What is SchoolRooms?

SchoolRooms is a new K-12 online multimedia discovery place for South Carolina students!

SchoolRooms provides resources, built around school curriculum, to assist students with homework and school projects.Search your county library’s catalog, educational websites, and selected DISCUS databases all at once. There is also a special room just for school and public librarians with great resources on library management, literacy, professional development, and more!

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The South Carolina State Library’s SchoolRooms initiative aims to provide K-12 students, parents, and librarians with an online dynamic learning experience.  With SchoolRooms, students will be able to connect with authoritative, appropriate, standards-based resources designed to engage students as they achieve their learning objectives. 

SchoolRooms also focuses on parents and librarians with homework help, professional developments tools, and personal development resources.  SchoolRooms can also help parents play a bigger role in helping their children learn and succeed in school.

What can SchoolRooms do for me and my patrons?

When your students and patrons need information for homework, projects, or just for fun, think SchoolRooms! Here are some of the great features you can find in SchoolRooms:

• Search Best-of-Web for excellent websites
• Look up encyclopedias, articles, magazines, and more through DISCUS
• Find books from your public library
• Watch animations and slideshows on tons of cool topics
• Explore games, pictures, and lots more!

Need information just for you as a librarian? SchoolRooms has you covered! Here are some features you can find in SchoolRooms on a variety of topics:

• Discover fun activities, literacy resources, and other tools to help you and your patrons succeed
• Learn about library, personal, and professional management with engaging resources
• Search for technology training and information literacy for you and your students
• Look up articles, health information, and more through DISCUS
• Find books from your public library

Videos

Watch our short videos about SchoolRooms!

SchoolRooms Overview (3 min, 12 seconds)

SchoolRooms Searching (3 min, 3 seconds)

And here is a video just for you.

SchoolRooms for Librarians (2 min, 59 seconds)

How do I get to SchoolRooms?

To get to SchoolRooms, just go to www.scsl.schoolrooms.net.  If you are at a public school or county library, you can start exploring now! Otherwise, you can sign up at the top-right of the page to get your very own SchoolRooms User-ID.  If you need help, feel free to contact us.

Examples

  Need ideas to promote literacy in your library?  In SchoolRooms you can find how to give book talks and poetry slams, and use book awards, national celebrations, and other promotions to make your library an engaging place for readers! 

  Keep up to date with professional issues with SchoolRooms!  Find links to professional reading, organizations, and lots of information on staff training & certification.