Mississippi Bend AEA Media Montage

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

—Voltaire

Reflect silently for a minute. Why did you become a teacher or administrator in the first place? What makes you smile and reminds you why you entered the education field? What drives you personally? Although cliche, "getting back to your roots" may help you reset, especially with busy or challenging times.

November 13th is World Kindness Day. I encourage you to tell students, families, coworkers, friends, and even strangers how you appreciate them. No matter how small, you never know the impact it may have. I am in awe at how you have managed all the curveballs thrown at you during this pandemic. The impact you have on students, families, and the community is enormous! I continue to grow professionally because of you and am grateful to connect with wonderful people.

Can't make it to to the agency? No problem! Fill out this form to request randomly selected books. Encourage people to check out the book sets and ask for additional materials even if they already have filled out the form.

Mississippi Bend AEA Media Center

M-F 7:00am-4:30pm

729 21st Street Bettendorf, IA 52722

563-344-6256 or media-center-staff@aea9.k12.ia.us

Overview

Students from around the world will be examining weekly themes focused on water pollution to explore how they can play a role in making the world a better place for sea turtles who are impacted by the tidal wave of plastic in our oceans. Additionally, students will be working with partners from around the world to make real change that will better serve the animals in need while discovering how all of our actions impact other people and animals.

Watch this teacher video from last year's experience with the project!

Learn more here!

Are you up to the challenge? Looking for something different with students that is creative and fun? If so, check out the November Design a Circuit Challenge. Materials are available through our media center.

Reach out to Aaron Maurer for further information.

Smart Robotics with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor: Learn to play with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor kit and build creative robots

by Aaron Maurer

Key Features

• Gain confidence in building robots using creative designs
• Learn advanced robotic features and find out how to integrate them to build a robot
• Work with the block coding language used in robotics software in a practical way
  
  

What you will learn

• Discover how the Robot Inventor kit works, and explore its parts and the elements inside them
• Delve into the block coding language used to build robots
• Find out how to create interactive robots with the help of sensors
• Understand the importance of real-world robots in today's landscape
• Recognize different ways to build new ideas based on existing solutions
• Design basic to advanced level robots using the Robot Inventor kit
  
  

Who this book is for

This book is for robot enthusiasts, LEGO lovers, hobbyists, educators, students, and anyone looking to learn about the new LEGO Robot Inventor kit. This book is designed to go beyond the basic build through to intermediate and advanced builds, and enables you to add your personal flair to the builds and codes.

November is Native American Heritage Month or commonly referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the significant contributions of Native people.

Are you looking to purchase books to diversify your collection? American Indians in Children's Literature provides a wide range of K-12 book recommendations. Below are a few suggested books available through MackinVIA.

November 8-14

• Promote your 2021 Children's Book Week celebration with these tools.
• Participate in the Superpower Challenge all year long!
• Tons of downloadable bookmarks, activities, and more for 2021 Book Week events.

Interested in media academy but cannot attend virtually or face to face during the school day? I am more than happy to work with you to register and meet outside the school day to catch you up. The syllabus provides details about each session and overall goals.

• November 30, 2021 - Literacy Party
• January 31, 2022 - Authentic Learning Party
• March 28, 2022 - Digital Party

Phishing is a standard method of cybercrime. Here are some clues to help you, students, coworkers, and other adults spot scams.

• The message comes from a public email domain, e.g., @gmail.com. Look at the email address, not just the sender.
• The domain name has spelling errors. Domain names are purchased from a registrar and must be unique. People sometimes overlook the slight misspelling and respond because it appears it is from a known source.
• The email contains errors. Look for grammatical mistakes, not spelling errors, as hackers use a spellchecker or a translation machine to give them the right words. Read or listen carefully.
• The text message, phone call, or social media post includes suspicious attachments or links. The ultimate goal is to collect sensitive information.
• The message creates a sense of urgency and uses terminology such as act now or else it will be too late.

Help stop cyber incidents by reporting phishing to IT departments and email providers as soon as you see it.

Source: Hacked and IT Governance

Five of the nine AEAs worked together to create websites with consistent information, look, and navigation. Just a little reminder that you will need to update digital resources links on school and/or library websites.

Is there something missing on the media page that would help you or other users? If you have suggestions, send them my way!

REVIEW SOME EXCELLENT FUTURE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Dive into your creativity with a Fine Arts course!

Arts Integration: Creative, Rigorous and Meaningful Learning

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Students in arts-integrated classrooms have higher levels of engagement and fewer disciplinary referrals, resulting in high academic achievement. Why? Because creative processes help students construct personal relevance and meaning in their learning. During this course, discover how to embed accessible (and fun!) arts-based strategies into your lessons to promote critical thinking, inquiry, reflection, and social-emotional intelligence. Examine how arts experiences can be used as formative and summative assessment tools. Participate in interactive experiences that promise to reinvigorate your own creativity and passion for teaching.

1 Relicensure Credit

Begins 02/05/2022

Whether you are a new teacher-librarian or paraeducator this course is for you!

Paraeducator Area of Concentration: Library Media Technology

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The course covers understanding how libraries serve as resources based upon research-based best practices and includes 9 hours of required virtual face-to-face meetings held in the evenings. It will build an understanding of the role school libraries play in supporting curriculum with print and digital resources, the foundations of building a diverse collection and welcoming area, and dive into the ethical issues related to libraries such as copyright, confidentiality, and diversity.

3 Relicensure Credits

Begins 03/01/2022

Contact Us

staffdevelopment@aea9.k12.ia.us.

Movember
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
Academic Writing Month
COPD Awareness Month

Children's Book Week November 8-14

Native American Heritage Month
November 2- Election Day

November 7- Daylight Savings Time ends
November 10- Marine Corps Birthday
November 11- Veterans Day
November 25- Thanksgiving Day

November 26- Presidents' Day

Please email or call us at 563-344-6459 anytime for appointments, assistance with usernames/passwords or any other media related questions!

Email: hwhitman@mbaea.org
Website: https://www.mbaea.org/
Location: 729 21st Street, Bettendorf, IA, USA
Phone: 563-344-6526
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missbend9/
Twitter: @MBAEA

The Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender identity, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, socioeconomic status, or disability in its educational programs, services or employment practices. Inquiries concerning this statement should be addressed to Kim Hofmann, Equity Coordinator, at 563-344-6415.