Assignment of Professional Development for Non-licensed Personnel
ArkansasIDEAS accounts are assigned according to the individual's designation in the Arkansas Educator Licensure System (AELS). There are two types of designations in AELS, Non-Licensed and Certified Teacher.
- Certified teachers have access to all courses available from ArkansasIDEAS.
- Non-Licensed accounts have a limited number of courses available.
Before assigning ArkansasIDEAS professional development courses to non-licensed personnel, please check the list below. If the course is not listed, it is unavailable to non-licensed account holders. As more courses are made available, this list is updated, so be sure to check back periodically.
Attention: Individual courses cannot be added to non-licensed accounts, nor can non-licensed accounts be upgraded to certified teacher or given access to the Certified Teacher Audience courses. This is based on intellectual property rights and copyrighted materials provided by subject matter experts at the time the course was created.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Unplugging
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk for Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
This course is the seventh in the SMACtalk for Teachers series. The host, Cassandra Barnett, has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. As advocates for digital citizenship, school librarians teach students how to behave ethically and responsibly when online.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Digital Learning Unit
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk for Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
This course is the eighth in a SMACtalk for Teachers series. The host, Cassandra Barnett, has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. Digital citizenship is part of what school librarians teach, making them very interested in helping our students be responsible and ethical when online.
Coding Block: Making Decisions
Making Decisions is the second course in a three-part series intended to provide teachers of the seventh and eighth grade coding block with essential information regarding relevant computer science standards, as well as programming concepts and skills. Join Zack Spink, Computer Science Specialist for the state of Arkansas, as he explores how computers use data to make decisions.
In Coding Block: Making Decisions, Mr. Spink explains how computers store, reference, and evaluate information in order to make decisions about which blocks of code to run. He uses JavaScript with the browser-based Pencil Code programming environment to demonstrate concepts and skills related to using variables, different types of operators and expressions, conditionals, and loops in a code.
Coding Block: Fundamental Skills
Fundamental Skills is the third course in a three-part series intended to provide teachers of the seventh and eighth grade coding block with essential information regarding relevant computer science standards and programming skills. Join Zack Spink, Computer Science Specialist for the state of Arkansas, as he explores some of the basic concepts and skills necessary for computer programming.
In Coding Block: Fundamental Skills, Mr. Spink describes how commonly used functions and algorithms work in general and utilizes JavaScript in the browser-based Pencil Code programming environment to illustrate examples of specific situations. He also explains debugging, providing an in-depth description of different types of bugs that can occur and listing several effective strategies for catching and correcting such errors.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Online Etiquette
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk For Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
This course is the first in a SMACtalk for Teachers series. The host, Cassandra Barnett, has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. As advocates for digital citizenship, school librarians teach students how to behave ethically and responsibly when online.In episode one of the podcast series, Cassandra and Dr. Robin Finley discuss ways to partner with students to help them positively engage with the digital world and become better digital citizens.
In episode two of the podcast series, the focus is online etiquette, specifically, how educators can model appropriate online behavior for students and encourage students to interact responsibly in online communities.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Vetting Information
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk For Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
This course is the third in a SMACtalk for Teachers series. The host, Cassandra Barnett, has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. As advocates for digital citizenship, school librarians teach students how to behave ethically and responsibly when online.
In episode four of the podcast series, Cassandra takes the seat as our guest. Robin Finley, Alma School District Administrator and guest from the first two episodes, will be leading the role as host for this round as the pair to discuss vetting information.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Privacy Protection
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk for Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
This course is the fourth in a SMACtalk for Teachers series. The host, Cassandra Barnett, has been a school librarian for 42 years and is currently the Program Advisor for School Libraries for the Arkansas Department of Education. As advocates for digital citizenship, school librarians teach students how to behave ethically and responsibly when online.
SMACtalk for Teachers: Establishing an Online Presence
As students spend more time learning and socializing online, we all need to work together to ensure our students stay healthy and safe. The social media awareness campaign, SMACtalk, was formed in response to this need. SMACtalk for Teachers is a series featuring an audio podcast published by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. The purpose of SMACtalk For Teachers is to raise awareness, provide resources, and increase communication for parents, teachers, and students.
Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB): Social Media Guidelines
In this course, renowned author, attorney, computer forensic specialist, and social media expert Frederick S. Lane discusses several social media pitfalls, including the difficulties of merging the professional and personal lives of an educator and the dangers that students often face online. There are many obstacles present when navigating the often-ambiguous and ever-evolving social norms of online communications. Mr. Lane provides educators with practical tips for communicating professionally while simultaneously advocating for an adequate cyberethics policy in their schools.
This course was recorded on July 8, 2014 in the AETN studies in Conway, Arkansas.
Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB): Digital Citizenship Curricula K-12
This course is designed to discuss the use of technology in all grades beginning in pre-kindergarten and continuing until the end of high school. All students will be using technology from now until the end of their lifetime. Author, attorney, and educational consultant Frederick Lane explains how to instruct students to use technology in an appropriate way that will support their becoming valuable citizens.
This course was recorded on July 8, 2014 at the AETN Studios.