Spring 2017 GetMedia

Spring 2017Inside this Issue!ALJEtimubAoAenEradAac2eicar6Oo1imm7ef5afmsit-LcJoeeduwre.iaalntiyllesdl3ttibohn1eetg,h2cmeol0Mov1iasnr7geshodafllatlol wn NOTICE: MackinVIA – Curriculum Integration Class Opportunity Due to upcoming AEA library moves, the GetMedia Web catalog will open on Monday, Would you like to be inspired by interacting July 31st for all 2017-18 reservations. with teachers who have had much success in implementing the Mackin VIA resources into the curriculum in their schools? Summer Reading 2017 Student Book Give Away So, let’s avoid the slippery slope of summer slide. Encourage your June 5th at your students to keep reading all summer regional AEAIAO Announcement long with eBooks and print materials. office.Two new FLIX to be added toIowa AEA Online for 2017-2019. TABLE OF CONTENTS(Article titles above are linked to the full article within this newsletter)AEA Digital Library..................................... 2 Summer Van Routes................................... 3Clear Lake Production Lab Closing................. 2 GetMedia Web Catalog................................ 4RealCare II Plus Babies Discontinued .............. 2 Teacher Librarian Corner............................. 4Last Journal Delivery................................. 2 Student Book Give-Away............................. 4IAO 2017-2019 Lineup................................ 3 MackinVIA Class......................................... 5Stop the Summer Slide................................ 3 AEA 267 Librarians..................................... 5 www.aea267.k12.ia.us/media

AEA Digital Library: AEA 267 Clear Lake ProductionChildren’s Literature Titles Lab to close on June 30Several streaming video titles include author Over the past several few years, use of our Clear Lake Officeinterviews. Here are just a few examples: Production Lab has been steadily decreasing. Except for a few faithful users who have easy access to the ProductionBear Has a Story to Tell - Lab given where they live or are employed, the majority ofAuthor Interview: Erin Stead educators in the Clear Lake region send their requests forErin Stead recounts being awarded the lamination or die cuts to our Creative Services DepartmentCaldecott Medal and describes the process of for completion. Thus, we plan to close the Production Lab increating a picture book. © 2013, Weston Woods our Clear Lake office on June 30. We know that this may be disappointing to those of you who have appreciated coming in to take care of your own laminating and die cuts but we want you to know that we will take good care of your orders when you send them in for us to handle! Your business is very important to us and we hope that this change frees up time in your very busy schedule. Questions? Contact Beth Strike, AEA 267 Director of Creative Services at 319-273-8222. Just a reminder, please check the Creative Services website for available products and services, for example die cut ordering. < Back to front page RealCare II Plus Babies to Be DiscontinuedBink & Gollie - Author Interview One of our popular items available for loan from theIn this interview, artist Tony Fucile talks Lending Library is the RealCare Infant Simulators.about his animation work and explains how he The company who makes these simulators continuesillustrated Bink and Gollie. © 2012, Weston Woods to upgrade the features on these items, and the most up-to-date model is the RealCare Baby 3. So, as of August 2017, the RealCare II Plus simulators will be discontinued from our collection. We will still have the same number of simulators available for check-out, they will just be the RealCare Baby 3 model. If you have questions, please contact Cheryl Carruthers, AEA 267 Librarian. < Back to front pageThe Duckling Gets a Cookie - Reminder Last bejomuardnealMadye4li,v5e&rie8s.Author Interview: Mo Willems willAuthor Mo Willems describes the changingrelationship between the pigeon and the Just a ! Abvaeftnerrrootuuhttiesed,sjaougunartininlailwns ewthiblelenfgaoilntl.duckling, and how the duckling helps thepigeon learn to be polite. The films, in which Pjoleuarnsealsrebteufronreallel aovfingyofuorrWillems voices the pigeon and his daughter the summer!voices the duckling, show the growth of theirfamily. < Back to front pageLogin at: https://www.aeadigitallibrary.org/Use the Iowa AEA Online login for your schoolbuilding. (ask your school teacher librarian orAEA 267 librarian for assistance, if needed) < Ba<cBkatcok ftroonfrtopnatgpeage 2

