AEA PD Online’s self-paced courses are designed for educators who want to start and complete a course on their own schedule. Self-paced courses will be available for license renewal, sub authorization, and paraeducator renewal at $60/credit.
Courses will be available at http://training.aeapdonline.org.
Digital Citizenship
A six module series focused on instructing teachers how to build responsible digital technology use with students
- Overview to Digital Citizenship
- Cyberbullying and Online Safety
- Digital Literacy
- Netiquette
- Copyright and Fair Use
- Digital Security
Using Iowa AEA Online’s Resources
An overview to integrating multimedia resources into your classroom
- Introduction to Iowa AEA Online
- Using Video in the Classroom
- Using Audio and Images in the Classroom
- Using Resources for Student Research
- Copyright and Fair use
The Exceptional Learner
This meets the requirements for beginning licensure
- Overview to Exceptional Learners
- Categories of Disabilities
- Talented-and-Gifted Education
- Other Types of Exceptionality
Celebrate Teachers, May 4-10, and especially on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, National Teacher Day! Here’s some things to help thank teachers for making schools great!
- Use the hashtag #TeachersMatter on Twitter to celebrate teachers
- Hop on Pinterest to check out Edutopia’s “Thanks” pinboard
- The National Education Association encourages you to make a six-second video on Vine to #ThankATeacher. Learn more at NEA.
Click here to download the May 2014 issue of the School Leader Update from the Iowa Department of Education. In this issue, Director Brad Buck writes about the components now in place that will move education forward in the state. Attorney Nicole Proesch gives us the skinny on prom do’s and don’ts. And as the Legislature wraps up its work this year, so, too, does Legislative Liaison Mike Cormack.
