MBAEA Media Newsletter

I often have an extra spring in my step during March. With it comes extended daylight hours, beautiful sunshine, and basketball. Mike Krzyzewski, commonly known as Coach K., is among the all-time most outstanding NCAA men's coaches. He said teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one.

Like basketball, educators are usually more successful and spirited, with a go-to team surrounding us. Please reach out if you need a 6th man off the bench for a breather and a brainstorming partner.

Have you ever been in the middle of a lesson or professional development and needed instant feedback to gauge understanding? Or are you interested in using pre-created templates to add to your existing lessons? Learn to add quick prompts in Pear Deck in three minutes or less.

Digital Resources

• Britannica ImageQuest and School- Women's history at a glance for elementary, middle, and high school
• MackinVIA- Audiobooks, ebooks, and read-along for K-12 students to support your lessons
• Scholastic- Four inspiring lessons to teach middle school students about women's history
• TeachingBooks.net- Recommendations and resources for Women's History Month: A Book Every Day

We offer many titles to support Women's History Month!

Please contact us if you have any issues with logging in for the first time or booking an item.

Media Center

media-center-staff@aea9.k12.ia.us

563-344-6231

162: Innovation in Education: Jenahlee Chamberlain’s Approach to Teaching Computer Science and Literacy

with Aaron Maurer

Jenahlee Chamberlain is the K-6 teacher librarian and IDS of Innovation for Iowa City Community Schools. She has crafted a clean, concise, and well-organized system to teach computer science in the elementary environment. This episode will unpack her work in computer science, innovation, and teacher librarian while utilizing her passion of graphic design.

Mar. 28, 2023- Jamie Gregory, a well-known educator in the field of media literacy, will share her experiences, resources, and strategies supporting media literacy instructional practices.

Participants will deepen their understanding and reinforce

• the need for media and news literacy instruction;

• lesson planning that integrates a variety of types of media, opportunities for students to analyze at a deeper level, and media that includes a variety of viewpoints and news sources;

• ways to embed media and news literacy skills into lessons across disciplines; and
  

• lateral and vertical reading skills into lessons.

If you cannot attend Media Academy for the last session or are interested in attending next year, please let me know what topics or areas of learning would support you professionally.

Join us for the following webinars to learn more about MackinVIA and TeachingBooks! District and AEA staff are invited to join the webinars to learn more about these resources for K-12 students. Both sessions will be recorded, so please register even if you cannot attend in real-time to access the recorded sessions!

MACKINVIA

These webinars will cover MackinVIA’s overview of the digital tools and resources for accessibility and deepening comprehension with practical applications for classroom use and independent reading for secondary educators. Get a jump start on planning for summer reading with digital resources!

MackinVIA: Deepen Comprehension & Enhance Accessibility with Digital Tools for Secondary Educators

March 28, 2023

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

REGISTER NOW!

MackinVIA: Deepen Comprehension & Enhance Accessibility with Digital Tools for Elementary Educators

March 29, 2023

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.

REGISTER NOW!

TEACHINGBOOKS

Discover resources that expand the experience readers have with books being read both in the classroom and independently. Explore author videos, recordings, book guides, activities and lessons, book trailers, vocabulary lists, and more! Leave this session with tools to increase student engagement and differentiate instruction.

TeachingBooks Enhance & Differentiate Instruction (Elementary)

April 5, 2023

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.

REGISTER NOW!

TeachingBooks Enhance & Differentiate Instruction (Secondary)

April 12, 2023

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.

REGISTER NOW!

If you have any questions, contact:

Tracie Marshall, Media/Technology Project & Purchasing Coordinator

tmarshall@iowaaea.org

Help your students share their voices! Voting is open for Iowa Award Books through Friday, April 21, 2023! Winners will be announced on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at IASL Teacher Librarian EdCamp in Ames!

It's not too late for students to get involved! Ebook and audiobook versions are also available through MackinVIA.

2023-2024 award book sets are now available (select your AEA). More information is available at www.iasl-ia.org/awards.

Developing Number Concepts by Kathy Richardson

Developing Number Concepts is designed to help young children develop important foundational mathematics concepts. The three instructional books and planning guide include cohesive and organized experiences focused on particular mathematical ideas. Every concept is developed both through teacher-directed and independent activities. Because children learn at different rates, the activities are "expandable," making it easy for teachers to differentiate their instruction. Developing Number Concepts is essential to any math instructional program and ideal for intervention use.

Activities from this series are aligned to the assessment results from Kathy Richardson's Assessing Math Concepts enabling teachers to target their instruction to the needs of each student.

• Book 1 – Counting, Comparing, and Pattern
• Book 2 – Addition and Subtraction
• Book 3 – Place Value, Multiplication, and Division

Read Across America Week of March 2nd

Music in Our Schools Month

Women's History Month

Youth Art Month

March 2- Dr. Seuss Day

March 17- St. Patrick's Day

March 17- National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day

Mississippi Bend AEA provides various instructional tools and resources for teachers and students supporting teaching and learning.

Email media-center-staff@aea9.k12.ia.us or call us at 563-344-6231 anytime for assistance with login credentials or other media-related questions.

Check out all our services here. We are here to support you!

Email: hwhitman@mbaea.org
Website: https://mbaea.org/media-library/
Location: 729 21st Street, Bettendorf, IA, USA
Phone: 563-344-6256
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