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Out and About
IPTV Participates in Altoona Library Dinosaur Day
IPTV Education joined Altoona Library for Dinosaur Day. Children participated in measuring, dinosaur rubbings, stories, educational
Dinosaur Train
apps and more.
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Kids & Family
Daniel Tiger App for Parents
Daniel Tiger for Parents empowers parents and caregivers with songs and videos from the hit PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Is your child learning about sharing? Struggling with trying a new food? Working on what to do with mad feelings? Designed with busy parents in mind, the app is simple, educational and entertaining for caregivers and children. It features more than two dozen Daniel Tiger songs, supporting videos from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and helpful hints for parents about the important skills children need to be ready for school and life.
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Early Childhood
All Around Town | Everyday Learning
There are many skills that have become obsolete in the digital age; however, map reading is still an important tool for building children's spatial reasoning skills. Maps also help them make sense of their world. The skills needed to read and interpret maps are a part of visual literacy which includes understanding the image's intended meaning, evaluating it, and incorporating it into other knowledge. In this animation, a girl and her father use a simple map to plan and navigate their day.
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Elementary
Productive Struggle
"Please help me, I don't know how to do it," said Leo, a lovable first grader in our recent Odd Squad camp. The task at hand was making a mobile out of recycled materials to discover how weights and balance work together. Leo was typical of many of our students and the experience made me question how we are teaching our children these days. Are we telling them the answers or are we giving them the time, space and experience needed for them to investigate and learn for themselves? As parents and teachers, we are sometimes so focused on having our children succeed, that we forget that experiencing failure is a good thing. And is it really failure if you learn something? Productive struggle can be a great learning experience.
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Secondary
Africa's Great Civilizations
In this series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
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Coming Up
Look for IPTV Education at the following events:
- July 28 4-H STEM Festival (Waterloo, IA)
- August 5 Super Summer Saturday Showtime (Johnston, IA)
- September 11 Exira-EHK Literacy Night (Elk Horn, IA)
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