Friday, May 27, 2011

DVD Suggestions for Your Districts’ Fall Inservices

Reserve the following DVDs online through our Media Library or call the Heartland AEA library at (800) 255-0405 ext. 14323.

Seeing red cars. #256075, 10 min.
Explains how focusing on what we don't want gets in the way of doing our jobs and completing tasks. It can impede teamwork and communication. Focus on what you want.


It's a way, not a day: bringing your values to life. #256252, 22 min.

Anchor an organization's values in staff hearts and minds: proclaim it, live it, celebrate it.


2 million minutes: a documentary calculating the educational divide. #255787, 54 min.

Shows 6 high school students in China, India and U.S. It contrasts educational opportunities, philosophies and global vision.

Shout it out. #256339, 90 min.

Adaptation of the stage musical "The Voices Project" (2005) is based on the lives of Vermont teens. It follows them through academic pressure; friction with peers, teachers and parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one's self, fear of the future; nostalgia for the past; friendship; and first love.

You are not alone. #256278, 29 min.

Quinn Bradlee talks about his experiences as a kid with learning disabilities. Flashback vignettes. Topics: being different, being ignored, friendship, bullying, relationships, gaining self-confidence, responsibility and self-advocacy.


Total quality at Prairie View Elementary (Cedar Rapids): a new way of learning. #256289, 17 min.

Students work in teams, plan with a systems approach, use diagrams to solve problems, set goals and chart their progress.

Who moved my cheese? #253834, 13 min.

This animated parable reveals profound truths about change. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in your life.


The first day of school in a responsive classroom. #256112, 40 min.

A 3rd grade teacher sets a tone of safety, friendliness and focuses learning on the very first day of school.


Morning meeting activities in a responsive classroom. #256117, 35 min.

Shows activities in urban, suburban, and rural classrooms.


Morning meeting greetings in a responsive classroom. #256114, 35 min.

Features 11 meeting greetings in grades K-5 for any time of the year.


Teaching with poverty in mind, elementary school. #256296, 30 min.

Teaching with poverty in mind, secondary school. #256297, 30 min.
These programs look at school-wide success factors that support the whole child and foster a school culture that refuses to let students fail.


Preview the following at http://www.simpletruths.com. The DVDs use music and a montage of inspirational quotes.

Gone through any changes lately? #256298, 4 min.
Laughter is an instant vacation: humorous quotes on life. #256264, 3 min.
Pulling together: the ten rules of high performance workteams. #266306, 3 min.
Priorities for life: capacity and energy. #256259, 5 min.

Priorities for life: change. #256260, 5 min.

Priorities for life: leadership. #256261, 5 min.

Priorities for life: priorities. #256262, 5 min.
Priorities for life: excelling in a changing world. #256157, 6 min. Priorities for life: reaching the next level and beyond. #256156, 5 min.

The “Did you know?” video about information and technology was updated in January 2011. It is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8W1WuxGniE.

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