The latest issue of Classroom Connect (December 2007/January 2008) has been uploaded to the Media Catalog. This issue includes:
a.. Editorial Letter & Cartoon; b.. Lesson Plan Goldmines; c.. Standards-Based Learning; d.. eBooks; e.. Destination: Pets; f.. Connected Calendar; g.. A Sense of Scale; h.. A+ Web Gallery; i.. Wired Success Story; j.. Kids' Corner; k.. Using Technology to Build a Balanced Reading Program; l.. Hyperstudio Lesson: Life Cycle Animation; m.. Technology Tips: GradeConnect; n.. Global Projects; o.. Internet Activities: Latitude/Longitude and Electricity/Magnetism; p.. Site Index Instructions for accessing: Go to http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us Click on the Media Catalog tab right under the pictures at the top of the page to go to the Medianet catalog. Click on Options Menu. Enter your last name, your first name and your password. (If you don't remember this, call 800-594-9494 and ask to have the password changed to something you will remember.) Then click on "Search Full Catalog." In the entry box, type in: Classroom Connect Change the drop-down box from "Keyword" to Title. Hit the "Submit" button. You will see all the earlier issues of Classroom Connect as well as the current one which is indicated by the initial word of "NEWEST." Click on the title of the issue you wish to peruse, bringing up the bibliographic information. Near the bottom of the page is an icon that looks like a couple of sheets of paper with the appropriate text located next to the icon. The text for this month is December_ January_07_08. Click on the icon which will bring up the PDF version of this issue. Then enjoy the content! Harriet Adams, Supervisor, Lending Library and Delivery Prairie Lakes AEA Mailing Address: P.O. Box 802, Pocahontas, IA 50574 Shipping Address: 500 NE 6th Street, Pocahontas, IA 50574 Billing Address: 1235 5th Ave. S. Box 1399, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 866-540-3858, ext. 2048 or 712-335-3588, ext. 2048 Fax 712-335-5870 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. You are asked to notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by a