Fun with Purchasing: July 2024 DER Portal News
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Sora / Overdrive
SOra/Overdrive is a misbo partner
If you are interested in purchasing Sora/Overdrive through MISBO or if you're looking to renew your subscription, please reach out to Lindsay Crist Lawson at Sora/Overdrive directly.
free der trials
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Consortium Highlights
ScootPad
ELA & Math Support for Grades K-8
Teachers look for ways to jumpstart learning as the school year gets underway. ScootPad pinpoints learning gaps, personalizes each student’s learning path, and offers valuable learning insights on Day 1. Find out more:
TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Teaching Ideas: August 2024
Explore resources for jumping-off points that deepen discussions, inspire reading interest, and support connections to books and authors. Easily share and include in your instructional plans, newsletters, and social media.
Summer Olympics Back To School Around The World With Books
EBSCO
Exciting changes are coming to your reference databases!
Last year, EBSCO moved History Reference Source, Science Reference Source and our DIY databases to the new Explora research experience for schools and public libraries. Next month (July), we will automatically move four more reference databases to Explora.
Updated Buyer's Guide
A school’s purchasing program should be grounded in the tenets of the school’s mission and values. For over 40 years MISBO has built the most complete consortium that exists with a foundation dedicated exclusively to independent schools.
Through this network, we continue the tradition of finding solutions to today’s problems and anticipating tomorrow’s needs. You should have received a copy in your school's mailbox.
Please feel free to order a few extra by clicking below - they're FREE!
We've updated the digital Buyer's Guide! If you'd like a hard copy, you can download/print the addendum by clicking below.
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Helpful Resources
MISBO has created a quick and easy way to view your Digital Educational Resource partners! Click the image below and see which partners you may be missing out on!
consortium partner hot topics Blog
summer preparedness: ai for the 2024-25 school year
by Sohan Choudhury, Fint
The AI landscape in independent schools has been thriving over the last year, with hundreds of schools across the nation wholeheartedly embracing AI tools for their students and teachers — a notion which seemed unthinkable just two years ago, before the launch of ChatGPT.
Fun with purchasing blog by Susan
Is Your summer too hot to handle? Here's some ice, ice, baby!
by Susan Kimmel
Summer is a critical period for independent schools as you prepare for the upcoming academic year, and it’s too hot to handle in more ways than one. Check out this remix of an old tune that is sure to cool you down when your summer projects are turning up the heat.
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