Posted by Jon Wibbels on
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The Iowa AEA Online resource I would like to share is "Atomic Learning".  This a resource I have shared many times with local schools on their professional development days.  Since my focus is on the Library Media/Technology area and one of the key focus areas is literacy, it is a natural progression for me to work with schools in how to use and setup iPads as e-Readers.  The first thing I do in the workshop is explain the technological change from hardcopy book format to the digital format that is being used by more  consumers everyday.  After the background explanation I then show the group the Iowa AEA Online website, explain how it works and then take them directly to the Atomic Learning database.  I then have them enter their username and password, search for iPad trainings and then scroll down to the iPad iBook training sequence.  The following link takes you directly to the iBook training:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/ipad_wkshp
At this point I let each teacher have time for a hands on experience.  The key to this workshop/training is to allow each teacher time to find and locate the specific resources that fit and work with their curriculum and classroom activities.