Resources & Learning Commons
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
Mrs. Meg Irwin
Hello, OC Taylor families!
I am thrilled to be able to incite a love of reading in our students and help them to become confident readers. It's exciting to cultivate a culture of reading, research, and exploration on campus with students, parents, and staff. The learning commons will be a space for students to read, imagine, plan, and create. Students will begin coming to the library for weekly check out with their class the week of August 30th. We will be able to do Makerspace this year, too!
Overdrive/Sora (e-books)
Overdrive is GCISD's e-book and audiobook library. Students can use the classic Overdrive view or the student friendly app called Sora to borrow and read e-books. Instructions
You can also use your public library card to access their e-book collections.
Epic Books (e-books)
Epic is another e-book resource that has been available free during the school day unless families purchase a subscription.
E-Books and read alouds
LOGIN:
Username:GCISDPassword:books
Screen Actors Guild
Stories read by actors
Lightbox collections contain videos, e-books, and more on a topic all on one page.
Destiny Discover
This app is available in the Learning Commons folder in ClassLink.
It is primarily used to search the print collection, but also contains a small digital collection, however the Follett company has given us access to their digital collections including Lightbox through June 30, 2020.
LIGHTBOX: Follett Destiny has given our students free access (through June) to many great resources.
Login
From Destiny Discover, in the School field, enter Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL. The Location field is pre-populated with Any Location (do not change this field).
Click Go.
Click Login on the top right.
Enter guest in the Username field and follett in Password field.
Press Enter.
*If students attempt to log in to this resource through ClassLink it will automatically connect them with their GCISD credentials instead of the guest credentials listed above. They may have to go directly to destinydiscover.com and login.
Resource Descriptions
This is just a brief overview of the resources found in the Learning Commons folder through ClassLink.
Exploration - Just for Fun!
Maker Activities
Lego Challenges!
Thanks to our PTA, our students in K-4 have the Green Screen by DoInk app.
It's easy to set up a green screen area with a 99 cent plastic table cover.
