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Welcome to the Heartland AEA library e-newsletter!

Library & Digital Resources Welcome to the Heartland AEA library e-newsletter!

August 29, 2023

  • Grant Sources
  • New Health Section in Pebble Go
  • New Articles in Pebble Go
  • Learn 360 News #1 -- Topic Centers
  • Learn 360 News #2 -- New Titles
  • Learn 360 News #3 -- Split by Grade Span
  • TL Conference 9/28/23
  • New Spanish Language Books
  • Professional Learning: Readings


Direct link to the newsletter: https://www.smore.com/e35mk

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Grant Sources

Iowans can use the Foundation Center in their public library to find 140,000-plus grantmakers and 14 million-plus grants. This is brought to you by the State Library of Iowa. Another handy resource is Mackin’s Grant Channel.

https://home.mackin.com/resources/grant-channel/

New Health Section in Pebble Go

Pebble Go added standards-connected articles to help your 3rd -5th grade students develop critical skills in mental and physical health, wellness, safety, and emotional intelligence. Also available in Spanish. You'll see the Health section on the main screen when you log in.

Note: Capstone decided that the articles on Puberty and Reproductive Systems within Next Health are defaulted to off to enable thoughtful and focused study when determined appropriate by educators. The articles can be turned on for individual schools/districts.

New Articles in Pebble Go

This summer 50+ articles were added to PebbleGo in both English and Spanish. You will find new articles in Animals, Science and Social Studies. All articles are listed here.https://pebblego.com/news/51-new-pebblego-articles-be-released-july


Sample titles:

  • What is a Continent?

  • What is a Country?

  • What is a Landform?

  • What is a Landmark?

  • What is a State?

  • Wildlife Biologists

  • What is a Landform?

  • Cave Spiders

  • Deep-Sea Squid

  • Entelodonts

  • Sea Cucumbers

  • Sea Sponges

BTW, last school year students in the Heartland AEA service read 1,622,646 Pebble Go and Pebble Go next articles. Great way to get books into the hands of readers!

Q. Guess the BookFLIX usage in the HAEA service area last year. Guess high.

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Learn 360 News #1 -- Topic Centers

Over the summer, Learn360 launched 50 new Topic Centers.

Topic Centers are curated multimedia assets around a core topic, providing a complete and focused module that can be used in instruction. Each Topic Center includes videos, audio, interactives, and printables organized by popular topics to support easy integration, lesson planning, and interactive learning.

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Learn 360 News #2 -- New Titles

Learn 360 added 319 new titles this summer. Here's a link to explore.

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Learn 360 News #3 -- Split by Grade Span

Learn 360 is a K-12 resource. The AEAs asked that the content be divided into elementary, middle and high school. High school has access to K-12.

TL Conference 9/28/23

Registration is open. We would like to invite you to attend in person or virtually. Starts at 9:00. Here is the tentative agenda:


  • Conversations you should be having about Artificial Intelligence with Matt Miller, Ditch that Textbook (separate Zoom link for this 10:00 session)
  • SF496 Overview with Margaret Buckton, Iowa School Finance and UEN
  • Cybersecurity with Sean Balzer, Heartland AEA
  • Science of Reading with Janelle Thompson, Heartland AEA
  • Library Branding and Social Media
  • Real-Life Reconsideration Process with a panel of TLs from Ankeny
  • New Discovery Search for lesson planning
  • Used books give-away
  • And more...

New Spanish Language Books

These titles were added this summer to the Heartland AEA library. There are 796 titles in Spanish or Spanish/English that we hope will be of interest to your students.

  1. Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre (159039) YP 2022 32p. Call#: SL E Mar

