Hello & Happy January!
I am just popping in to tell you a little bit about available resources for eBooks. The resources that I am going to spotlight this month are MackinVIA, EPIC!, Tumblebooks, and Bridges. MackinVia is available to the district through the AEA’s online resources. MackinVIA provides easy access to eBooks, audiobooks, databases and videos. Students will need to log in to MackinVIA with the districts AEA online resources username and password. EPIC! is available free of charge to educators. Teachers will need to create accounts for themselves and their students in order for students to use the eBooks from this resource. This resource is only for students K-6 and has tons of great titles. EPIC! is the #1 children's ebook library, offering unlimited access to over 15,000 high-quality children's books, including audiobooks and videos. Teachers can also keep track of how many minutes are being read by students. If you are interested in using this resource, I suggest watching this short tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGgbsxy-Od8 . Tumblebooks is available only to those who subscribe. However, the Britt and Kanawha Public Libraries do have a subscription to Tumblebooks and for those students who have accounts at the library can access these books free of charge; they will just need their library card number to sign in. This resource is also geared towards grades K-6. TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Bridges is also available to students who have accounts at the Britt or Kanawha Public Libraries. Again, students will need to know their library card number to sign into an account. Bridges is a large online database that provides books of various formats to anyone with access. This resources is geared toward all ages.
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