Mississippi Bend AEA Media Montage

Pear Deck is a communication platform that lets teachers create interactive assessments and presentations that students can follow from their personal devices. It is used in conjunction with Google slides and assists teachers with designing engaging learning experiences and embedding formative assessments into online classrooms, and is designed to integrate with your district's existing tools including both Google or Microsoft applications.

Mississippi Bend AEA is offering Pear Deck as a new resource to area schools for free this year. With Pear Deck, you use Google Slides to create engaging learning experiences and embed formative assessments into your presentation. I've tried it out and it's rather fun! Check out these templates, and "The Orchard" for more information.

Look for more information to come on how to get your district set up to take advantage of this great resource.

Let's collaborate! What is working in your building? What are your concerns?

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 @ 2:00p

Zoom Link- No registration needed.

Check out previous sessions here!

The School Library Journal Summit is going virtual this year, so the free event is even easier than ever to attend. It's all day on Saturday, October 24, and features timely topics, including:

• Reimagining schools
• Antiracism: next steps
• Challenging the classics: reimagining the library canon
• SEL & trauma-informed teaching
• Reimagining youth librarianship

Register for the event here.

Check out the most up-to-date research about COVID in the library, thanks to the work of the REALM project:

Test 1 (hardover book cover, softback book cover, plain paper pages inside a closed book, plastic book cover, DVD case)

Test 2 (Braille paper pages, glossy paper pages, magazine pages, children's board book, archival folders)

Test 3 (talking books, DVDs, storage bags, storage containers, plexiglass)

Test 4 will be the same materials as test 1 but with a staked configuration. Sign up to receive project updates here.

Video: How to Create a Bitmoji Classrrom

• You must have a Bitmoji account and add the Google extension.

• When searching use transparent before the object you are searching for.

Video: Embedding Bitmoji Classrooms INTO Canvas!

• Note: One step not in the video is you must publish to web your slide presentation prior to obtaining embed code.
  
  

Additional Resources:

Bitmoji Craze - Create a Virtual Classroom - Lots of resources and ideas.

Bitmoji Craze for Educators- Fun Facebook page to follow for more ideas!

Many of the 20-21 IASL award books are available as ebooks and/or audiobooks via Mackin. Let me tell you, I have shed a few tears reading/listening this summer! Check them out here! Interested in learning more about the purpose, selection, and voting of the IASL books? Visit the IASL site.

Gale has redesigned and relaunched its kid-friendly database Kids InfoBits as Gale in Context: Elementary, which focuses on elementary students and aims to provide individualized instruction for kids in the classroom and at home. Read this article for more information!

The MBAEA is excited to share the release of professional learning playlists and modules that will meet the ever changing needs of teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators within the Iowa Academic Standards component for Return to Learn and beyond. The professional learning playlists are housed within the following google site: https://sites.google.com/aea9.k12.ia.us/mbaea/home.

For more information check out Mississippi Bend AEA Current Course Offerings.

There are courses offered virtually throughout the entire state on a variety of topics. Check out course listings and registration at AEA PD Registration site. Use the same login for the site where you take mandatory reporter, bloodborne pathogens, etc. If you don't remember your password, click Forgot Password at the bottom of the page. Having trouble with your username? It may be your personal email, not your school email.

For employment related training visit AEA PD Learning Online.

Paraeducator Generalist Certification
The series of three courses cover the competencies as directed by the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (BoEE). These competencies cover the skills needed for a paraeducator to be successful in the classroom. It is recommended that the courses be taken in sequential order. The series is a total of 90 hours of training that is a blend of face-to-face (or virtual) course time and online work. Each of the paraeducator generalist courses requires 30 hours to complete. Participants will need to have access to a computer and the internet to be able to complete all courses.

Upcoming Courses!

• Foundations Course 1: 168210 ($120.00)

• Section 294548 - Begins October 13, 2020 (registration closes October 6th)

• Instructional Supports Course 2: 168211 ($120.00)

• Section 294549 - Begins November 10, 2020 (registration closes November 2nd)

• Behavioral Supports Course 3: 168214 (120.00)

• Section 294550 - Begins December 1, 2020 (registration closes November 24th)

Substitute Authorization

Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a new proclamation as of July 17, 2020, which allows for increased flexibility in the use of substitute teachers during the disaster emergency period.

Due to COVID 19 we will be offering these sessions virtually!

Upcoming Courses!

Section: 294419 - September 14 - 23rd

Section: 294421 - October 26 - November 4th

For more questions, please contact: staffdevelopment@aea9.k12.ia.us.

Media Production Services
Media Production Services are located in the Media Center. For the health and safety of our staff and customers, services will be available by appointment only.

SNAP Media Catalog

Deliveries for requests from the Media center have started! Please contact us if you have a list of new teachers that will need usernames and passwords.

Digital Resources

Our vetted, age-appropriate, and high quality online resources are excellent sources for research, reading, reference and fun! They are an extension to the materials available at your school. These digital resources are purchased by the AEA and require a username and password assigned to your school.

Please email or call us at 563-344-6459 anytime for appointments, assistance with usernames/passwords or any other support you need!

We are here to help!

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

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.