Good Morning and a warm welcome back to each of our WSDLC members. Flipped Classroom months is one of the components of the 2019/20 WSDLC training plan. During the Flipped Classroom month, materials are available for members to review and OverDrive staff are ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer members’ questions. Information aboutContinue Reading September Flipped Classroom: Getting Started
WSDLC training plan by month There are six components to the WSDLC training plan: “Flipped classroom” months: Review a set of materials about the topic on your own. Schedule a 20-minute one-on-one session with OverDrive to get your questions answered. Starting in September with a “Getting started” month. Topical FAQs: From the questions members askContinue Reading WSDLC Training Schedule
We learned from OverDrive that Sora is now available in 9 languages in addition to English: • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • French • German • Italian • Japanese • Russian • Spanish • Swedish How can students update their language settings? Students using Sora in a web browser at soraapp.com can easily update Sora’s display language from the welcome screen or the new Language settings optionContinue Reading Sora available in additional languages!
Good Afternoon, As you are easing back into the school year, we’d like to welcome you back to the WSDLC and give you a recap of what’s happened with the WSDLC over the summer. Sora The assignments feature has been removed from the landing page of the Sora app per requests from users. Publishers There haveContinue Reading Summer Recap
With the help of the WSDLC community, we have new promotional materials to share that you can use with teachers, parents, and students as they return to classes this fall: Getting Started with WSDLC customizable half-sheet handouts (.doc) Bookmarks (customizable) – Getting Started with WSDLC (.doc) WSDLC Half Sheet for Teachers (.doc) Getting Started withContinue Reading New Promotional Materials for Fall 2019
The WSDLC collections have two features that allow schools support reading and classroom work; Title Assign and Curated Lists. Title Assign is an excellent way to work with students individually, as it allows you to assign titles for up to 180 days to specific students. The titles appear in a student’s Sora account whenContinue Reading Title Assign vs. Curation
The WSDLC Board met on April 5th. You can check out the full notes if you’d like. Here are the Top 5 highlights: 1. The Board Elections are complete. Three people ran unopposed and will be returning to the Board: Dale Meinholz (representing CESA 3), Keith Schroeder (representing CESA 8), and Laurie Agema (representing CESA 9). JenContinue Reading WSDLC Board Meeting Recap
We received so much great feedback at the WEMTA Conference this year, thank you to each of you who provided some. One topic that emerged was when schools should use Advantage funds to purchase titles vs. when to recommend titles for the consortium to purchase. We realize that not all members of the WSDLC haveContinue Reading Advantage or RTL?
We are hoping to recruit a few more media specialists/WSDLC members to participate in the WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee. The Selection Advisory Committee recommends the scope and direction of the collections included in the WSDLC. They advise the project manager and vendors on operational collection decisions, including content to be included and budget allocations, asContinue Reading We Need Your Expertise!
We are currently recruiting 5-7 library media specialists/WSDLC members to participate in the WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee. The Selection Advisory Committee recommends the scope and direction of the collections included in the WSDLC. They advise the project manager and vendors on operational collection decisions, including content to be included and budget allocations, as directed byContinue Reading Looking Selection Advisory Committee Members!
