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Jane Frizzell, Media Integratin Specialist, Great Prairie AEA

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Jane Frizzell, Media Integratin Specialist, Great Prairie AEA

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Hello All! Hope you have a great day of learning!

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Mindy Romero, Educational Consultant, Mackin Educational Resources.  

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Mindy Romero, Educational Consultant, Mackin Educational Resources.  

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I will be here all day so feel free to utilize me for support.  I look forward to working with each of you throughout the school year. mindy.romero@mackin.com

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Hi, I'm Shannon Horton, teacher librarian from Decorah Middle and High school.

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Hi, I'm Shannon Horton, teacher librarian from Decorah Middle and High school.

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Cari Teske, Tech Integrationist/Teacher Librarian, Central Rivers AEA

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Cari Teske, Tech Integrationist/Teacher Librarian, Central Rivers AEA

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Hi! I'm excited to collaborate with all of you today!

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K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Albia (4 days a week)
Moravia (1 day a week)
Centerville (1 day a month)

Current favorite author/series: Sarah J Maas / Throne of Glass & A Court of Thorn and Roses

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Allison Adams: 5th Grade @ James Elementary in Ottumwa

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Allison Adams: 5th Grade @ James Elementary in Ottumwa

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I have the privilege of having a 21st century classroom and am super excited to see how I can use MackinVIA this year!

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Kayla Pollock - K-12 Teacher Librarian @ North Fayette Valley Schools

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Kayla Pollock - K-12 Teacher Librarian @ North Fayette Valley Schools

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Stephanie Stocks: 5-12 Teacher Librarian @ West Delaware in Manchester

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Stephanie Stocks: 5-12 Teacher Librarian @ West Delaware in Manchester

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Mesa Heise- Director of Digital Services at Mackin

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Mesa Heise- Director of Digital Services at Mackin

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I'm a certified teacher-librarian, though not currently working in that capacity. My primary role is high school English teacher.

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Good Morning! PK-12 Teacher Librarian New Hampton CSD

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Welcome everyone!

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Hi! I'm an instructional coach for grades PK-12 at MFL MarMac and early literacy interventionist.

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Teacher Librarian at Hoover Elementary in Iowa City

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GPAEA Inst. Tech Specialist

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Media Specialist/Teacher Librarian at GWAEA

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7th grade LA classroom teacher, Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School

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I'm Teacher Librarian at Herbert Hoover in Bettendorf, IA

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Our school is 9-12.

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I teach 5th grade at North Scott Alan Shepard.

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District K-12 Teacher Librarian
Mason City, Iowa

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Can a group be set up strictly for my building - or is it statewide? (FYI, I"m Turkey Valley, Keystone AEA).

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Each individual school can create Groups for themselves in MackinVIA.  The administrator can create Groups and a Group Manager can create Groups.

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Each individual school can create Groups for themselves in MackinVIA.  The administrator can create Groups and a Group Manager can create Groups.

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We would be happy to show you how to set up groups!  Cari cteske@centralriversaea.org
https://help.mackin.com/create-a-group/

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The Groups feature allows MackinVIA Administrators and Group Managers to curate collections of digital resources.

To create a group, first log into your MackinVIA Administrator account ( https://www.mackinvia.com/Admin) with your Mackin.com email address and password.

Go to Classroom > Groups (make sure to select the correct VIA if you have administrator rights to more than one account).

Click the Create New Group button.

Enter the name of the group, include a description if desired, and select a manager. Select "All Group Managers" if you would like anyone to be able to edit the group. Otherwise, choose a specific person.

Click the Save Group button when you are finished.

Add Instructions

If you would like to add instructions to your group, select the Group Instructions tab.

Enter your instructions and select Save.

When you are ready to make the instructions visible to your users, click the Showing/Hidden button to Showing.

Please Note: The Instructions editor has very basic styling options. Pasting text from other documents may result in the loss of styles and hyperlinks.

Add an Image

If you would like to add an image to your group, select the Group Image tab.

Click the Choose File button to upload your own image, or go to the Image Library.

To select an image from the Image Library, enter a term into the search box and select the desired image. Please Note: The Image Library is provided by Unsplash.com.

Once your group is established, you can add resources to it. See Add or Remove Group Resources for detailed instructions.

Please Note: Once a group has been created, it cannot be deleted. This is to preserve the accuracy of your usage statistics. However, you can deactivate a group to remove it from the patron view.

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The Groups feature allows MackinVIA Administrators and Group Managers to curate collections of digital resources. To create a group, first log into your MackinVIA Administrator account ( https://www.mackinvia.com/Admin) with your Mackin.com email address and password. Go to Classroom > Groups (make sure to select the correct VIA if you have administrator rights to more than one account).

