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December 7, 2021

Making Pear Deck a More Inclusive Experience

Our students learn in a variety of ways. Adding audio can be a great way to make your Pear Deck more powerful and engaging. Audio… Read More

December 7, 2021

Iowa STEM Virtual Career Day

Join Iowa professionals whose jobs involve or are impacted by computer science in this exciting Zoom webinar. Tata Consultancy Services will lead the conversation, celebrating… Read More

December 6, 2021

Grant Wood AEA Program Helps Retain New Teachers in Local Schools

(Cedar Rapids) -- Grant Wood Area Education Agency has a program in place to address the teacher shortage for districts… Read More

December 1, 2021

Learning Without Tears Emergent Writing for Pre-K & Print for K-2nd Grade

The following professional learning courses are taught by Learning Without Tears, professional development trainer. TARGET AUDIENCE: Early Childhood and Elementary AEA Education… Read More

December 1, 2021

Whose Pace? Instructor or Student? (And a Pear Deck in a Classroom)

Pear Deck offers two amazing ways to facilitate & manage learning for students: Instructor- Paced & Student-Paced modes. "Instructor-Paced Mode" is set-up for synchronous instruction… Read More

November 30, 2021

An Intro to Premium Pear Deck

Google Slides just got better! Pear Deck Premium was recently purchased for all of our Iowa educators as an excellent add-on for… Read More

November 29, 2021

Seven Ways to Increase Student Engagement in K-12 Classrooms

Contributor: Jonathan Wylie The desire to keep students engaged in their learning is a continual challenge for teachers. However, help is at hand. When… Read More

November 29, 2021

Computer Science is Everywhere: Try it with Community & Business Partners

Computer Science Education Week (csedweek.org) is celebrated the first week of December to help promote computer science amongst students, parents, communities and… Read More

November 22, 2021

Computer Science is Everywhere: Try it in Different Settings