[aisle] digital resource suggestions needed

[Irene Jackson]

I should have clarified---our school district buys us the individual
PebbleGo modules---we have 11 elementary schools and they buy all of us
two.  My PTA buys any other modules for us.  We have PBG Animals and
Biographies (these are the most popular) and we also have PBG Science and
Social Studies, PBGN Science and PBGN Biographies from our generous PTA.
In the past, we have also bought PBGN US States & Native American Indians
too and it is well used.

Our district did buy all of us TrueFlix a few years back, but then our
public library took over.  Our public library offers all of the Scholastic
"flixes" and more.  I only told you about TrueFlix and ScienceFlix because
they are very popular.  ScholasticGo! and Worldbook Online are great online
encyclopedias that are also offered and students use a lot.  Our public
library has given all of our schools a universal digital number that
functions as one open access library code to allow all of our students into
each of their modules.  It is wonderful, but the code is pretty long and
our younger students struggle with it.  The older students are great with
it.  I know about the direct link that I mentioned in my previous email
because when my district did buy us the Trueflix it had that.

Any of the databases will give you a free trial to see how you like the
database.  If you can wait, in October and November, all of Illinois has
access to a huge group free trial with many many databases in the state's
Try It Illinois program, http://www.finditillinois.org/tryit/

I hope this helps.

Reenie

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 3:22 PM Marsha Stewart via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Our students and teachers love lightbox.
>
> 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
>> *"E**ngage the mind, empower the learner, *
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