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Engage Young Learners with New Features in Miss Humblebee’s Academy

May 25, 2023May 23, 2023

| By Gale Staff | With Gale Presents: Miss Humblebee’s Academy, libraries can offer young learners a supportive and comprehensive learning platform unlike any other online preschool program. This fun, inviting, and safe environment includes hundreds of online and offline activities to prepare children ages three to six for kindergarten proficiency. On May 31, 2023, … Read more

Global Issues In Context Product Update

February 26, 2018July 7, 2016

Updated May 24, 2016

Original Posting March 31, 2016

Global Issues In Context has been updated to reflect the standard user interface found in all the other Gale In Context products. Customers will be migrated to the new version of the product August 5, 2016.

During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:

Spotlight stories will track current events.
New and updated portals will be called-out (flagged) so they are easy to find.
Google integration tools like Google sign-in, download to Google Drive, and Classroom Share capabilities.
A mobile optimized interface for ease of use on any device.
Additional features familiar to users such as, Highlights and Notes and additional language translation options.

Global Issues In Context Product Update 3/31/2016

February 26, 2018June 9, 2016

Updated May 24, 2016

Original Posting March 31, 2016

During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:

Spotlight stories will track current events.
New and updated portals will be called-out (flagged) so they are easy to find.
Google integration tools like Google sign-in, download to Google Drive, and Classroom Share capabilities.
A mobile optimized interface for ease of use on any device.
Additional features familiar to users such as, Highlights and Notes and additional language translation options.

Global Issues In Context Product Update 3/31/2016

February 26, 2018March 31, 2016

Updated May 24, 2016

Original Posting March 31, 2016

During the continued soft launch – running through the month of July – here’s what you’ll find:

Spotlight stories will track current events.
New and updated portals will be called-out (flagged) so they are easy to find.
Google integration tools like Google sign-in, download to Google Drive, and Classroom Share capabilities.
A mobile optimized interface for ease of use on any device.
Additional features familiar to users such as, Highlights and Notes and additional language translation options.

A Look at the New SAT

November 14, 2018January 25, 2016

Posted January 25, 2016

By Rosemary Long

As the March 5 launch date for the updated SAT comes closer, now’s a good time to take a closer look at what the revamped test is all about. Detailed information abounds, so the goal of this post is to winnow it down to the essentials.

New Features

Perhaps bowing to the competition, the new SAT features content that is similar to the ACT. And it has also adopted two ACT features. Test takers don’t lose points for wrong answers—so there’s less temptation to leave an answer blank—and they are offered only four choices of response instead of five.