An interactive database with practice tests and tutorials for many standardized academic and licensing tests, such as the GED, SAT, Nursing, Real Estate, etc. Access: Sign in as new user and create personal account using your library card number as your user name.
Tags: ACT, SAT, Test Preparation, GED, College Admission, Jobs, Employment
Learn technology, business, and creative skills with LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). LinkedIn Learning offers over 16,000 video courses and tutorials taught by industry experts. Courses are self-paced and offered in 7 different languages (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese). Develop your skills in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Cloud, web development, photography, animation, marketing, and much more!
LinkedIn Learning can be accessed in a web browser and or with Apple and Android devices.
For mobile app use, follow these directions for setup:
Tags: Continuing Education, Online Classes, Career Skills
Go beyond the ABCs when preparing for kindergarten proficiency with 100s of guided lessons using videos, music, eBooks, tutorials, and more. Online/offline curriculum is balanced 60/40 to help make the move from gross to fine motor skills (e.g., using scissors).
Discover the daily state of the markets at the Morningstar Investing Center home page. Move on to their research tools and screeners to locate and compare various stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and 529 College Savings Plans. Need to know more? Utilize their topical articles, newsletters, videos and classroom of self-study courses on investing and retirement. Click the circled question mark to view the introductory tutorials and guides.
Note: number users who can access simultaneously is limited
Use of Morningstar Investing Center through the CALS web site is not intended to be an endorsement by CALS of any advice or recommendations provided by its research. Investments are volatile and may lose value.
Includes information on many titles popular with students in grades K-8, arranged by instructional unit, theme or topic. Teachers can find appropriate fiction to complement classroom instruction.
Tags: Teacher Resources, Educator Resources, Book Recommendations, Reader’s Advisory, Libros en Español
This research tool provided via Traveler Access.
Pronunciator provides language learning experiences with step-by-step lesson plans for 163 languages, ESL courses for 146 native languages, American Sign Language courses, and classes for children. *First time users are encouraged to create a profile in order to best use this resource.
Accompanying mobile app Bluebird requires code word TRAV to activate for Arkansas users.
Bluebird by Pronunciator at iOS App Store / Bluebird by Pronunciator at Android Google Play Store
This research tool provided via Traveler Access.
Developed to help students do more effective research and to assist educators in teaching the basics of the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Tags: Academic Research, Information Literacy, Research Process, Thesis, Educator Resource, Teacher Resource
30,000 printable educational materials for grades pre-K through 8 (ages 4-13). Supplement any subject or skill. Learning activities, quizzes, and more. Build skills at home or in school with printable activity sheets for kids, parents and teachers.
Tags: Homework, Homeschooling, Extra Activities, Education, Learning Fun, Coloring
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