Iowa AEA Online Stop the Summer Slide!Lineup for 2017-2019 Several points of research show how studentThe Iowa Association of Area Education achievement can drop off over the summerAgencies is pleased to announce the if they don’t stay engaged academically.contracts for online database subscriptions, Wondering how to keep your studentscommonly referred to as Iowa AEA Online. reading over the summer? AEA 267, inThose databases are: cooperation with Mackin has developed two„ Britannica Online summer reading resource websites called„ BookFlix I Want To Read. One website has materials„ CultureGrams for grades K-5 and the other is for secondary„ Gale Resources students. On both websites there are links„ iClipArt for Schools to eBooks within your MackinVIA portal, as„ Learn360 well as links to a summer reading journal„ Rosen Teen Health and Wellness and other book-related activities. These„ SIRS Issues Researcher resources are available 24 hours a day, seven„ TeachingBooks.net days a week.„ TrueFlix A webinar to share information about the„ FreedomFlix (New for grades 5-8) research around summer learning loss and„ ScienceFlix (New for grades 4 and up) the K-12 eBooks accessible through the IThe AEAs will also continue to offer Want To Read websites was held on Aprilpurchased, copyright free audio resources 18th. We recorded the webinar, and it is nowfrom Soundzabound, and the AEA’s own available for viewing.digital video collection in the AEA Digital We have also developed a webpage withLibrary. resources to go along with these summer reading resources, including a sample parentThese final selections were made after letter and templates for bookmarks and posters.surveying teachers and students for If you have questions regarding the AEA 267 summer reading resources, please contacttheir patterns of usage and preferences, Cheryl Carruthers, AEA 267 Librarian.examining past years of database usage, andreceiving and reviewing proposals from more < Back to front pagethan 30 vendors. A selection committee thatincluded AEA library professionals, Iowa AEA 267 Summer Van RoutesDepartment of Education consultants, aswell as AEA content experts and LEA teacher Due to changes taking place for Mediavolunteers studied the details of proposed Services over the summer, AEA 267 willproducts, and actually tested usage of the be running a limited summer van routeproposed products before reaching the final schedule. Plans for summer routes aredecisions on selections. listed below:Other changes are the absence of AP Images Summer Routes will be run to all ofand Atomic Learning. While it was difficult our districts 1 week per month overto not select these databases, the selection the summer. The specific delivery andcommittee gave close examination to cost pickup dates are:and patterns of usage to make their final „ June 20 and 22determination. While these 2 resources „ July 18 and 20have value and purpose, overall statewide „ August 1 and 3usage did not justify taking the steps to Summer routes will be for thecontinue to provide these resources at a delivery and pick up of printing, equipment repair and other miscellaneousstatewide level. correspondence, but will NOT include any Media materials.For AEA 267, the school buildings’ Please see article regarding the Medianet Web Catalog opening for completeusername will remain the same as in details regarding the Media Services Transition.the past. However, because of ouragency name change to Central Rivers < Back to front pageAEA, all passwords will change to: craeabeginning on July 1, 2016.Please contact Cheryl Carruthers or DebCulp if you have any questions around theIowa AEA Online digital resources availablefor you and your students. < B<acBkatcok ftroofnrtopnatgpeage 3

The GetMedia Web Teacher Librarian Cornercatalog will open onMonday, July 31st for IASL Distinguished Advocate Awardall 2017-2018 schoolyear reservations Mr. Brian Sammons, principal at Grundy Center Elementary, was honored with the Distinguished Advocate Award from the IowaBelow is the text of the communicationthat was sent earlier to our school partners Association of Schoolexplaining the changes taking place in regards Librarians at theirto AEA Media Services. spring conference. The purpose of this As the AEA continues to search for ways to award is to honor those who, through be more efficient and cost effective, we individual leadership and sustained have decided that all media materials will effort have made worthy contributions be housed in the AEA 267 Marshalltown to the concept of effective school office next year. Districts should notice library programs, along with helping very little difference when the transition support a strong and meaningful is complete. Each district will continue to library program. receive once a week van delivery during Brian’s dedication and continual the school year, although the delivery day support for school libraries is may be different next year. To accomplish commendable! this with the least impact on our schools, we will be conducting the move this < Back to front page summer. What follows is a list of the actions that will occur this summer to Student Book Give-away accommodate the move: ● The media materials currently housed On Monday, June 5th, in each of our regional AEA offices, teachers are invited to stop in Clear Lake and Cedar Falls will in and pick out student books that have been withdrawn from our AEA lending library be moved during the summer to our collection. Each year, student books are withdrawn from our collection for various Marshalltown office. All our lending reasons and are available to be given away to teachers in our local school districts. libraries will be closed June 15-July Please stop in to any of our regional offices in Clear Lake, Cedar Falls and Marshalltown 31 to accommodate the moves. between the hours of 7:30 - 4:30 PM on this date and help yourself to some books that ● Teachers will be able to order materi- may be beneficial for your students. als via the online catalog for the 2017- 18 school year beginning July 31. < Back to front page ● If you have previously used materials over the summer, AEA Lending Library Enjoy staff will contact you to assist with your arrangements to use materials again Summer! this summer. ● There will be limited van delivery 44 this summer as there typically is, al- lowing for the shipping of print ma- terials, equipment repair and miscel- laneous items, but no media items will ship. Thank you in advance for your patience as we get everything up and running. If you have any questions about ordering materials please call 800-735-1539 and ask for the media department or email us at: [email protected] General questions may be directed to Jerry Schnabel at: 319-268-7638 or Cheryl Carruthers at: 641-844-2499 Jerry Schnabel Executive Director of Media Services < Back to front page

< Back to front page YOUR AEA 267 LIBRARIANS Jane Frizzell Cheryl Carruthers Deb Culp (Tech. Support) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Clear Lake Marshalltown 641/844-2492 or 800/735-1539641/357-6125 or 800/392-6640 641–844-2499 or 800-735-1539 Cedar Falls 319-273-8239 or 800-542-8375Area Education Agency 267 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, marital status, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background or disability in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices as required by all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Ac-tion laws, directives, and regulations of federal, state and local governing bodies and agencies. Students, parents of students, applicants for employment and employees of Area EducationAgency 267 shall have the right to file a formal complaint alleging non-compliance with federal and state regulations requiring nondiscrimination in educational programs and employment. In-quiries concerning application of this statement should be addressed to: Karl Kurt, Equity Coordinator, AEA 267, 3712 Cedar Heights Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, Telephone: 800-542-8375. 53