Books! Books! Books!
The Bedford Public Library System has the goal of getting all Bedford County students and homeschool residents a public library card this year. Signing up is easy, if the student is 12 or older, visit https://www.bplsonline.org/mshslinks/ and click on "student card sign up" block. We will process the request and mail a card to the student's home address. For those under 12 we will need a parent/guardian account to link the student account to, that sign up is located here - https://www.bplsonline.org/elemstu/ .
Where Can I Find the Complete Works of Shakespeare?
The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare—These works can be read online.
Project Gutenberg—These books can be read online or downloaded to a device.
Parents: If you wish to learn more about the books your child is reading, you can access information from several websites. These sites are not managed or endorsed by Bedford County Schools.
Several sites available: http://www.booklook.info/, http://www.pluggedin.com/, https://www.commonsensemedia.org/, https://www.booklistonline.com/, https://www.blueinkreview.com/, https://www.goodreads.com/
Find and Access Follett eBooks and Audiobooks.pdf
Introduction to FOLLETT LIGHTBOXES and eBooks
Follett has had these wonderful resources for several years and LHS Library owns several already. Lightboxes are interactive books with many resources that students and teachers can explore and use. AND now Follett has made 1,000+ ebooks and Lightboxes FREE ACCESS to all teachers and students until June 30, 2020. This is an incredible offer that I hope fervently we all use!!! If you discover a title that LHS must have we can purchase it this fall.
What is a Lightbox?
Lightbox is a fully interactive, multidimensional, supplemental solution for PreK-12 educators looking to improve engagement and literacy skills. It supports the varied approaches you use to help students master the standards and accommodates the needs of all learners. Shine a light on the full story here.
This can only be used online with Internet access.
Here is link to a video on how to access these resources (under 2 minutes)
Learn How to Access Free eLearning Content in Destiny Discover
Our credentials (please don’t share to the whole wide world!) If you want you can post on your website if it only seen by BCPS users or tell the kids to email me and I’ll give them the information. You/They MUST NOT log in as a Liberty person or it won’t grant access.
Go to destinydiscover.com
Choose ask your teacher or librarian as the state
Choose ask your teacher or librarian as the school
Once you arrive at the homepage, log in in the upper right corner as
User: ask your teacher or librarian
Password: ask your teacher or librarian
Suggestion: filter as 8th to Professional.
Explore all the ebooks and lightboxes. Learn, Read one for 15 minutes per day.
Once you are in here’s a quick reference guide on how to navigate in a Lightbox!! Explore, Learn, Read!
Lightbox Quick Reference Guide
Questions? Contact Mrs. Schatz at sschatz@bedford.k12.va.us
From Audible.com
As all of us around the world confront this difficult new period, we recognize the importance—and the challenge—of staying relaxed and entertained, especially for kids at home who are missing the stimulation of the classroom. From the beginning, Audible has served as an antidote to loneliness and even isolation, as a way to hear words that inspire and transport and for many – words that teach and entertain in deeply intimate ways.
With all of us experiencing varying degrees of social distancing and school closures, we have created something that we hope makes our customers’ lives a little easier. At stories.audible.com, you will find hundreds of our titles available completely free. The collection has been handpicked by our editors and is a mix of stories to entertain, engage, and inform young people, ages 0–18.
These stories offer a screen-free option that we hope may help break up the day for families with students home from school.
There are selections for our listeners in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Italian.
The experience is completely free – no log-ins, credit cards, or passwords required. Just click, stream and listen.
We wish you and your loved ones good health, and we hope that listening to a good story will offer some respite during these unsettling times.
All of us at Audible
