IPTV is now providing webinars to educators across Iowa. These interactive webinars range from customized professional development to interactive sessions with your classroom of students. Visit our calendar to see what is already being offered and contact Angela Hiatt to schedule your own. Webinars

Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century explores how exceptional instructors are increasingly using digital media and interactive practices to ignite their students' curiosity and ingenuity, help them become civically engaged, allow them to collaborate with peers worldwide, and empower them to direct their own learning. Learn More

A interactive desktop computer game and website designed to impart decision-making and critical thinking skills in the study of American history, Past/Present takes place in a New England mill town in 1906. Students can play either an immigrant female worker or a native-born male manager. Both characters must deal with labor strife as well as earn money to support their families. Covering industrialization, immigration, the Progressive era, and organized labor, the game promotes historical reasoning, fosters cooperative learning and intellectual teamwork, and teaches the use and interpretation of primary sources, all while being fun to play. Learn More

This clip from Genealogy Roadshow briefly introduces a violent feud between two families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, living on the border between West Virginia and Kentucky in the 19th century. With the start of the Civil War and the division of their community, the Hatfields and McCoys began a series of violent exchanges in the decades to follow. Learn More

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