Strengthening Teaching
New York’s Public Broadcasting stations are working to raise student achievement and close the achievement gap. Responding to a "Call to Action" from the Commissioner of the New York State Education Department, Richard P. Mills, New York’s public broadcasters are working with school improvement teams across the state to bring high quality multimedia resources to the classroom.
Vital New York
Vital - Video in Teaching
and Learning for New York Educators - provides free access to public television
program clips, teachers guides, instructional strategies, and more.
EdVideo Online Instructional video on demand free of charge over the internet provided by your local public television station.
PBS TeacherLine NY
Online professional development
courses facilitated by NYS master teachers, available for district or graduate
credit and approved for BOCES shared services aid through the CoSER system.
ThinkBright TV
Broadcast channel and
online service provides support for teachers through programming, content
and professional development based on New York State Learning Standards.
PBS Teachers
Find the perfect lesson
plans based on programming from the Public Broadcasting Service. You can search
by subject area or grade level, and all lessons are tied to national and state
learning standards.
Cyberchase
Animated series promoting
elementary level math skills.
Wide Angle: Window
Into Global History
Outreach initiative produced
by Thirteen/WNET New York to support the teaching and learning of Global History
in high school classrooms.
Homework Hotline Students statewide can
call in live with their homework question to be answered by the Rochester
Teacher Association's Dial-A-Teacher volunteers
Assignment: The World 15-minute weekly television
news program for intermediate and middle school students
Celebration of Teaching and Learning Two day professional development
event presented by Thirteen/WNETand WLIW.
Free Professional Development Workshops Integrating Technology, Media Literacy, EdVideo Online, Ready to Learn.