Click the links below to view recordings of our most recent webinars!
Prepare for a Successful Winter Reading Challenge (Schools)
November 28, 2023
In this 30-minute session, learn all about our sponsored 2024 Winter Reading Challenge: Where We Come From (sponsored by Lerner Publishing). We’ll cover prizes, tips for success, resources, and more!
Beanstack Feature Release: Lexile Insights into Independent Student Reading
November 8, 2023
In this session, Kelly Hiser, VP of Product and Client Engagement, demos the new Lexile feature! Beanstack’s enhanced reader logs give teachers and media specialists actionable insights into student free-choice reading growth. Teachers and media specialists can view a snapshot of Lexile levels of recently logged books and track trends over time. These free-choice reading insights give educators a more holistic view of student reading aptitude and preference and help them fine-tune reading assignments and recommendations to build reading engagement.
Have a Successful Summer Reading Challenge
April 26, 2023
In this 30-minute summer prep session for media specialists and librarians, review the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, best practices for editing the challenge, and tips for having a successful summer!
Beanstack District Admin Experience Updates
April 25, 2023
In this 45-minute session lead by our Product Manager, Kelly Hiser, learn more about recent updates to the district administrative experience, including: the brand new district data dashboard, new school-level insights, reports tour, and district challenges. Learn how to navigate these new features and get your questions answered live!
Media Specialist & Teacher Dashboard Updates Webinar
March 8, 2023
In this 30-minute session, learn more about the new admin dashboard view and functionality. We'll take a look at the new view and how to navigate it, the new Classes & Readers page, discuss Teacher Challenges, and more.
Prepare for a Successful Winter Reading Challenge
December 1, 2022
In this 30 minute session, learn all about our sponsored 2023 Winter Reading Challenge: All the Feels! We'll cover prizes, tips for success, resources, and a quick overview of our newest feature: bingo challenges.
Reading Fundraisers with Beanstack
October 27, 2022
In this 30-minute session, learn how to set up a fundraiser and tips to run a successful readathon at your school.
How to Create a Bingo Challenge
October 19, 2022
This session takes you from start to finish of creating a bingo challenge in Beanstack as we go over each step of the process. This session is best for those with administrator access at your library or school.
Using Leaderboards to Run a Competition at your School
October 12, 2022
In this 30-minute session, learn more about our new feature -- leaderboards -- and how you can easily run a classroom or grade-level competition at your school to increase engagement.
The Beanstack Teacher Experience + Summer Reading
April 19, 2022
In this 30-minute session, the main focus will be an overview of the Summer Reading Challenge and the teacher administrative experience. We'll take a look at how students participate in the Summer Reading challenge and then review how teachers can log reading on behalf of their class(es), look up a student, log on behalf of an individual student, and view student data.
How to Have a Successful Summer
April 6, 2022
In this 30-minute summer prep session for media specialists and librarians, review the 2022 Summer Reading Challenge, best practices for editing the challenge, and tips for having a successful summer!
Using Beanstack Insights & Reports to Celebrate your Students and School Community
October 7, 2021
What’s more fun than celebrating your students and school community?! In this 30-minute session, we’ll review how to use insights and reports to view key data about your readers. We’ll then share fun and creative ways to celebrate your students and their reading progress!
The Beanstack Student and Teacher Experience
September 21, 2021
In this 45-minute session, we’ll demonstrate how your students log their reading, complete activities, and write reviews. We’ll also look at Beanstack from the teacher perspective, reviewing how you can log reading on behalf of your class(es), look up a student, log on behalf of an individual student, adjust student reading, and more! This webinar is open to all teachers.
The Beanstack Student and Media Specialist Experience
September 13, 2021
In this 45-minute session, we’ll demonstrate how your students log their reading, complete activities, and write reviews. We’ll also look at Beanstack from the media specialist perspective, reviewing how you can log reading on behalf of a class, look up a student, log on behalf of an individual student, adjust student reading, and more!
