New Iowa AEA Online Databases for 2011-12

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies are pleased to announce the Iowa AEA Online resources for 2011-2012. These resources continue to be provided at no cost to accredited public and non-public PreK-12 schools. Heartland users will find that some past resources have changed or been replaced.

• CultureGrams is a new resource
• SIRS Issues Researcher is a new resource
• Britannica Digital Library replaces World Book
• Gale eResources replaces part of EBSCO
• DEStreaming will not be offered statewide--stay tuned for more information and options for accessing that content

The following databases have been available in the Heartland area for a couple of years, and are now available statewide:

• BookFLIX
• Teen Health & Wellness
• Soundzabound
• Atomic Learning's ATT and 21st Century Skills

Teachers will have more engaging and age-appropriate resources to integrate in their units. Students will have easy access to multimedia and etext for just-in-time learning. Parents will have homework helpers readily available. Workshops on how to integrate these resources in teaching will be offered. Promotional materials for students and parents will be available this summer.

Learn more about available online resources at http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/library/OnlineDatabases.