DLC Highlights

What's New for 07-08?

Welcome back to school and the DLC! We've got some new tools and resources for you to use to support student achievement this year.

Standards searching made easy

We created the DLC Standards Correlations tool to make it easier for you to search for DLC resources that align to Washington State EALRs and GLEs.

You can search DLC Standards Correlations by keyword or choose a subject and then a grade. Give it a try, and let us know what you think!

Update to the popular netTrekker

We upgraded to netTrekker d.i., which features the same great content with the following additions:

• Online resources organized by readability level support differentiated instruction.
• Section for English Language Learners features customized content.
• Read Aloud text-to-speech reads highlighted text to students.

New elementary school resource

We added Amazing Animals of the World to our Grolier encyclopedia collection. Be sure to check out these features:

• Habitats: An easy way for students to browse animals by the habitats they live in.
• Jungle Jumble: Fun visual puzzles that link to kid-friendly articles.
• Feature Creature: Encyclopedia articles, teaching resources, and videos to bring animals to life in the classroom.

Research help for students

First of all we renamed iTutor to researchTutor to clarify what this resource is for. We've also redesigned it so that it's more user friendly for students and links to DLC resources they can use while doing research. Be sure to steer students toward this DLC-made resource.

Quick access to the DLC

We've created a DLC toolbar that you can use for quick access to the DLC website and to our Bookmarks tool. Install the DLC toolbar on your library computers, in the computer lab, or even on your home computer. You have your choice of installing a DLC toolbar for Firefox or for IE.

And as always...

Remember, we're more than the resources on our website. We also offer all kinds of support to schools.

• Check out our Getting Started and Keeping Going toolkits for helpful resources.
• Sign up for an online training session to learn how to dig deeper into a resource.
• Request a training to learn how to tailor resources to your classroom curriculum.