During the Fall Conference, attendees were able to take part in a game that allowed them to not only grow their connections with others, but also crowdsource some of their favorite tips, tricks and tools.

Applicants must be active in PK-20 education or a nonprofit educational organization.

Roles and responsibilities of ITEC Board members include:

> Helping plan and coordinate

the annual conferences

> Helping plan and coordinate

learning events

> Connecting and collaborating

with Iowa educators

> Bringing innovative ideas

> Time commitment is

approximately 5-10 hours a

month (may increase around

events)

Pear Deck Corner

If you’re a K-12 educator, you can access Canva for Education for free! You’ll get all the benefits of Canva premium features such as millions of images, fonts, graphics, videos, animations and templates, plus a dedicated classroom workspace to invite students and teachers to share, review, and manage your work.

Combine the two and you have a plethora of ways to engage your students. Explore these ready-to-use Canva templates designed for Pear Deck — along with many more or jump on into Canva and create your own!

Pear Deck also partners with Newsela! This month’s tip is a recommendation from Stephanie Hnesh, 5th grade teacher in Iowa City. She loves using the Daily Decks with Newsela content that are new every day to engage students in rich conversations. Take a look!

Each month, be on the lookout for a variety of tips, tricks and testimonials shared via our newsletter, the statewide Iowa AEA website and via social media (@iowa_aea, #iowaaea, @itec_ia, #itecia). 

For more information or to share your favorite Pear Deck features and ideas, check out the AEA website!

The ITEC student tech fair offers K-12 students an opportunity to showcase technology-based projects from across the state of Iowa. Projects can be around a passion/interest area or created around solving a problem they have identified. 

Registration Closes December 4th

The call for sessions is now open! Please consider sharing your insights and ideas!