7 ELL Best Practices with Learn360
Are there multiple languages spoken across your school community? Creating a welcoming environment for all of your students who are English Language Learners (ELL) is paramount to a successful school year. Learn360 has all of the multimedia assets to support your unique and diverse classroom. Enhance your classroom instruction through these best practices. 1. Look […]
How to Make Instruction More Interesting with Multimedia
Whether you’re a teacher or a student, you know from experience that lessons with more dynamic, visual elements are more likely to stick in your mind. Research shows that we learn better when our materials include a mixture of both graphics and text, and that’s where multimedia instruction comes in. What Is Multimedia Instruction? Multimedia […]
Supplemental Resources for Every Course Modality
Like many instructors, I always have the best of intentions for my summers. (And like many instructors, I tend to not actually accomplish much over the summer, but that’s a topic for another post.) A couple summers ago, my colleague and I decided to use our time between the spring and fall semesters to revise […]
Inquiry and School Librarians: Why Use a Framework?
It might seem trivial to talk about professional development when the world is in crisis, but it feels important to focus on something good at the end of this year. Strangely, coronavirus provided unexpected learning opportunities that were not available 12 months ago. It opened the door for school librarians to access professional development online, […]
Leveraging Supplemental Resources for K–12 Schools & Districts
Supplemental resources are such an invaluable tool for teachers. I’m talking about instructional materials that go beyond the regular required class materials, and for the most part, I’m talking about items that are not required. They are optional additional materials for students to extend their learning. Supplemental resources can include apps, websites, videos, software, or […]
Opium War: A Historical Controversy from Issues & Controversies in History
A Historical Spotlight from Issues & Controversies in History: OPIUM WAR: Was Great Britain Justified in Going to War with China? Should Great Britain have gone to war with China? Be sure to check out Issues & Controversies in History’s complete and unbiased coverage of this issue. Learn more about the issue and check out […]
Developing an Inclusive Library Space: A Holistic Approach
The library is an institution whose purpose is to serve the needs of its community. To ensure the library is effectively representing and including all members of the community (both the local and global community all humans are a part of), we must be continuously evaluating the library’s practices, programs, policies, collections, and more. We […]
Empower Your Students to Become Informed Global Citizens with My World: Global Curriculum
Today, there are as many news outlets as there are opinions about these outlets and their “agendas.” As the media plays an ever-increasing role in forming our worldview, media literacy is becoming an even more important skill for the next generation of leaders, creators, innovators, and citizens. That’s why Infobase is proud to partner with […]
Four Fast and Fun Check-In Ideas for Your Classroom
Whether you call it a bell-ringer, opener, do-now, etc., we all know the first few moments of the school day (or a class) set the tone. That’s why we LOVE these quick check-in activities to connect with students. These activities help: Set a positive tone Get those neurons firing Stimulate background knowledge Create opportunities for […]
Women’s History Month: American Trailblazers
Women’s History Month is a perfect time to learn about the challenges that women have faced politically, socially, and professionally throughout American history, and celebrate the accomplishments of focused and passionate women. There are far too many to include here, so we’ve highlighted just some of the trailblazers that have made it possible to shift […]
No Time for a Full Diversity Audit? No Problem!
A library collection diversity audit is an incredible way of gathering critical data on the state of representation present in your library collection. This data can be pivotal in your collection development, advocacy, and outreach efforts. There is no denying that a diversity audit is an intensely valuable asset in our efforts to develop library […]
Technology, Research, and Community Education
This post was originally published on my blog on December 6th, 2017, as I wrapped up another semester of my master’s program at the University of Houston. I think one incredible benefit of blogging as a reflective learning activity is the ability to go back to those older posts and revisit the learning that occurred. […]
