2013 News Now!
- Brand New - January 2013 You can now create your own Resource Lists; Share lists; or use Public Lists.
Login to see all Public Lists. A few examples are here: - STEM - narrative nonfiction - complex text for reading
Civil Rights - Exemplars from the Common Core Appendix B for Grades 6-8
- Iowa Goldfinch Award, 2013-2014, Grades PreK-3
- Comprehension Strategy: Inferring for Grades K-
- Inaugurations - Examples of US Presidential Inaugural speeches and events. Digital video,
primary documents. President Obama's 2nd Inauguration is included, as well as earlier Presidents such as Coolidge, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower...
Chemistry
Abraham Lincoln including primary source documents and ebooks
Migrant families in the United States - text set
Understanding more about Japan -
This is a sample of titles for students studying Japan. Some of the titles are from series that include books from other countries. It includes everything from general books about the geography and country of Japan to primary documents, and digital video about World War II. Chose what fits your classroom. Don't forget online databases such as CultureGrams to find more resources on countries. The series of interviews at CultureGrams would allow your students to compare points of view about a country. Find at www.iowaaeaonline.org
Arab Spring - Resource list that is only digital video.
****After adding the Resource List on Arab Spring, we want to point out to you that there are often additional options! The power of using Media Resources is that beyond the digital video examples of the Arab Spring (above), there are often online databases that fit. In this case, check out CQ Researcher. A new report in Feb. 2013 is about this very topic.
Unrest in the Arab World
Will the Arab Spring lead to more change?
By Kenneth Jost - GPAEA provides you with access to SNN starting in October, 2012!
It is no longer an Additional Database for Britannica, but will be available to GPAEA middle and high school students at
http://www.studentnewsnet.com/
Unique usernames/passwords apply. Please check with your media center or us at mediacenter@gpaea.org
The power of having students read online and use the internet to practice writing daily!
Students say SNN is one of their top online databases! - Atomic Learning - We have added the Mobilize tutorials and PDFs for planning for mobile 1:1 environments. View the description here:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/mobilize
Are you ready to move to a mobile learning environment? What about the iPads in your buildings? How will this help you plan?
Available now to use! Login to Atomic Learning with your Educator Account - https://www.atomiclearning.com/
School Leaders
- Planning for Success
- Logistics
- Supporting Teachers in a Mobile Initiative
- Success StoriesEducators
-ReImagining the Classroom
-Enhancing Communication and Collaboration
-Providing Authentic Assessment
-Differentiating Instruction
-Classroom Management Strategies
-5 Minutes to Success
-Success Stories
-Adapting a Lesson
-Additional Lesson Ideas
-Additional Resources - Atomic Learning just launched their App - see the information on the App page
- Have you updated your weblinks on your school site to find GPAEA Media?
- Questions on NBC Learn digital video?
http://greatprairie.nbclearn.com/
All NBC Learn resources accessible through SNAP!
http://snap.gpaea.k12.ia.us
Did you know that students can login to SNAP with their district username/password? Access to over 40,000 digital videos, ebooks and much more!
These CORE pages suggest
- series to search in SNAP to link to new NBC Learn titles
- other curriculum connections with online databases