and get ready to grow professionally!