  2. El ataque del hombre mosca de 15 metros (159041) YP 2020 30p. Call#: SL E Arn

  3. Atardecer en el pueblo fantasma (159042) PI 2006 75p. Call#: SL F Osb

  4. Barcos vikingos al amanecer (159049) PI 2007 73p. Call#: Sl F Osb

  5. Buenos días, gorilas (159052) PI 2014 71p. Call#: SL F Osb

  6. Búfalos antes del desayuno (159053) PI 2008 76p. Call#: SL F Osb

  7. Carnaval a media luz (159055) PI 2016 113p. Call#: Fic

  8. Clic, clac, muu : vacas escritoras (159057) YP 2002 32p. Call#: SL E Cro

  9. Crónicas de una vida muy poco glamurosa (159065) IJ 2022 335p. Call#: SL F Rus

  10. Cuando no eres la reina de la fiesta precisamente (159066) IJ 2022 285p. Call#: SL F Rus

  11. Delfines al amanecer (159061) PI 2006 67p. Call#: SL F Osb

  12. Hombre Mosca presenta: dinosaurios (159088) P 2016 32p. Call#: SL 567.9 Arn

  13. Dinosaurios al atardecer (159070) PI 2002 68p. Call#: SL F Osb

  14. El caballero del alba (159054) PI 2002 65p. Call#: SL F Osb

  15. El día del Rey Dragón (159062) PI 2007 68p. Call#: SL F Osb

  16. El festival florestástico de Eva (159077) P 2016 71p. Call#: SL F Ell

  17. El invierno del hechicero del hielo (159102) PI 2016 109p. Call#: SL F Osb

  18. El único e incomparable Bob (159156) PI 2020 353p. Call#: SL F App

  19. El verano de la serpiente marina (159159) PI 2016 109p. Call#: SL F Osb

  20. Esta noche en el Titanic (159072) PI 2008 74p. Call#: SL F Osb

  21. Guerra Civil en domingo (159080) PI 2011 78p. Call#: SL F Osb

  22. Guerra Revolucionaria en miércoles (159081) PI 2011 75p. Call#: SL F Osb

  23. Henry y Mudge y el mejor día del año (159083) P 1997 40p. Call#: SL E Ryl

  24. Hombre Mosca contra el matamoscas! (159087) P 2014 30p. Call#: SL E Arn

  25. Hombre Mosca y los extraterrestrezz (159091) YP 2019 29p. Call#: SL E Arn

  26. Jajá, jijí, cuac (159104) YP 2003 32p. Call#: SL E Cro

  27. Judy Moody salva el planeta (159106) PI 2022 166p. Call#: SL F McD

  28. Jueves de Acción de Gracias (159107) PI 2014 73p. Call#: SL F Osb

  29. La estación de las tormentas de arena (159074) PI 2016 107p. Call#: SL F Osb

  30. La hora de los Juegos Olímpicos (159101) PI 2007 68p. Call#: SL F Osb

  31. La noche de los Ninjas (159127) PI 2004 68p. Call#: SL F Osb

  32. La noche de los nuevos magos (159128) PI 2016 111p. Call#: SL F Osb

  33. Leones a la hora del almuerzo (159109) PI 2006 70p. Call#: SL F Osb

  34. Maremoto en Hawái (159115) PI 2014 73p. Call#: SL F Osb

  35. Medianoche en la luna (159117) PI 2004 71p. Call#: SL F Osb

  36. Mercy Watson al rescate (159118) P 2019 68p. Call#: SL F Dic

  37. Miedo escénico en una noche de verano (159119) PI 2014 71p. Call#: SL F Osb

  38. Nate el grande a por todas (159139) I 2022 219p. Call#: SL F Pei

  39. Nate el grande ataca de nuevo (159122) I 2022 217p. Call#: SL F Pei

  40. Nate el grande : único en su clase (159157) I 2022 214p. Call#: SL F Pei

  41. Navidad en Camelot (159124) PI 2016 115p. Call#: SL F Osb

  42. No dejes que la paloma conduzca el autobus! (159126) YP 2011 40p. Call#: SL E Wil

  43. Osos polares después de la medianoche (159131) PI 2006 71p. Call#: SL F Osb

  44. Perros salvajes a la hora de la cena (159136) PI 2008 75p. Call#: SL F Osb

  45. Piratas después del mediodía (159137) PI 2002 67p. Call#: SL F Osb

  46. Nate el grande sobre ruedas (159144) I 2022 216p. Call#: SL F Pei

  47. Terremoto al amanecer (159148) PI 2011 76p. Call#: SL F Osb

  48. Tigres al anochecer (159150) PI 2008 76p. Call#: SL F Osb

  49. Tormenta de nieve en luna azul (159152) PI 2016 104p. Call#: SL F Osb

  50. Tornado en martes (159153) PI 2011 72p. Call#: SL F Osb

  51. Un castillo embrujado en la noche de Halloween (159056) PI 2016 113p. Call#: SL F Osb

  52. Un día una señora se tragó una caracola! (159063) YP 2011 32p. Call#: SL E Col

  53. Un tigre dientes de sable en el ocaso (159149) PI 2004 68p. Call#: SL F Osb

  54. Una estrella del pop muy poco brillante (159067) IJ 2022 317p. Call#: SL F Rus

  55. Una momia al amanecer (159120) PI 2002 65p. Call#: SL F Osb

  56. Una princesa del hielo muy poco agraciada (159068) IJ 2022 352p. Call#: SL F Rus

  57. Una tarde en el Amazonas (159146) PI 2004 66p. Call#: SL F Osb

  58. Vacaciones al pie de un volcán (159158) PI 2007 74p. Call#: SL F Osb

A: 3,425,353 BookFLIX ebooks read.

Professional Learning: Readings

School Library Journal

Knowledge Quest

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning from the US Department of Education, May 2023.

Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights from the White House.

New books in the HAEA library about school libraries:

  1. 25 projects for global explorers (233364) A 2019 68p. Call#: 025 Kir

  2. Collection management for youth: equity, inclusion, and learning 2nd ed (233371) A 2020 164p. Call#: 025.2 Hug

  3. Create, innovate, and serve: a radical approach to children's & youth programming (233365) A 2019 291p. Call#: 027.62 Cam

  4. Instant library lessons second grade (226550) A 2005 152p. Call#: 027.882 Wan

  5. Intellectual freedom manual, 10th ed. (233247) A 2021 327p. Call#: 025.2 Int

  6. Leading for school librarians: there is no other option (233370) A 2017 157p. Call#: 027.8 Wei

  7. Let's roll: a guide to setting up tabletop role-playing games in your school or public library (233385) A 2023 82p. Call#: 025 Max

  8. Playing games in the school library: developing game-based lessons and using gamification concepts (233375) A 2021 171p. Call#: 025.5 Pav

  9. Shared foundations: engage (233023) A 2023 204p. Call#: 027.802 Lew

  10. Social and emotional learning for picture book readers (233250) A 2022 146p. Call#: 027.8 Sch

  11. Teaching banned books: 32 guides for children & teens 2 ed. (233362) A 2020 176p. Call#: 016 Sca

  12. Weeding handbook: a shelf-by-shelf guide (233268) A 2022 214p. Call#: 025.2 Vnu

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