Utah's Online School Library: A Model for State Library Best Practices
Session Description
Utah’s Online School Library (UOSL) is a virtual library designed for all Utah publicly-funded K-12 students and teachers. UOSL allows users to research and share resources from databases, including Culture Grams, EBSCO, Gale Reference, Scrible, Soundzabound, eMedia, and Preschool Pathways. UOSL provides a model for other organizations to fulfill the needs of educators and learners in their own constituencies. The reference materials in UOSL are designed to support “lifelong skills of selecting information from a wide variety of sources, assessing its worth, and applying newfound knowledge to problems, preparing them for learning, doing, and problem-solving in college, career, and throughout life.” (Utah Core Information Literacy Standards). Come learn with UOSL!
Session Materials
Utah Education Network Resources
Utah’s Online School Library YouTube Shorts
Presenters Contact / Bios
Kayla Towner
Kayla Towner is a Utah Education Network (UEN) senior technology trainer & a Utah Teacher Fellow. She is passionate about implementing learning that focuses on student agency, providing choices & ways to show competency (PCBL). Kayla encourages educators to be innovative creators by expanding their comfort zones. She is excited about sharing Utah's Online School Library, a free virtual library available to Utah K-12 teachers & students. Kayla enjoys working with Canvas, Google, Canva, & Microsoft to develop her students' media skills. Kayla has a Master's Degree in the Arts of Teaching & is committed to helping students develop 21st-century skills.
Email - kayla@uen.org
Twitter - @mrstowner9
Matthew Winters
Matthew Winters is a Utah Education Network trainer specializing in Google Workspaces for Edu. He is also Google Educator Group Utah co-leader and Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) President for 2022-2024, our Utah ISTE affiliate. He is a former English Language Arts teacher at the secondary and college level. He has been a podcaster for the last five years first with Edtrex Rewind and The UCET Podcast and now with UEN Homeroom. He loves stories, creativity, and technology, and the intersections where all three topics grow together. When he is not committing fully to his role as an educational whirlwind, he loves reading (graphic novels!), playing with his to Lassie dogs, and traveling.
Email - mwinters@uen.org / matt@teacherwinters.net
Twitter - @TeacherWinters
