Need books this summer? Don't forget Overdrive!

Are you looking for some great free reads this summer? Do you have a device and want to access books 24/7 from the comfort of your home? Look no further than Overdrive!

You can access our DPMS Overdrive collection from our LMC online resources page.  Enter your student ID number to browse hundreds of ebooks and audiobooks.

Books can be read on any device using the Overdrive app or in your web browser using an Internet-linked device.

Between June 1-30 only: Overdrive provides free access to eight titles through their Overdrive Summer Read program.  You can find these titles listed at the top of our digital library homepage after signing in. Act fast! These titles will no longer be available after June 30.

If you have not yet given Overdrive a try, take some time to explore it this summer. Your library is right at your fingertips without ever having to leave the house!

Keeping the Library Open 24/7 with Overdrive

We are SO excited to share some big news!  You now have 24/7 access to our library via our new ebook collection on Overdrive.  Overdrive offers a variety of popular titles in ebook and audio formats.  Instead of having to go to the library to check out your favorite books, you can now click on the Overdrive link, sign in with your student ID number, and download up to three books to your devices.  Books can be read through your browser or through the Kindle and Overdrive apps.  The best part (besides feeding your middle-of-the-night-have-to-have-it-now book craving)? No more lost books!  You can even hold up to three titles if books are checked out.  After the regular loan period has ended, your library books will be returned automatically. 

To get started, go to Library Media Center-ebooks and ereaders-Overdrive.  You can also directly access our Overdrive library by going to http://newlondonschools.lib.overdrive.com.  Check out what we have available to you right now.  More titles will be added in the fall.  There are hundreds of great titles waiting to be checked out to you this summer.  How many books can you read?  Let us know what you think!

Using Book Creator to Write about Animals

Our 5th grade students have been learning about different types of animals in Science.  As a culminating project, students worked with a partner to research a vertebrate of their choice.  To share the interesting facts that they learned about their chosen animals, students used the iPad app Book Creator to write and illustrate non-fiction books about their animals.  Not only was this a great way for students to teach others about different animals, but this project also connected with their recent Language Arts unit where they studied different elements of nonfiction writing. 

In addition, students learned a little bit more about "app smashing" as they were encouraged to use other apps such as Comic Life, Skitch, and Pic Collage to design some of their pages.  All final products were uploaded to the students' Google Drive where they were shared and viewed by others.

View some of our students' work by clicking on the links below. 

Prairie Dogs by Jocelyn and Emily
Okapi by Zeb and Bo

Bearport eBooks Now Available!

Are there times when another student has a book that you REALLY want, and you don't feel as if you can wait for it?  If this has happened to you, we may now have a solution to that problem.  Our library now subscribes to many eBooks through the Bearport Publishing Company.  All eBooks can be viewed from any computer with Internet access.  You can access our ebooks by going to The School District of New London website, and then clicking on "Library and Resources."  The link, Bearport eBooks, is in the left column.  Please see Mrs. Young for the username and password.  Let me know what you think of them!  The same books are also available in hardcover at the library.