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Can I filter to search only multi-user holdings?

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Yes! You can!

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Head down to 'More' and then select 'Multi-user'

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Can an entire class access the same book and take notes on it without checking it out?

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Is the group of the new early literacy books you mentioned called Preschool E Books in the groups?

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Will we talk about the MackinVIA app today?  I'm getting an error message when I try to listen or download an audiobook that I have checked out in the app.  Thanks!

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View Instructions will show up in a Group after you have created the instructions. When logged in as Full Admin>Classroom>Groups>Create Group> Group Instructions> Click on Hidden to switch to Showing> Save

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View Instructions will show up in a Group after you have created the instructions. When logged in as Full Admin>Classroom>Groups>Create Group> Group Instructions> Click on Hidden to switch to Showing> Save

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(In order for the Group to show up in  the student side, you will need to have resources added to it)

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How do you set up instructions for a book? I have my books selected and have made a group. How do I set up directions for each individual title so that the "view instructions" tab shows up above the title of the book?

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How do you set up instructions for a book? I have my books selected and have made a group. How do I set up directions for each individual title so that the "view instructions" tab shows up above the title of the book?

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Could you please walk us through how to do this.....l have my group open, and the only choices I have are Manage Resources and Edit...not seeing group instructions. Does this have to be done when it's set up, seems I should be able to set up my group and then go back and add instructions. Just would like a demo of this feature....thanks!

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Could you please walk us through how to do this.....l have my group open, and the only choices I have are Manage Resources and Edit...not seeing group instructions. Does this have to be done when it's set up, seems I should be able to set up my group and then go back and add instructions. Just would like a demo of this feature....thanks!

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If you have a Group already set up, you can go to Edit> click on the gray bar that says Group Instructions> type in instructions and make sure it says Showing not Hidden and click on save

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If you have a Group already set up, you can go to Edit> click on the gray bar that says Group Instructions> type in instructions and make sure it says Showing not Hidden and click on save

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In regards to the App Error, thank you for bringing this to our attention, Mackin's IT dept is looking in to this.

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In regards to the App Error, thank you for bringing this to our attention, Mackin's IT dept is looking in to this.

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Preschool eBooks is the name of the Group of new titles recently purchased

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Preschool eBooks is the name of the Group of new titles recently purchased

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Conventionality -- complex...
Vocabulary -- some use of...
Sentence structure -- Simple and compound...
Kathy B.

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Conventionality: Complex; contains some abstract, ironic, and/or figurative language
Vocabulary: Some use of unfamiliar, archaic, subject-specific, or overly academic language
Sentence Structure: Many complex sentences with several subordinate phrases or clauses and transition words.

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Language Features
Coventionality - Complex...
Vocabulary - some use of...
Sentence Structure - simple and compound

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Conventionality: complex
Vocabulary: some use
Sentence Structure: simple and compound
Knowledge Demands: between very complex and 2nd one from the left;

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Conventionality - largely explicit
Vocab - complex
Sent Struc - many complex
Life - explores many themes
Inter - no references
Subject Matter - requires moderate amount

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Conventionality: 2
Vocab: 3
Sent Struct: 3

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Knowledge Demands
Life Experiences - explores a few themes
Intertextuality and Cultural Knowledge - no references
Subject Matter Knowledge - requires some prior content knowledge

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3rd Grade Teacher
Cedar Rapids

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You did a fabulous job breaking down close reading for me, Barb. Thank you for concisely describing it and how to craft good questions. As a teacher-librarian, it reaffirmed that I do support and model these things in the library, and it helps me  feel more confident in my ability to support classroom teachers. ~LS

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If you download a book, is it on a limited access with the checkout time or do they permanently have it?

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If you download a book, is it on a limited access with the checkout time or do they permanently have it?

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Can we download titles for offline use on a desktop/laptop? Or only through the app?

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Can we download titles for offline use on a desktop/laptop? Or only through the app?

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Is there a way to allow for offline access on the laptop version as there is on the iPad?

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Yes, if you go to the bottom of this webpage, you will find links to download the app for laptops and desktops.

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When you check-out and download a book, there is a defined loan period. I believe the default is 21-days, unless your VIA's administrator has changed it. The book can also be renewed, assuming a copy is available.

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When you check-out and download a book, there is a defined loan period. I believe the default is 21-days, unless your VIA's administrator has changed it. The book can also be renewed, assuming a copy is available.

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There are apps for desktop/laptop that you can use for offline reading. Go to the bottom of this webpage (https://www.mackin.com/corp/aea/) to find links to download those apps.

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There are apps for desktop/laptop that you can use for offline reading. Go to the bottom of this webpage (https://www.mackin.com/corp/aea/) to find links to download those apps.