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Microsoft Discounts
Staff and Teachers are eligible for special software pricing through JourneyEd. To acccess these prices and get instructions on how to order:
2) On the left side - click on Teacher & Student Buys
3) Choose Software, Adobe, Microsoft,....
5) Walk through the Steps: Entering K-12, IA, Scott, and then select the school where you work
6) You will now see the products available.
7) Click on items desired and "Add to Cart" as desired.
Please note: In order for Microsoft Office 2010 to run on your computer you must have an operating system of at least Windows XP with Service Pack 3. If you need to check this - Right-click on your My Computer -? Choose Properties and it will tell you what operating sytem you have.
Are you using technology in your classroom? This website has an interesting video that compares the use of "paper and pencil learning" to learning with technology. Check it out! Video
This chart outlines the FairUse Guidelines for Teachers. Feel free to print a copy to have handy.
Access all of the Iowa AEA Online Database from one place: AccuWeather, AP Images, Atomic Learning, iClipArt for Schools, Learn 360, BookFLIX, Britannica Digital Learning, Gale - Cengage Learning, Culture Grams, SIRS Issue Researcher, soundzabound, and Teen Health & Wellness. To use these online databases you will need a username and password - which can be obtained from your building Media Specialist.
Even though the Iowa AEAs elected not to continue their statewide subscription to Discovery Education, the Bettendorf School District has signed a contract to continue this service for at least 3 more years.
Discovery Education contains more than 80,000 video clips, vitual labs, interactive segments, audio files, and lessons plans. In addition, you can setup your own classroom(s), deliver content to specific students or your entire class, create assignments and quizzes, make a puzzle, and organize the content you will use repeatively in you "My Content" folder. There is also now a "Math Homework Help: section under the "Home Resources" tab.
Each of the Bettendorf students in grades 3-12 have been setup with their own individual student account (username and password for most students is the same as their network username and password. If that does not work, add "bcs" in front of their student ID username) so they too can utilize Discovery Education for their own research projects and develop their own "My Content".
If you or your students have any problems utilizing Discovery Education, please let the technology department know. (email: mhartman@bettendorf.k12.ia.us)
This is Promethean's free online community. Here you can share new and innovative flipchart lessons, access a variety of professional development opportunties, download "resource packs", and connect with other Activboard users through the forums.
This is SMART's free online community. From here you can learn how to get started with your new SMART Board, enhance your skills, and access hundreds of free lesson activities.
If you are looking for educator pricing on Microsoft software (such as Microsoft Office), the Iowa Educators Consortium now offers that pricing through JorneyEd www.journeyed.com/select.
Once at the site walk through the steps to get to the teacher prices:
1) Select an Institution Type: K-12
2) Select Your State: Iowa
3) Select Your County: Scott
4) Select Your Campus: (School where you teach)
You will see the special prices on that page. To choose your product, click on it, then "Add to Cart" if you wish to purchase.
Elementary School Resources
This is the new online program that we are utilizing in grades 3-5. Students in grades 3-5 should be familiar with this program and have accounts to access the online curriculum. The program is implemented by the Media Specialists in each building.
Pixie Resources
Connect with other teachers who use Tech4Learning tools like Pixie.
Find and share activities, themes, and templates for Pixie.
Free images to use in projects!
This website is dedicated to project ideas, students examples, and lesson resources using Pixie 2 for grades K-5.
This site has some great webinars. There are little five-minute video overviews, as well as videos for implementation ideas. At the bottom of the page there are also "Recorded Webinars". I have watched the first three listed. They were all excellent. Linda Oaks and Jill Przbylski do a great job in these webinars. I think they are definitely worth your time.
This site offers short videos on how to integrate Pixie into your curriculum. Videos include "Support 6 + 1 Trait Writing with Pixie", "Using Pixie with Your Interactive Whiteboard", and "Using Pixie to Build Primary Language Arts Skills". You can find some interesting and innovative ideas on how to use Pixie in your curriculum at this site.
This page provide Internet resources that elementary teachers may find value for Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, and just "general" resources. As a teacher, you will want to explore what is available on these Internet sites and see which ones best correlate with your curriculum. My suggest would be to then put specific URLs onto your own webpage when you want students to access them.
Many of these resources would also work well with the Interactive Whiteboards for group instruction.
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