[aisle] digital resource suggestions needed

[Irene Jackson]

My district likes the Capstone PebbleGo and PebbleGoNext.  PebbleGo is
extremely easy to use with the primary grade students and so it is well
used and on topic curricularly.  My older students (grades 4-6) utilize the
Scholastic TrueFlix and ScienceFlix a lot.  We go through out public
library to use the Scholastic resources.   We are 1:1 ipads and all of
these digital sources work really well.  They are not apps on the ipads but
we create shortcuts on the ipads to use them.  If you buy them for your
district you can get a direct URL so that the students don't need to put in
a user ID and password.

We use Follett Destiny too, but have not experimented with putting them as
a resource on their platform.  When we tried to just put websites on
Destiny a few years ago, it took forever for Destiny to load every time the
students opened it up, so we shied away from adding anything else on to
it.  You could try again--maybe it has improved.

Good luck!  It is wonderful that your district is supporting you and
getting ready for digital learning in the future if we need to do remote
learning again.



Reenie Jackson

Irene (Reenie) Jackson
Teacher Librarian
Lester Elementary School

Lester Library Classroom Website <http://www.tinyurl.com/lelrc>

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 1:07 PM Kathy McCoy via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have been asked by my district to look into digital resources for this
> upcoming school year for grades K-5.  Looking for e-books and science &
> social studies related resources.  We have Destiny - do any of you have
> Lightbox?  Is it used by your teachers and liked?
>
> I suggested that they also look into Pebblego and Pebblego Next and
> Scholastic resources such as BookFlix, ScienceFlix, TrueFlix, etc.
>
> What suggestions do  you have for me that are user friendly and well liked
> by staff and students?  I appreciate your help!
>
> Please feel free to email me privately if you'd like:
> Kathy.McCoy at central301.net
>
> Mrs. Kathy McCoy
> Library Media Specialist
> CCUSD #301 - Prairie View Grade School
> (847) 464-6014 ext. 8210
> kathy.mccoy at central301.net
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