Educational Media Services
Page A 7-Step Lesson Plan for Teachers Using Television in the Classroom 90 American Graduate 80 Additions to the 2014-2015 Schedule 93 Cable In the Classroom 89 Copyright – The Bottom Line! 94 Deletions to the 2014-2015 Schedule 93 Described and Captioned Media Center 83 Duplication Service 82 Educational Media Center 82 EMS Staff Directory 79 ITV Channel Conversion Chart 88 Keeping Kids Fit 87 One Place 86 Ready To Learn 84 TeacherLine 85 Vegas PBS On The World Wide Web! 92 Video Bulletin Board Information System (VBBIS) 88 Video Streaming 81
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Business Hours: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Phone: 799-1010 Fax: 799-2960 Lee Solonche, Director of Educational Media Services ext. 5324 [email protected] Educational Media and Technology Services Craig Cuddihy, EMS Coordinator III: ext. 5359 [email protected] Technology Services Mark Nelson, EMS Coordinator III: ext. 5316 [email protected] Technology Services Lynnette Stevens, ITV & DCMC Coordinator III: ext. 5354 lstevensVegasPBS.org Technology Services Jessica Carroll, RTL Coordinator III: ext. 5413 [email protected] Ready To Learn Project Chuck Sinicki, EMS Coordinator III: ext. 5364 [email protected] Technology Services Jeanne Brown, Office Supervisor: ext. 5422 [email protected] Educational Media Services Sondra Wachtel, RTL Literacy Specialist: ext. 5420 [email protected] Ready To Learn Project Mayte Heredia, RTL Project Facilitator: ext. 5414 [email protected] Ready To Learn Project Vickie Maliagros, Duplication DVD/CD ext. 5475 [email protected] Educational Media Center Sandra Abston, Described & Captioned Media Center ext. 5419 [email protected] Educational Media Center Wendy Castro, Duplication OS II: ext. 5417 [email protected] Educational Media Center Tom Bole, Field Engineer: ext. 5358 [email protected] Antennas down, cut cables, wiring, modulator repairs
Please note: You do not need to turn in a WOST unless directed to do so by Tom. Just call us. To call in an ITV problem, we will need: name of contact person, school, date, location of problem, and description of problem. Please leave a message if we are not in. We will return your phone call as soon as possible.
Supply Catalog Equipment: CCSD Equipment Repair: 799-5234/5241 Coaxial Cable #84058-101138-10 Broken TV’s and VCRs Cable Adapter #84058-101038-15
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American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen
The staggering rate of dropouts in America poses a serious threat to our national welfare -- and to the lives of young people at risk. More than 25% of the cur- rent ninth graders will not graduate from high school. It is a problem that must be solved. Public media is joining the fight -- with a bold initiative, American Graduate.
American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen is a public media initiative supported by the Corportation for Public Broadcasting, Vegas PBS and other partners to help local communities address the dropout crisis. American Graduate builds on pub- lic media’s long-standing commitment to education by convening conversations, forming and strengthening partnerships between public television and radio stations along with local schools, businesses and community organizations to help students graduate.
Vegas PBS is working with national experts, state leaders, Clark County School District (CCSD) Divisions, students, parents and teachers of target schools to develop meaningful messaging, educational resources, and professional development resources. A three-pronged approach has been developed to reach all levels of the community: Outreach in the Community, Production on-air and Online Resources.
To learn more, visit: VegasPBS.org/AmericanGraduate
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What is Video Streaming?
Video Streaming from Vegas PBS is a free resource for teachers and students that provides access to more than 17,000 full-length and 205,000 clips of classroom ready common-core aligned video programs instantly - over the school district’s extremely fast (100mbps) Wide Are Network (WAN).
With Vegas PBS Video Streaming you have three unique destinations to choose from. Discovery streaming, Learn360 streaming, and Vegas PBS Learning Media. After logging in with the username and password obtained from Vegas PBS, teach- ers and students may simply search via keyword, subject area or by Common Core standard. Videos stream and download directly to your desktop or mobile device instantly. Videos are indexed, providing the option of viewing the entire program or watching a shorter clip.
