Annual Iowa School Library Survey Is Open
The annual Iowa School Library Survey is now open through April 22. It provides important information about the status of school library programs and their impact on teaching and learning. It's also an opportunity for teacher librarians to continue conversations with administrators and stakeholders about the importance of a school library and its programs and services.
For planning purposes, read through a copy of the survey that you can also use as a worksheet.
The survey should take less than 15 minutes. Here is the link. If you are interrupted, you can leave the survey and come back. When you have completed the online survey, you will see an option to download your responses as a PDF.
The survey results summary will be available at the end of May so that you may use them while planning for the 2022-23 school year. More detailed information on using survey results will be available in the fall.
Let me know if you have questions sschrader@heartlandaea.org.
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Tales2Go audiobooks are unlimited, simultaneous usage--14,000 titles!
Most of the Playaways that Heartland AEA has for checkout are also available in Tales2Go. Click here for a list.
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AEA Scout Online Module Is Ready
This module takes you through the AEA Scout functions and classroom applications. The module is meant for teacher librarians and teachers. Click here.
It features:
- standards correlations
- ideas for research
- ways to create text sets
- how to use AEA Scout to support the inquiry process
- how science teachers use it
- ELA supports
- accessibility features
- folders and curating resources
- persistent links and LMS
- sharing folder resources
- and more.
After you complete the module, you'll also be added to a Google Group. Members are encouraged to share lessons and activities. Members will also get information first about AEA Scout enhancements, folders of curated resources, and more.
OneClick and Digital Resources--It's Free!
OneClick is the Iowa version of ClassLink where students and educators can use a single sign-on to access the digital resources.
Students access: AEA Scout, AEA Digital Library, American History in Video. BookFLIX, Britannica, ClipArt, Copyright BriefNotes, Culture Grams, Defined Learning, Discovery Science, FreedomFLIX, Gale, Learn 360, Mackin VIA, Mystery Science, netTrekker, Newspaper Source, NoveList Plus, NoveList K-8 Plus, PBS Learning Media, Pebble Go, Pebble Go Next, Points of View, ScienceFLIX, SIRS, Soundzabound, Tales2Go, TeachingBooks,TrueFLIX and Academic Search Ultimate, Education Source, ERIC.
Teachers access student apps, plus EBSCO and Gale professional journal content, plus these statewide apps: Creative Services Online. Heartland AEA Library Catalog, AEA Professional Learning Registration System, AEA Well-Being, Future Ready Iowa Clearinghouse, Personalized Learning System, K-12 Moodle, PD Moodle, OER Commons, SoftChalk Cloud, Training System, Web IEP.
Advantages of OneClick
- OneClick provides greater security and easier access to content.
- Some vendors are concerned about security and discourage use of generic school usernames/passwords.
- One access point for the digital content.
- No cost to schools.
- Heartland AEA creates launchpads for each school with all the apps listed above.
- Users can organize apps in folders.
- Compatible if you are already using ClassLink or Clever.
- QuickCards are provided for elementary students to log in.
- The primary access to the AEA digital resources will be through OneClick starting fall 2022.
How to get started with OneClick
- District completes the pre-boarding questionnaire (see section below.)
- Heartland AEA reaches out to technology coordinator to sync users.
- Heartland AEA creates launchpads for each school.
- District pushes out ClassLink extensions.
- Users test apps.
- District updates websites so old links are changed to OneClick (graphics provided.)
- Support materials and professional learning are provided to help users dive into OneClick.
Status
Heartland AEA is in the process of creating launchpads for the schools in the districts listed below. If your district is not listed, please complete the pre-boarding questionnaire (with input from the curriculum and technology coordinators.)
- Ames
- Ankeny
- Bondurant-Farrar
- Boone
- Glidden-Ralston
- Indianola
- Martensdale-St. Marys
- North Polk
- Norwalk
- Panorama
- Perry
- Prairie City-Monroe
- Roland-Story
- Saydel
- Twin Cedars
- Urbandale
- Van Meter
- Waukee
- West Des Moines
- Winterset
- Woodward-Granger
- St. Anthony
