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.

EdVideo Online
Instructional video on demand free of charge over the internet provided by your local public television station.
http://www.tv_station.htm

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. http://teacherline.nylearns.org

ThinkBright TV
Broadcast channel and online service provides support for teachers through programming, content and professional development based on New York State Learning Standards.
http://www.thinkbright.org/Teachers/index.asp

PBS Teacher Source
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.
www.pbs.org/teachersource

Cyberchase
Animated series promoting elementary level math skills.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/

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.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/

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 
http://homework-hotline.org/

Assignment:  The World
15-minute weekly television news program for intermediate and middle school students
http://atwonline.org/

PBS Programs A-Z
www.pbs.org

Celebration of Teaching and Learning
Two day professional development event presented by Thirteen/WNETand WLIW.
http://www.thirteencelebration.org/

Free Professional Development Workshops
Integrating Technology, Media Literacy, EdVideo Online, Ready to Learn.
http://www.tv_station htm

For PBS programming to support early literacy follow these links:

Thirteen/WNET, New York City
http://www.thirteen.org/readytolearn/

WMHT, Capital District
http://www.wmht.org/learning/rtll.php

WSKG, Binghamton
http://www.wskg.com/Education/rtl.html

WNED, Buffalo
http://thinkbright.wned.org/Families/index.asp

WLIW, Long Island
http://www.wliw.org/readingfunplace/

Mountain Lake PBS, Plattsburgh
http://www.mountainlake.org/ed/rtl/rtl.asp

WXXI, Rochester
http://www.wxxi.org/education/rtl/index.html

WCNY, Syracuse
http://www.wcny.org/education/early_childhood.php

WPBS, Watertown
http://www.wpbstv.org/EducationalServices.htm