Iowa AEA Online Lineup for 2017-2019
The Iowa Association of Area Education Agencies is pleased to announce the contracts for online database subscriptions, commonly referred to as Iowa AEA Online.
Those databases are:
- Britannica Online
- BookFlix
- CultureGrams
- Gale Resources
- iClipArt for Schools
- Learn360
- Rosen Teen Health and Wellness
- SIRS Issues Researcher
- TeachingBooks.net
- TrueFlix
- FreedomFlix (New for grades 5-8)
- ScienceFlix (New for grades 4 and up)
The AEAs will also continue to offer purchased, copyright free audio resources from Soundzabound, and the AEA’s own digital video collection in the AEA Digital Library.
These final selections were made after surveying teachers and students for their patterns of usage and preferences, examining past years of database usage, and receiving and reviewing proposals from more than 30 vendors. A selection committee that included AEA library professionals, Iowa Department of Education consultants, as well as AEA content experts and LEA teacher volunteers studied the details of proposed products, and actually tested usage of the proposed products before reaching the final decisions on selections.
Other changes are the absence of AP Images and Atomic Learning. While it was difficult to not select these databases, the selection committee gave close examination to cost and patterns of usage to make their final determination. While these 2 resources have value and purpose, overall statewide usage did not justify taking the steps to continue to provide these resources at a statewide level.
For AEA 267, the school buildings username will remain the same as in the past. However, because of our agency name change to Central Rivers AEA, all passwords will change to: craea beginning on July 1, 2016.
Please contact Cheryl Carruthers or Deb Culp if you have any questions around the Iowa AEA Online digital resources available for you and your students.