Recursos en Español para padres (Spanish resources for parents)
As part of the State Library's K-12 online project, Encyclopedia Britannica is offering a special evening webinar for Spanish-speaking parents for Britannica Escolar on September 18, 19 and 20. The entries in Britannica Escolar are written in native Spanish (not auto-translated by computer). This site may be utilized by Spanish-speaking parents wishing to assist their little ones with homework, but who felt intimidated because the homework is conducted in English. The resource is great for subject-specific work (history or science, for example), as well as for Spanish-speaking English language learners. Times are in the evening (6pm or 7pm) – perfect for school and district English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) meetings.
Tuesday, September 18, 7:00 pm: REGISTER
- Wednesday, September 19, 7:00 pm: REGISTER
- Thursday, September 20, 6:00 pm: REGISTER
(Quick note: Remember, all these resources in general can be used by parents and students who speak a language other than English by utilizing the built-in auto-translate tools available in dozens of languages. These can be quite useful, as long as readers can forgive the awkward translations and recognize some responses aren’t perfect. Britannica Escolar is a little different because the entries are written in Spanish, but all the resources are useful for English language learners, educators, and parents.)

by Nathan Wills, Library Media Technician
A New Database on the ERS Portal
We at ERS Library strive to provide valuable resources that enrich your classroom teaching and student learning. For the 2018-19 school year, we are offering Learn360, a streaming multimedia resource similar to Discovery Education. During the school year we hope educators will try both databases and provide us valuable comparison feedback on their content, ease of use and value to the curriculum. In June of 2019, we plan to decide which streaming video resource to continue providing.
Learn 360 offers access to more than 148,000 multimedia resources—including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, printables, and interactives—on any Internet-enabled device, anytime, anywhere. Its enhanced, state-of-the-art platform, featuring the content, navigation, educator tools, speed, and performance that today’s online experience demands, makes Learn360 a powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1environments. Content is provided by more than 200 top educational content producers, and this
number of producers continues to grow.
Check out Learn360 in the ERS Portal today!
Any questions? Just email us at library@ersconnect.org.