Celebrate American Education Week

American Education Week is a great opportunity to remember and celebrate the partnership between Iowa's Area Education Agencies and educators, students and families. A new video captures those partnerships and tells the story of how AEA services made the difference in their lives. Take just a few minutes to view the video at http://www.iowapartnersineducation.org

Please share this site with others! When you do, you ensure that Iowa's AEAs will be there to provide support and leadership for years to come.

Has an AEA touched your life like the ones seen in the video? If so, please share your story at: http://aeas4iowa.wordpress.com/tell-us-your-story/

Music 4 the Classroom

Lisa Johnson and Yolanda Barker on their Appy Hour radio blog talk about some of the ways iPad music apps can make their way into classrooms. With both free and paid music productions apps they explored and tested these programs and boasted their benefits on the air for listeners.

Check out the reviews for Music Apps

InsideStory Flashcards

Take a look at InsideStory Flashcards: The world's most i

nteresting way to learn words. These flash cards have great pho
tography attached that will help student truly understand the meaning of the words.

Make-Your-Own-Comics

Who does not love the story Charlottes Web? The amazing people at Scholastic have given us yet another great tool to work with. You have to go check out the Charlotte's Web Comic Creator. It is fun, easy and a great way to get our students involved a creative writing. I can only imagine the fun your students will have. Let's keep the fact that they are indeed writing to ourselves!