Power Up Learning:

1. Power Up Learning: INFOhio Users Council October 12, 2011 INFOhio Users Council

2. Power Up Learning: State Initiatives INFOhio Users Council

3. Task Force: Working Together to Support Ohio's Libraries • OELMA, ALAO, OLC, State Library, INFOhio, ODE, Kent State, MCOECN and M.E. Steele Pierce, Supt. West Clermont • Focus--On Ohio’s school libraries and the impact the significant loss of certified librarians is having on schools, public, and academic libraries. • Activities: • verify data of staffing loss • meeting with State Superintendent, ODE • hold Ohio Libraries Snapshot Day INFOhio Users Council

4. Meeting Stan Heffner, State Superintendent • October 17 • Bruce Hawkins, Beverly Cain, and Terri Fredericka • Goal: Enlisting ODE’s voice in advocacy for school libraries and INFOhio.

5. Dual Enrollment Task Force • The Community Colleges and Regional Campus Directors presented a request to determine how OhioLINK can best support the growing number of concurrent and dual-enrollment students.  • Form work group • Conduct research and evaluation to determine how OhioLINK institutions are supporting concurrent and dual-enrollment students.  INFOhio Users Council

6. ODE Literacy State Advisory Council • Ohio’s Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Initiative • INFOhio summer work • Linking INFOhio resources to literacy goals • Website being developed—coming soon INFOhio Users Council

7. Power Up Learning: INFOhio Products, Tools and Services INFOhio Users Council

8. Learn with INFOhio Webinars • New marketing system—Eventbrite • Recordings of past webinars • Upcoming Webinar • October 27, 2011 • CyberSafety updates: Cyberbullying and Your Digital Reputation INFOhio Users Council

9. OHS 4th Grade Textbook • Partnership project with Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohioasamerica.org • INFOhio provides technical design expertise, website hosting and also created an interactive map for the textbook. • Several subscribed (approx. 100 teachers, 500 students) • Content aligned with standards INFOhio Users Council

10. OHS 4th Grade Textbook • 100% mobile compatible – NO FLASH USED INFOhio Users Council

11. Partnerships • Module 4-Self Assessment and Reflection - the most recent in a series of instructional strategy videos created with Montgomery County ESC based on Marzano research-based strategies • Especially valuable to School Improvement teams INFOhio Users Council

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13. www.infohio.org/Educator/ICoach.html INFOhio Users Council

14. CAT/CAT Jr. Summer 2011Added/Enhanced features • Delivered on September 1, 2011 • Incorporate DVC and INFOhio eBook Collection • Delivered “enabled” • Can support DVC, eBooks, Both, or neither – ask your Provider • Can apply grade band filter on eBooks – ask your Provider    • Help in CAT - points to unprotected version of “Searching with CAT” from Sirsi Handbook • Summary source changed – use 520 tag if available, content enrichment if not.   • Added support for new digital device material type –DIGITALDEV • Removed "You Found Titles in Categories" from results.  • Improved Call Number and results message readability in CAT Jr. • Statistics report

15. CAT/CAT Jr.Still in the hopper for Fall • Hi - Improve user-friendliness of Electronic Resources (eBooks and others) and fix display bug in Brief Description tab. • Med - Library dropdown should be consistent on all screens • Med – Special search for reading guide • Med - Display all 526 tags in brief description • Med – Put guided searches on their own menu.

16. Digital Video Collection • Closed captioning grant nearly complete. • 78 titles were captioned. • Captioned videos are identified with a ‘CC’ • Can now search just for those titles if desired ~ use the Browse Videos and choose Closed Caption Titles INFOhio Users Council

17. Discovery PortalWhat’s new • Improved search engine for indexed data • Help button goes to INFOhio DP web page • Updated display features • Added INFOhio eBook Collection • Search target in all subject areas • Search Limit automatically applied in Elementary, Middle and High Schools • Search limiter f.k.a. facets available on right for all other areas INFOhio Users Council

18. Access to INFOhio’s Discovery Portal • Through CAT/CAT Jr. navigation bar • Library can choose to “land” on the elementary, middle or high school Discovery Portal page. INFOhio Users Council

19. Access to INFOhio’s Discovery Portal • Through K-5, 6-8, 9-12, Core Collection buttons if you have a district username/password • District can choose to “land” on the elementary, middle or high school Discovery Portal page. INFOhio Users Council

20. You can further limit your search by a number of facets like audience level. INFOhio Users Council

21. Help for INFOhio's Discovery Portal • http://www.infohio.org/ER/DiscoveryPortalHelp.html • Getting started guide for CAT and CAT Jr. • Online help button in Discovery Portal points to this help page • Inservice and instructional materials • INFOhio Discovery Portal and Student Learning archived webinar • Tutorial PPT (also in Sirsi Handbook) • How to use in K-5 PPT • Search widget generator for library/school page • Additions in section 2 of Sirsi Handbook INFOhio Users Council

22. Generate it! Test it! Email or Copy/paste it! INFOhio Users Council

23. eBook Collection – Things to know • A list of titles included in the eBook Collection,sorted by Title or sorted by Author, is updated daily and can be found at: http://www.infohio.org/ABOUT/eBooks • Search for ThoughtAudio to get a list of these audiobook titles in CAT or DP. • Search for Gutenberg to get a list of these ebook titles in CAT or DP. INFOhio Users Council

24. eBook Collection – Things to know • Not all devices/apps support all formats. Select format best suited for your device/app. Example: EPUB – Nook device, Apple devices and many workstation/phone apps like Kobo, Adobe Digital Editions and others. MOBI – Kindle device, workstation/phone apps like Mobipocket, Kindle, etc. PDF – Plain text (generally available with both audiobooks and eBooks) MP3 – Audio file (generally available with ThoughtAudio audiobooks) HTML – HTML plain text, some with images Zip Archive – HTML plain text with images • INFOhio provides guidelines – no device recommendations INFOhio Users Council

25. eBook Collection – Feedback • Have you tried using the e-books? • Feedback from your users thus far? • INFOhio would like to review usage stats and do evaluation before launching heavily into Phase 2. INFOhio Users Council

26. Power Up Learning: For Your Consideration Projects In Development INFOhio Users Council

27. Partnerships • IPowered Matrix –(INFOhio-INQUIRY-Instruction)  demonstrates the intersection of and alignment of new common core standards with information literacy/21st century skills and the INFOhio resources • Being developed in partnership with Hamilton  County ESC INFOhio Users Council

28. High Quality Instruction Strategies that engage students and enhance learning: • Inquiry-Based • Problem-Solving • Project-Based INFOhio Users Council

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33. Communication and Outreach Laura Sponhour INFOhio Users Council

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