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
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