Learning.com's EasyTech Online Safety Curriculum is available free to all Ohio K-12 public and private schools for the 2014-15 school year, thanks to funding by the Ohio Department of Education.

 

EasyTech's Online Safety Curriculum exceeds CIPA and E-Rate Internet safety training requirements and makes reporting compliance easy. New material for middle and high school students has been added this year. The curriculum also contains numerous resources for teachers and parents.

 

To get the curriculum, a school or district only needs to assign a coordinator to register with Learning.com and attend a 3-hour training session. More training sessions will be scheduled later in the fall. For more information, see the INFOhio Online Safety Training page or email support@infohio.org.

 
Well, now you can! Just nominate your ITC representative for the 2014 INFOhio Spence White Service Award. The Spence White Service Award recognizes exemplary service provided to the INFOhio community by ITC personnel. Award recipients provide outstanding support to the INFOhio project to ensure that every Ohio student, regardless of income or region, has equitable access to library service and digital resources.
 
Nominations are due Tuesday, September 2.
 
For details and the nomination form, go to the INFOhio Spence White Service Award page. Email central@infohio.org with questions. 

Want an easy way to create a work folder for your substitute teacher on those unforeseen absence days? Look to LearningExpress Library. Have your students set up accounts--or create accounts for them--ahead of time, and then use LEL as your sub's go-to assignment. The College Preparation Center lets high school students practice for ACT, SAT, PSAT, and AP exams. The School Center helps 4th-12th graders practice vocabulary, reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.