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 * OCTOBER 24, 2011 **
 * RONDA'S CORNER **

The inside scoop on maximizing your TeachingBooks.net license
[|View as PDF] October 2011 Vol. 7, No. 10

Support Center
[|Watch] a video demo to quickly and easily learn about TeachingBooks. [|Schedule] a free, live web training for your staff. [|Learn] a Helpful Hint about using TeachingBooks. [|Send] us your district's reading lists.

Instructional Materials for Classroom Book Sets
When you and/or your colleagues assign one book to your class (5th Grade English or 12th Grade AP Literature, for example), make sure that they can enjoy the ready-to-use materials that TeachingBooks.net makes instantly available about the author or book. Just search for the title in our purple search box to receive: If a colleague who doesn't yet know about TeachingBooks would like assistance, please ask them to call or email us: (800) 596-0710 or info@TeachingBooks.net
 * Book Guides / Lesson Plans
 * Book Readings
 * Meet-the-Author Interviews and Videos
 * Author Websites / Author Blogs
 * Author Pronunciation Recordings
 * Video Book Trailers and more

Hosting Authors in Your School This Year?
If you're fortunate to have an author or illustrator visit your school this year, use TeachingBooks to prepare for this special occasion by giving students, teachers, and even families at home audio, video, and written materials about your guest's books. Search our database for ready-to-use materials, and email us. We'll be delighted to add as many relevant, exciting materials to our database about this author as possible.

AASL: Anyone in your school attending?
Attend a session co-led by Nick Glass, TeachingBooks' Founder: **Title:** "New Strategies Using Online Multimedia Materials to Strengthen Readers' Connections to Books"**When:** Friday, October 28, 2011, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. CDT **Where:**Room 101E Or ... Visit Nick & Amanda Kramer, TeachingBooks Educational Outreach Librarian, at the TeachingBooks Booth: #337 It'll be a pleasure to show you ways the TeachingBooks instructional multimedia resources about books and authors can engage and excite readers.

Do You Use Follett's Destiny or 360 Search?
If so, activate TeachingBooks on your Follett One Search or Serial Solutions 360 Search federated search tool! Questions? Please call or email us at: (800) 596-0710 or accounts@TeachingBooks.net


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