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Welcome Back! IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that provides timely information about the many educational resources, programs, and ICN sessions we offer. This week we are highlighting some of the new resources for the 2011-12 school year. Follow us on    |
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News for Media Specialists and Librarians
August 23 - 30, 2011
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Featured Resources
America's Largest Classroom Just Got Larger 
IPTV is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new multimedia resource for teachers and students called PBS LearningMedia. It contains a massive collection of digital content from public broadcast stations around the country. In addition to the high quality media content teachers have come to expect from PBS, the new service offers resources from other publicly funded organizations including the National Archives, the Library of Congress, NPR, NASA, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Education, and many others that total well over 14,000 resources. Learn More >>
 Noah Comprende
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Learn Spanish as it is put into meaningful context. Have your students learn Spanish more deeply through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary and strengthen comprehension.
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 Mission US: A Revolutionary Way to Learn
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Mission US: For Crown or Colony allows students to step into the shoes of a 14-year-old apprentice experiencing the events that led up to the Boston Massacre. Moreover, an all new second adventure begins this January with the events of the Civil War, helping students better understand this extraordinarily complex time in American history. Learn More>> |
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Featured TV Programs
The American Presidents
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
A fresh and relevant narrative (developed with a former producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report) The American Presidents takes a closer look at the people who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President. Learn More >>
Bill Nye's Solving for X
Grade Range: 6-8
In this original, all new series, Bill Nye the Science Guy teaches algebraic principals such as fractions, exponents, and proportions in colorful and unexpected ways, By using Bill Nye's exciting conceptual approach to learning key mathematic principles, kids everywhere can discover how algebra relates to the world around us.
Learn More >>  NOVA: Becoming Human
Grade Range: 9-12 In this episode of NOVA, "First Steps" explores the factors that caused us to split from other great apes. Why did these leaps in human evolution take place? Learn More >>
IPTV Education broadcasts overnight on Mediacom cable. Click here for a full schedule of our educational programs. If you are unable to record an episode you see on IPTV, contact your AEA for copies of programs that allow for duplication.
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Register today for these ICN sessions to network your students with other learners throughout the state. All About Archeology Grade Range: 3-5 Have your students explore, discover, and investigate just like archeologists. During this ICN session, staff from the University of Iowa Archeology Department will conduct hands-on, inquiry-based activities to introduce the skills needed to be archeologists. Through various activities, students will look at "artifacts" and analyze and interpret what these resources are or could be. Learn More >> Career Day: Working in the Culinary Arts Grade Range: 9-12 Help your students gain a broader understanding of what it takes to work in the Culinary Arts. Join the executive chef and program manager for the Des Moines Area Community College's Iowa Culinary Institute as he explains what it takes to be a part of a world class culinary institute. Learn More >> Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity. |
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