Educational Technology at IU13

Digital Learning Day is being celebrated across the nation on Feb. 5, 2014. PA plans to participate this year by having selected student teams come to their respective IU to present an invention that they have created or prototyped during their designated time to all other participating IUs in our state. At that time, they will follow the twitter #PADLDay #DLDay to participate in statewide discussions/feedback.  All schools will be able to view the live stream from their school locations.  This is not a competition, but a collective sharing event. 

IU13 Instructional Services is pleased to announce that we are now offering LDAP services for IU13 IMS (Instructional Media Services) member districts.  Through the use of LDAP, your teachers and students will receive users accounts in which they log in to Discovery Education using their regular school credentials.  We are excited to offer this service as one of your IMS membership benefits. 

All current "playlists" will roll over to the new accounts so teachers/students need not fear losing what they have already set up.

For the first time ever, the White House is announcing the White House Student Film Festival!  Calling all students k-12, you can create a short film that could be shown at the White House!  How exciting to have the possibility to show off your video creation skills to the entire world!  Taken directly from the Student Film Festival website, possible topics include but are not limited to:

ProQuest CultureGrams is one of the services included in your IMS membership and they now have produced a LibGuide for your use.  CultureGrams provides you with a database that "... goes beyond basic facts and figures on more than 200 countries, with up-to-date reports detailing daily life and culture, history, customs and lifestyle from an insider's perspective. (excerpt directly from the LibGuide)."