Check Out These Opportunities from Google Workspace for Education and Seesaw

Google Workspace for Education Webinar - April 28

Join Anne Nash, a program manager for the Google Education, for an informational webinar highlighting exciting updates coming to districts through Google Workspace for Education!

Iowa’s Area Education Agencies are partnering with Google to provide technology directors and instructional coaches with an informational overview of updates and answer questions districts may have as they prepare for next year, including:

• New Google Workspace for Education Editions (Free and Premium)
• New features coming to: Meet, Classroom, Docs, Drive, Admin Console and more!

April 28, 2021
12 p.m. - 1p.m.
Sign Up Form

Please complete this form to have the Meet link & resources shared with you.

Learn more about this opportunity and a pricing update from Tempus Nova in Tech Director Updates from Iowa’s AEAs.


Iowa’s AEAs Offer Special Seesaw Agreement for Districts
Iowa’s Area Education Agencies will be partnering with Seesaw to offer districts a reduced annual subscription starting July 1, 2021 to provide equitable access to Seesaw for Schools. This agreement ensures schools and districts throughout Iowa have equitable access to Seesaw at the same per student price, regardless of student enrollment. Read more about purchasing and billing and next steps in AEAs Offer Special Seesaw Agreement for Districts.

Heartland AEA Literacy Newsletter is Now Available

The Heartland AEA Literacy Newsletter is now available. Make sure to follow the newsletter and share it with your colleagues! In this issue:

• Intensifying Literacy Instruction
• Science of Reading
• Dyslexia News
• Five Research-Based Ways to Teach Vocabulary
• What We’re Reading

Reach out to your Heartland AEA Literacy Consultant if you need any support.

2021 Global Education Institute for K-12 Teachers: Global Perspectives on Social Justice, Coming in June

The 2021 Global Education Institute for Teachers: Global Perspectives on Social Justice, will be held virtually on June 7-28, 2021. The institute is organized by the Global Education Program at the Stanley Center and the University of Iowa International Programs and presented by the UI Stanley Museum of Art and College of Education.

K-12 teachers of all disciplines are invited to attend this year’s virtual institute, a month-long, one license renewal credit experience taught by University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art curators Kimberly Datchuk and Brady Plunger and UI College of Education’s, Will Coghill-Behrends.

There will be mandatory live sessions every Monday from 9-10:30 a.m. and many other sessions (small-group discussions, videos, office hours, etc.) throughout the month.

FREE tuition and course materials for everyone!

Registration deadline is May 1, 2021.

*Priority preference will be given to teachers who have not participated before.

More information may be found on our website at https://international.uiowa.edu/connect/programs/k-12/institute.

Please contact Amy Green at amy-green-1@uiowa.edu or (319) 335-1433 with any questions.