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Engage your learners with high quality, content standards-aligned KQED multimedia and curricula integrating 21st century literacies. Join with other Bay Area educators in trainings and events designed to support your use of these resources.
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Briones Regional Park is home to a wide variety of species - including the California Newt. Learn more about them and the local habitat.
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Election 2008 Resources
Visit our Election 2008 Resources for Educators page for classroom-ready lesson plans, student voter guides, partner web sites, and other resources.
Featured Event:
Andy Warhol and Music
Did you know that Warhol designed 46 album covers, and was a pioneer in light and sound shows? Educators are invited to explore Warhol's influence on the music industry in a workshop at the de Young on Fri, Feb 20.
Arts
KQED's resources for arts educators highlight local artists of all disciplines and may be used to develop arts curricula, create arts assessment rubrics, and deepen students' experience of art.
Science
Generate interest in Science and stimulate students' imagination with KQED's free standards-aligned science education resources.
Social Studies - Language Arts
Bring an array of voices and histories to your students with KQED training and curricular resources for Social Studies and Language Arts teachers.
Post Secondary Education
KQED offers an array of trainings and resources for bringing the principles of media literacy into the curriculum for novice and veteran educators and instructors in adult schools, community colleges, and universities.
PBS.org/Teachers
Multimedia resources and professional development for America's preK-12 educators from PBS.
Teachers' Domain
A database of local and national multimedia resources based on popular PBS programming.
Media Literacy
Foster independent thinking and 21st century literacy skills with KQED Media Literacy resources.
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Blog: learning.now @ PBS Teachers
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Case Closed for Julie Amero
Julie Amero, the substitute teacher subjected to a judicial roller coaster ride over whether she intentionally exposed a group of students to inappropriate computer images, ended her legal limbo by agreeing to a plea deal this Friday. It?s the end of a long road for Amero, but was justice served?
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The Live Piracy Map: A Treasure Trove for Student Discussion
It seems you can barely turn on the TV without hearing stories about the rash of piracy incidents that’s been taking place off the coast of Somalia. While it’s tempting to crack wise with references to parrots and peg legs, modern-day piracy is no laughing matter. And now there’s a Google Map mashup you can use in the classroom to help your students understand how serious this is.
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What's Your Memo to President-Elect Obama?
The longest presidential campaign in history is over. We now know Barack Obama will become president, but what will he accomplish in the realm of education technology policy? What do you want him to accomplish?
Blog: media.infusion @ PBS Teachers
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An Explosion of High Quality Video, Visualizations, and Data for Teachers
In recent years, the volume and quality of video and online visualizations available to teachers has virtually exploded. Series like the BBC’s Planet Earth and PBS’s Nature provide visually engaging, content-rich experiences that draw and hold students’ attention. Many times, my earth science students have told me about a show they’ve recently seen that related directly to content we were covering in class, and I’ve purchased a number of DVD’s from various providers with the intention of sharing at least part of them with my classes. Sharing this video content in the classroom helps connect your curriculum to the “real world,” providing examples and illustrations that you simply cannot create in your classroom. And when students see that the content they’re studying in the classroom is also the subject of a broadcast TV program, the importance and value of what they are learning is reinforced.