[OPLINLIST] Fwd: Special Mini Webinar MONDAY - Getting Started with Storia: Ohio's 4th Grade eBook Collection (Nov 17th at 3:30 pm EST)

[Stephen Hedges]

This INFOhio webinar might be of interest to some. 

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Subject: Special Mini Webinar MONDAY - Getting Started with Storia: Ohio's 4th Grade eBook Collection (Nov 17th at 3:30 pm EST) 

			
		
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Special Mini Webinar! THIS MONDAY 
Monday, November 17 , 2014 3:30 - 4:00 (EDT) 
Getting Started with Storia: Ohio's 4th Grade eBook Collection 
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More info on this Webinar 

Starting November 12th , Ohio's 4th grade teachers have free access to a special collection of 160 eBooks through Scholastic's Storia as part of a pilot program for the remainder of the 2014-15 school year. The 160 titles were specially chosen to support Ohio's 4th grade standards in English, math, social studies, and science. The project is the next phase of INFOhio's mission to provide free access to eBooks to all Ohio PreK-12 schools. 



To learn more about Storia , watch this four-minute video from Scholastic . 



In a nutshell, Storia : Ohio's 4th Grade eBook Collection: 


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Gives 4th grade students and teachers free access to 160 fiction and nonfiction eBooks that support Ohio's New Learning Standards. 

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Gives students special features--such as vocabulary look up, highlighting, and electronic notes--that increase comprehension. 

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Gives teachers data about the active reading strategies students use and their scores on reading comprehension challenges for each book. 

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Lets teachers assign books to the entire class, a small group, or an individual student. 

Go to www.infohio.org/goto/getstoria and complete the request form. In addition here you will find other useful information like a getting started guide, user tips, system requirements, a list of titles and more 
Thank you for helping us get the word out and we look forward to seeing you at the webinar! 




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