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Link to Handout for PD May 15th

[|TUMBLEBOOKS for Elementary:]ALL VERNON PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE PAID SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RESOURCE //** For all VPS Elementary Schools **// //** Then for ID: vernonct ....and Password: books.... (I am trying to get you a direct login web address soon) **//

(NOTE: Do not use IPAD APP as that requires pay. Use IPAD Web access, then choose to switch from FLASH to TUMBLE BOOK LIBRARY for Mobile Devices to view books on your IPAD device)

//** [|Encyclopedia Britannica for Elementary] **// ALL VERNON PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE PAID SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS RESOURCE

(BOTH NEED id AND password FOR SCHOOL TO GAIN ACCESS. ask your librarian or teacher)

And THERE's AN APP FOR BRITANNICA TOO!

THE FOLLOWING ICONN WEBSITES OR LINKS are provided to all CT Schools and Libraries by CT Dept. of Ed. & CT. State Library

ICONN/Connecticut Digital Library MAIN PAGE (DID YOU KNOW THERE's AN APP FOR THAT!?!?! Search and add this APP)

[|ICONN MAGAZINE LINKS FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS] Resources for Elementary Schools

[|ICONN FOR ELEMENTARY KIDS:] []

media type="custom" key="22130166" KidsBits for Vernon Public Schools media type="custom" key="22130812" //** [|GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY EBOOKS] (Direct link to E-Reference books provided to all CT Schools & Libraries through ICONN) **// //** [|Credible Sources Count!] (GREAT RESOURCE TO USE WITH CLASSES TO UNDERSTAND ACCURACY or AUTHENTICITY of INTERNET RESOURCES) **//

[|TUMBLEBOOKS CLOUD for Middle & H.S.]

VERNON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS FOR VCMS & RHS

SITES FOR EDUCATORS AT ANY LEVEL: KATHY SCHROCK WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS UPDATE 2012 [|Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything]: [|http://www.schrockguide.net]

[|Kathy Schrock’s BLOG:] [|http://blog.kathyschrock.net]

[|Kathy Schrock’s catch of the month]: []

EDUCATORS' COMPLETE REFERENCE: (from ICONN & GALE) media type="custom" key="22131016"

[|JOURNAL INQUIRER.COM --- North-Central Connecticut's Hometown Newspaper] RHS Library has login ID and Password for H.S. Middle & Elementary Schools could also. HARTFORD COURANT ONLINE is available in two places... you may access the ICONN NEWSPAPERS database or 1) [|ICONN link to NEWSPAPERS for schools and public] : [] 2) for [|NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION / NIE Hartford Courant News in Education] For RHS Login with USER NAME: RHSLMC and PASSWORD: Rams2008

OTHER POSSIBLE RESOURCES SCHOOLS COULD ADD or might already have a subscription from SCHOLASTIC?



Rockville H.S.subscribes to this with building site license...

there is also a bookflix for k-3 grades available by subscription check to see if your school has this?.



SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: MAY 2013 ONLY to teachers and Librarians Dear Teacher/Librarian:

Here's your chance to win one of 3 brand new iPads while, at the same time, help shape developments at TumbleBooks.

The TBC Common Core Portal is the biggest and most ambitious project we have ever undertaken.

Here's an early sneak peak at the Portal we are working on for school districts in NY State.

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Every title will have a link back to the TBC catalogue page. For now,we have highlighted a handful of titles to show you how it will work and allow you to preview some of the new features. Browse through the portal, click on some of our highlighted links, and let us know what you think.

We believe that the strength of the Portal and of the TBC collection is the audio and read-along features which we include in novels, short stories and informational texts in order to aid reluctant, struggling, ESL, and even strong readers. Check out The Great Gatsby, The Tell-Tale Heart and, especially, informational texts such as Frederick Douglas's What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, Lincoln's Second Inaugural address, and National Geographic articles like Water is Life and African Americans in the Civil War: Equality Earned With Blood.

As I mentioned, we are still in early days and will be working hard all summer in order to complete the project. Soon, every title in the Portal will have supplementary teaching materials, including a customized TumbleQuiz created specifically to test Common Core standards.

We welcome your questions, recommendations, and suggestions.

Is this something that your school/district/state might be interested in participating in? We invite you to submit your own list of titles

The TBC Common Core Portal will be FREE with your TBC subscription!!

Thanks for your feedback.

Each reply will be entered in our May 30th draw for one of 3 iPads!!!