NEW RESOURCE - TeachingBooks.net

The Howard School now has a license to TeachingBooks.net that everyone in the school (including parents - I will be sending this info home shortly) may freely use through September 06, 2012.

ACCESS DIRECTIONS
Click on the following link and fill out the brief profile to receive unlimited access to all materials available in the TeachingBooks.net database and enjoy customized services:
http://teachingbooks.net/support.cgi?f=support_profile&id=51251

Or, easily access most of TeachingBooks.net's resources without registering, including thousands of author videos, book discussion guides, audio book readings, and more:

Go to: http://teachingbooks.net/home/
Username: howard
Password: howard

These access directions should be shared with all teachers, staff, students, families, and others affiliated with the school so that they, too, can access TeachingBooks.net from anywhere.

WHAT IS TEACHINGBOOKS.NET?
TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that is dedicated to adding a multimedia dimension to everyone's reading experiences of children's and young adult books. TeachingBooks.net strives for all teachers, librarians, students, and families to use today's online technologies to meet and learn from the author when reading his or her book.

TeachingBooks.net contains thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books that are used in K–12 environments, including:

• Movies of authors being interviewed in their studios
• Authors introducing and reading their books
• Stimulating book discussion and activity guides
• Authors saying their names
• ... and much more!

To use TeachingBooks.net, just search on a title or author of interest, and find materials that will enliven and add depth to discussions, lesson planning, and reading experiences. Additionally, the purple "Browse" bar on the home page quickly identifies resources pertaining to specific grade levels and curricular areas.

Learn more by watching TeachingBooks.net video demonstrations:
http://teachingbooks.net/videos