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Welcome to the Library Learning Commons where our future ready students are challenged to create, collaborate, and communicate.
Kathy Culbertson
Media Specialist

 
Cobb County Public Libraries and Cobb County School Libraries have teamed up to provide prizes and fun while learning this Summer.
Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. 
Reading unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Here’s what you can do to help children develop stronger reading skills and a love for reading: Set the example. Let children see you read. Have a collection of books in the home. Update this collection routinely to keep pace with changing tastes and reading skills. 

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 The Powers Ferry Library is open, during school hours, to remote learners by offering curbside book check out
 Here is a link to a form that our Powers Ferry Panther parents can submit. https://tinyurl.com/y5av53su 
 Read the form carefully to know where and when to pick the books up. Thank you!
Happy Reading! 

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  Cobb offers an array of wonderful online resources that you should explore for fun and for learning. 

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Cobb is better with Clever!
Explore great online learning resources for your child.
Click Here to Login
  • Then click on "Login with Active Directory"
  • Use your Office 365 username to log in: firstname.lastname@students.cobbk12org
  • Password: (your computer password that you use at school)                                                         


​SORA -
provides access to audio and ebooks to all students in Cobb. Learn more here with this screencast. http://bit.ly/soraintro

BrainPop
Great content-rich resources: movies, quizzes, coding, games and other activities.

Newsela
Current Events Articles and Primary resources



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Cobb Digital Library: https://cobb.mackinvia.com
Username is:
firstname.lastname@students.cobbk12.org
-or-
SCH\123456 (student number)
Password is: (student computer password at school)

Here is a video about our Cobb Digital Library that will also explain how to get to and log in from home. https://youtu.be/SFCFGl5pxWM

Check out our Book and Ebook collection in Destiny.
Choose Powers Ferry from the list of schools and see what our library has to offer:
https://cobbk12.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?context=saas84_1037740
Our Ebooks are in MackinVia or on the FollettShelf. Students will be required to login in to their Destiny accounts to access FollettShelf. Username: (student number) Password: (student computer password at school)

Storylineonline is another great site for enjoying books read aloud.
This is a truly great selection of books. Each book comes with an activity guide.
http://www.storylineonline.net


Office 365 (O365): Go to http://www.cobbk12.org and click on the Find it Fast tab.
​You will find a lot of great resources under this tab (O365, Cobb Digital Library, CTLS resources and more). For more information on using O365, click here.

http://www.cobbk12.org/centraloffice/InstructionalTechnology/CR/Microsoft/Microsoft.aspx 
Username is: 
firstname.lastname@students.cobbk12.org 
-or-
SCH\123456 (student number)
Password is: (student computer password at school)


Cobb County Public Library: www.cobbcat.org
Your student number now gives you access to resources at the Cobb County Public Library.
24/7 digital resources to help with homework. Download apps, ebooks, stream movies, borrow books and more.

​Username: (student number) The PIN is their birthday in 4-digit format _ _ _ _ (2-digit month and 2-digit day). For example: January 1, 2020 would be 0101. 
Visit https://www.cobblibrarymedia.com/librarypass.html or http://www.cobbcat.org/librarypass/.

Take the Bingo Blackout Challenge
Now that you know you have access to many ebooks and audiobooks from home, you are ready to keep reading and take the challenge!
 There’s a card for each grade level. Use print books and magazines or use the link to my blog to access thousands of ebooks and magazines. Students can turn these into the Library Learning Commons after summer break for a prize! You will receive a prize for each completed row or column. Also, your Bingo cards will be entered into a drawing for free books and posters.
Kindergarten https://tinyurl.com/u4mjxwj
1st Graders   https://tinyurl.com/uytxtzj
2nd Graders https://tinyurl.com/t8boptx
3rd Graders  https://tinyurl.com/tqa8ql6
4th Graders  https://tinyurl.com/u8x3fnf
5th Graders  https://tinyurl.com/rzcecbw 

We Want to hear from you!
This is a good place to share your comments, ask questions or make book suggestions for our library collection. Also, please let me know if you are interested in volunteering. 

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