Learn 360 added 254 new titles. These can be accessed through our SAFARI Montage platform. BOCES school library staff has created playlists and included individual titles below for your convenience.
Elementary:
· Common Core Math 4 Kids (PreK-4) - Eight titles explaining strategies to help with math concepts. (Grades PreK-4)
· Common Core Math 4 Kids (Gr 2-6) - Math strategies for students (Grades 2-6)
· Highlights for Children Reading Practice (Spanish) - A series of very short story videos en espanol. I was unable to turn on closed captions, so really this series should be called Highlights for Children Listening Practice (Spanish). Designed for young children, but could be great for Spanish Language learners at the middle/high school level. (Grades PreK-3)
· Liberty’s Kids (Season 1) – An American animated historical fiction television series, which teaches its viewers about the origins of the United States. (Grades 1-5)
· WordWorld (Season 1) and WordWorld (Season 2) – an American children's CGI animated television series that is based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. The series shows the adventures of a group of animals whose bodies resemble the name of their species, for example, "Dog" has a 'D' for its head and an 'O' and 'G' for its body. Most objects and places are also made of words as well, which include 'Barn', 'Log', 'Drum', 'House', 'Jungle', 'Sub', 'Boots', and 'Pie'. Sometimes an 'S' gets next to a word, and the object starts to multiply. Other objects including clouds, water from a distance, and miscellaneous objects, such as envelopes, and buckets, are not made with letters. (Grades PreK-2)
Jr/Sr High School:
· Tropical Rainforests and Mangroves – These streaming videos from the UK, bring you ecological case studies filmed in the Tropical Rainforests. (Grades 7-12)
· Random Pumpkin TV Titles – Short clips from Pumpkin TV out of the UK looks at a variety of science topics. (Grades 7-12)
· American Experience: Tesla – This title chronicles the life of Nikola Tesla, a man whose ideas revolutionized his time and ours. (Grades 9-12)
· Vietnam – Part of the America in the 20th Century series, this program explores the genesis of Americas painful military quagmire from the roots of Vietnamese nationalism through a century of French colonial rule to the first Indochina war; it then takes viewers from John F. Kennedys initial deployment of military advisers through increases and escalations under the Johnson administration to the final, tragic moments of Saigon’s fall in the spring of 1975.
(Grades 6-Adult)
BOCES also just purchased 3 new independent titles from Human Relations Media (HRM), which will become available on July 1st.
Upper Elementary/Middle Title:
· 10 Reasons You Should Never Try Vaping - This brand new early intervention video and print program is designed to protect elementary and middle school students from the dangers of vaping by presenting age-appropriate facts and information with a strong no-use message. Four kids, ages 10-13, and an older teenage host lead viewers through a list of 10 reasons why vaping is harmful, including nicotine addiction, damage to the brain, lungs, heart, teeth, and more. Strong graphics and humor reinforce the message that vaping is illegal for kids and dangerous for kids' health. Includes a PDF Teacher's Resource Book with printable activities and fact sheets to reinforce the video's content. (Grades 4-8)
Jr/Sr High Titles:
· Binge Drinking and Blackouts: What Every Teen Needs to Know - Binge drinking is the most common, costly, and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States. This program interviews two teenagers who are recovering binge drinkers. Each recounts the details of their drinking and the related dangers including blackouts, hospitalizations, memory loss, and impacts on relationships with family and friends. Expert counselors weigh in on how alcohol binging has become an epidemic problem among teenagers. They share information on how alcohol damages the brain and can lead to various related health issues including addiction. ER doctors talk about what they see and some of the extreme treatments they use to save teens who have passed out, blacked out or worse. This program is a very visceral, candid look at binge drinking from teenagers who have experienced it first-hand and have recovered. (Grades 7-Adult)
· Health Risks of Vaping Marijuana - Vaping marijuana is touted as “safer” than smoking marijuana---but, vaping marijuana comes with its own set of serious risks. Marijuana vapor releases harmful chemicals into your lungs that can negatively impact your respiratory system, your heart, your central nervous system, your immune system, and your mouth, throat and teeth. This program explores the latest research and assesses the risks, focusing on teen health. (Grades 7-12)
BOCES has also renewed our streaming rights for the following 4 titles until June 30, 2027:
· The Antidote to Bullying: Kindness and Respect (Grades 3-6)
· Mind and Body Connection: How your Emotions Affect Your Health (Grades 7-12)
· Caffeine: How Much is Too Much (Grades 7-12)
· Benefits of Exercise (Grades 9-12)
BOCES has been adding titles to our Swank K-12 Streaming catalog as requests roll in. These are to be used only for instructional purposes, (unless used in conjunction with the Swank Public Performance Movie License). The newest titles are:
· Dark Waters
· Dave
· Flash of Genius
· I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 1: Job Switching
· A Smile as Big as the Moon
· As Good as it Gets
· Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
· Zootopia
· Inception
· Luca
· Mandela
· Sing 2
· Sometimes in April
· The Tempest
· True Grit
· Monsters University
If you have any questions about Swank, or about any of our other Multimedia services, please reach out to your librarian.
