Free to TTE

TTE library resources FREE and accessible to all our students:

Discover Destiny- check out ebooks and audiobooks from home!

• Go to Timber Trail website https://tte.dcsdk12.org/
• In the tab, click on Students and drop-down to TTE library
• Username (universal google log-in)

Password (Dcsd and lunch number) (teachers, use your universal password)

• You should be on Destiny Discover. Scroll down and you will find ebooks, audiobooks, Lightbox books, and interactive books that students can access from home. In Lightbox, you can assign lessons.
• Additionally, in Destiny Discover, if there is a genre of book that is listed in “overdrive”, students are able to access those from home. They will “borrow” the book with a click of a button and “return” with a click of a button. Teachers, you can access books, as well.

LIGHTBOX

Lightbox™ is a multimedia educational space that encourages students to see learning in a whole new light. With Lightbox, students receive a true multimedia learning experience that incorporates audio, video, interactive activities, and much more across a variety of professionally developed curriculum. Designed to inspire contemporary students, Lightbox incorporates videos, Google Maps, worksheets, audio, quizzes, and other exciting interactive features.Follett is offering Lightbox eBooks free until June 30, 2020.

1. Go to https://www.destinydiscover.com/

2. In the location box, it will say "any location". Do not change.

3. In the school box, enter "Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL" and click Go.

4. Click on the login button at the top right of the screen.

Username: guest

Password: follett

5. You may share this login with other teachers & students.

OverDrive Digital Library- SORA

DCSD students & staff can browse and enjoy eBooks and audiobooks anytime, anywhere, on any device. Students and staff login with their universal credentials to check out 3 titles at a time for a two-week lending period. After the lending period, the titles are automatically returned to the shelf! Click here to learn more. Visit https://soraapp.com in your web browser or download the free Sora app from the Apple App or Google Play stores to access OverDrive on a mobile device. Use school setup code douglasco.

How to access Dyslexic Font on SORA

NEWSELA is free

for the rest of the year. This means the premium access is now free. The company did this in response to CO-VID 19. Go to link and fill out your information- I signed in with my google account. I “think” you can sync it with your class.

Discovery Education Streaming Plus

Experience multimedia content and bring learning to life. Utilize your district Single Sign On. For grades K-8.

Elementary Databases from DCSD

Many of these websites can be accessed from student's homes with their log-in information. Some of the websites can ONLY be logged in from home if the student has a DC LIBRARY CARD. The student will use their library card number to log-in. Those websites are noted.

Free Digital Resources approved for DCSD- all linked below

Colorado History

Colorado Department of Education- Offers primary source sets for elementary teachers and students grades k-6.

Colorado Encyclopedia- An online resource for all things Colorado vetted by top Colorado scholars. Includes articles leveled for 4th, 8th, and 10th grade readers.

Colorado Histories from the Colorado Virtual Library - A collection of biographies of historically important persons with connections in Colorado.

Current Events

Newsela- Teachers can sign up for a free account through Gmail to access non-fiction content and recent news stories.

NewseumED - Free resources on fighting fake news and developing your student's media literacy skills.

PBS Learning Media- Teachers can sign up for the Basic Free Version to access thousands of free, standards-aligned and curriculum targeted digital resources.

Smithsonian TweenTribune- Teachers can sign up for free to curate news articles for their classes to read & take quizzes. All news stories are leveled by grade/lexile.

eBooks

Epic!- Instantly access 25,000 of the best books and videos for kids 12 and under (free for educators).

International Children's Digital Library- A collection of digitized children's books from around the world.

Project Gutenberg- Multi-format digital library of eBooks.

Unite for Literacy- Free online access to a global library of age-appropriate picture books in a number of languages.

General Reference

Awesome Library- Organizes 37,000 carefully reviewed resources for k-12 teachers & students.

Digital Public Library of America- Connects people to the riches held within America's libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.

Internet Archive- Millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Internet Public Library- Authoratative internet resources on a wide variety of subjects.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)- Curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, multi-subject, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Health Sciences & Medicine

PubMed- Provides access to MEDLINE, NLM's database of citations, abstracts, and full text related to the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health care, and preclinical sciences.

Natural Sciences

PubChem- Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules.

Scientific Research

NASA Image and Video Library- 140,000 images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online.

National Science Digital Library- Serving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

Safe Search For Kids

Boolify- Teaches young learners how to correctly use a search engine and refine their searches.

Kiddle- Kid-friendly, Google Safe powered search engine for younger learners.

Interland- Adventure-packed online games that put the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice.