Posted by Jennifer Andregg on
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/POST-2-Challenges-to-Using-Iowa-AEA-Online-Resources-tp184p350.html

This year I will be working as  a Kindergarten Paraprofessional and occassionally substitute teaching in the same school.  I feel like knowing about AEA Online Resources is important for both positions, yet it was quite a challange to learn about them without a "teacher" password.  So how I learned about these without a password was my challage and I overcame it with creative navigation.  

When I clicked on the Book FLIX link on the Resource sight, it took me to the Scholastic sales page link.  The free trial was only offered to teachers with a classroom or librarians, so I watched the sales video to learn about Book Flix.  Then I researched the books from their sample demenstration.  

Heres another example of creative navigation to understand 360 learning.  To view this resource I clicked on a sample lesson plans.  When I clicked on the link, it showed me a movie title.  I looked up that title on U-tube and viewed it there.  It was a reading rainbow video on immigration to Ellis Island.  It was fascinating and really helped a person connect to how the passengers felt.

Some other ways to navigate the challenge of getting in without a password would have been to hire a hacker (ha, ha); request one from AEA for temporary use; or best of all ask the princable of the school I'll be working as a Paraprofessional at for one.  In hind sight, the third one sounds best.  I wasn't sure if it was allowed for use that way and didn't want to get anyone it trouble.  Once in the class, when the teacher feels it's best for "her" student who I'm working with, I can use it and know it's acceptable use.