Sept. 11th Kathren Inman

Over 200 ebooks

Dickerson Media Center

D EVEL O PI NG SK I L L S AN D H ABIT S T H AT

CR EAT E BRIG HT F U T URES!

Lexile - Text Complexity The Cobb Digital Library (CDL) provides Cobb County School District (CCSD) students with access to high-quality information resources that are specifically selected for their grade level. Within the CDL, patrons will find a number of online research databases

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Lessons in August included: 6th and 7th grade orientations -6th grade included computer use at Dickerson, logging into the computer for the first time & changing passwords. -7th Grade orientation included the “Leading by Example” rules and expectations in the media center. - 7th and 8th Grade reading breakout 8th Social studies Ga. Colony breakout Introduction to the Cobb Digital Library

locate, password, and login Geographic Regions of Ga—Students used green screens to create videos representing their knowledge of regions of Georgia. Destiny—6th, 7th, and 8th graders learned to search for books based on Lexile and create holds.

August Data

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Discovery educational video streaming no longer requires a username and password. Just access it through the Cobb Digital Library and you get right in. Students can also now access this valuable re-source through the CDL.

Standards for the 21st century Learner. American Association of School Librarians. 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. 2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information. 4.1.1 Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth and in accordance to 6th, 7thand 8th grade reading standards 4.1.4 Seek information for personal learning in a variety of formats and genres.

ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS*S) #3) Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Stu-dents: b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media; and c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.

Subject Student Log in 6th Resource 7th Resource 8th Resource ELA Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

SpringBoard SpringBoard SpringBoard

Math Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

McGraw-Hill 2014 McGraw-Hill 2014 McGraw-Hill 2014

Science Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin

Soc. Studies Username and password listed under specific grade level re-source Do not share this information in any public forum (blog, social me-dia, etc.)

Clairmont Username: cobb-ws6 Password: Germany18

Clairmont Username: cobb-ws7 Password: Japan18

Clairmont Username: cobb-ga8 Password: peachstate18

General Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

Everfi Everfi Everfi

Cobb Digital

Library

Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

Cobb Digital Library Cobb Digital Library Cobb Digital Library

Office 365 Username: 365 username (first.last)

Password: same as computer pass-

word at school

Office 365 Office 365 Office 365

Middle School Digital Learning Resources Note: Student links will only work for

courses in which the student is scheduled. Students will have a number in their Office 365 username if they have the same

name as another student in the district. Students can now use one of these options to log in to CDL at home:

firstname.lastname

SCH\studentID firstname.lastname@students.cobbk12.org Password is the same password used to login to computers and the network.