Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Get Hooked on Gale In Context: Elementary—Now with K-5 eBooks

With the latest enhancements to Gale In Context: Elementary, students have easy access to K-5 content—all in one place. This encourages them to move at their own pace through periodicals, videos, and more, to find information on a wide range of topics with kid-friendly visuals and prompts. To make it even easier for kids, they can now access your K-5 eBooks from Gale directly within Elementary. When reading these eBooks within Gale In Context: Elementary, students benefit from an environment designed for them, complete with a simplified eBook viewer and ReadSpeaker at the book level. Teachers can expand access and increase discovery by integrating Gale In Context: Elementary into your existing learning management system. 

To make it easier to provide K-5 eBooks to students, Gale has curated age-appropriate, engaging student eBook collections to safely introduce elementary students to the research process—and inspire a lifelong love of learning. Better yet, these collections are available for purchase by Iowa schools at a discount.

One of our favorite elementary student eBook collections, the Jump Start Collection, includes over 120 titles that cover each of the main topics on the Gale In Context: Elementary home page. It’s a budget-friendly way to add the depth of eBooks in multiple subject areas with a single purchase. 

Additionally, support student social and emotional learning with the Cameron’s Camp for Wellness Collection, providing targeted guidance on sensitive issues for K-5 students, teachers, and counselors. The collection of nearly 100 titles is designed to help students recognize and manage emotions, develop social skills, and stay safer. 

Whether at home or in the classroom, students can learn at a comfortable pace as they move through periodicals, videos, and now—for the first time—eBooks to find information that draws them into any topic. And teachers can use this dynamic resource to introduce basic research skills, enhance instruction, and encourage student engagement—all while integrating into your existing learning management system.

Iowa schools have free access to Gale In Context: Elementary through their AEA. And with geo-authentication, when students search for content on the open web, they can be granted product access without further prompt for authentication, simplifying access even further. Take full advantage of this kid-friendly database—now with the added power of eBooks—by bulking up your library of K-5 eBook collections designed specifically for elementary students. 

Iowa schools can save more than 15 percent off list price when they purchase complete eBook collection(s)—just be sure to reference AEA Purchasing. For more information or a demo, contact Gale Education Consultant Steven Wilson at steven.wilson@cengage.com or 800.877.GALE Ext. 18838. Alternatively, schedule a meeting here