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Website designed to help educators and parents with mental health needs
Mental health professionals from Iowa’s nine AEAs recently collaborated to create a website for Iowans who are searching for mental health assistance. The website at www.IowaAEAMentalHealth.org came from a request by the state legislature to help educators, parents, and...
What Can Frosty Mornings Teach Us?
Much of Iowa has had some beautiful natural views the past few days. The weather conditions have provided us with some breathtaking landscapes and amazing scenery with “frost” covered trees and bushes. Hopefully, you have been able...
Leaning In: Student Agency Recording
In case you missed our Virtual Office Hours Series Event Hosted by CRAEA Literacy Consultants titled Leaning In: Student Agency Here is a link to the video recording: https://centralriversaea.zoom.us/rec/play/ObqGPEBMeeZYnfJKTMglFXZgV8R0wNiR_YO_IOg2u0WlRrFKsWhDl2LziAnZX64RtSuNJWwlXoqzI27k.gfhb7ajkJJvx5cK1?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=_tg8Lqc7TbqlkcaKQTsfGg.1608241129574.6d9cfcb3ed3388c4db995b412e15a787&_x_zm_rhtaid=456 We look forward to seeing you at our...
January TAG challenge
We hope you are ready for another monthly TAG challenge! This month, students will be challenging their creativity with Legos. Our January TAG challenge is the 100 Lego Challenge. Challenge: Select 100 lego pieces that will be...
Remote Middle School/High School Paper Table Challenge Results
The Central Rivers AEA science consultants hosted our first remote challenge for middle school and high school teams in which they were tasked with building a table entirely out of newspaper. The teams had the following constraints,...
December TAG Challenge Submissions
When we first planned out our year of monthly TAG challenges, we had intentionally not planned anything for the month of December. At the time, we had considered how hectic the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas can...
Becoming tech savvy with math instruction
As I create blended and asynchronous courses I am finding that half of my time prepping is just figuring out the technology to provide a solid learning experience that allows best practice in math instruction to continue...
Copyright BriefNotes Updated for 2021
New Version Helps Guide Online and Virtual Learning Iowa’s Area Education Agencies have created an extensive, easy-to-use resource to help students and teachers understand copyright laws and the associated rights and responsibilities of users of copyrighted information....
Literacy is HEATING UP!!!
Your Central Rivers AEA Literacy Team has so many new and exciting things to share as we end 2020 and look forward to an absolutely wonderful 2021! Below is an article on Student Agency by our very...