How do I obtain an account?
Contact: Craig Cuddihy, Mark Nelson or Charles Sinicki via InterAct or phone (702) 799-1010 to receive login instructions.
Staff Development Trainings Available for all Schools!
Many training options are available to suit your school site needs:
• 15-minute overview, cover streaming site resources and login information. • 50-minute “Hands on Workshop”, including overview account access. • 2-hour “Hands on Workshop”, Common Core standards search, PowerPoint, and Prezi integration.
http://VegasPBS.org/streaming
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VegasPBS.org/EMC The Vegas PBS Educational Media Center (EMC) is a full service educational media distribution center for schools and teachers throughout the Clark County School District. The EMC contains over 10,000 titles of educational media for classroom use, with new titles added frequently. This service is free for CCSD educators and all titles have cleared copyright restrictions for classroom use. Explore our entire media collection at media.vegaspbs.org, or OnePlace.VegasPBS.org. You can also come in person to visit our preview center, or to pick your title. For suggested titles related to your curriculum, visit the Vegas PBS Education Services Link on InterAct. All titles are delivered the day before the requested date and are returned by simply placing the media in the outgoing CCSD school mail. For more information, call (702) 799-1010 ext. 5425.
VegasPBS.org/Duplication
Our facilities enable us to produce or Dub multiple DVD or CD copies of individual programs and entire series for schools and teachers who request them. Simply email or call Vegas PBS to request dubs. DVD/ CD duplication is also available for original and copyright-cleared content. Just provide us your master copy and blank DVD-Rs and we’ll do the rest! For more information email [email protected] or call 799-1010 ext. 5475.
DUPLICATION Rights List: http://bento.cdn.pbs.org/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/ ems/duplication-svc/Duplication_Inventory_2013-2014.pdf
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Described and Captioned Media Center
The Vegas PBS Described and Captioned Media Center is a grant fund- ed free-loan library available to all Nevadans. We offer a specialized collection of educational media to meet the needs of deaf, hard-of- hearing, blind and visually impaired persons, their parents and educators. Order items online or by calling our office for assistance. Your order will be mailed direct to you free-of-charge (includes return shipping.) Our collection includes:
• American Sign Language Instructional videos • Audio books (CD & Playaways) • Books on the topic of blindness and visual impairment • Books on the topics of deafness • Braille books (board books, contracted, uncontracted, interlined) • Braille books (contracted, uncontracted & interlined) • Braille printing services • DVD & VHS titles with descriptions and closed captions • Educational games for students who are deaf or blind • Literacy Kits for use by teachers and parents • Classroom Kit: Understanding Blindness & Visual Impairment
Accounts are free!
Create your account:
Online: http://media.VegasPBS.org/DCMC Phone: Sandra Abston at 702-799-1010 X5419 TTY: 702-799-1050 Email: [email protected]
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Ready To Learn (RTL) is a project that helps children gain the skills they need to be successful in school and life. RTL brings together diverse community members - educators, parents, business leaders and volunteers - who strive to improve literacy and learning among children. The project has touched the lives of over 450,000 children in our community. 90% of RTL services are designed to meet the needs of Title I schools and disadvantaged families throughout southern Nevada. WHAT SKILLS DOES RTL TEACH? RTL focuses on improving the school-readiness of children ages 2-8 by targeting nine critical skill areas: literacy, problem-solving, affective skills, cognitive skills, math skills, motor skills, cultural appreciation, art and music appreciation, life skills and scientific curiosity. HOW DOES RTL PROMOTE LITERACY AND LEARNING? RTL employs these educational tools in achieving its goals: 1) PBS television broadcast of quality, nonviolent, commercial-free children’s programming including Arthur, Sesame Street, Super Why! and others.
2) RTL training workshops demonstrating how parents, teachers, librarians and childcare providers can extend children’s reading, writing and problem-solving skills by pairing programming with books.
3) Distribution of free books - in English and Spanish - to families participating in RTL workshops, as concrete vehicles for implementing literacy-enhancing strategies learned at the workshops. Over 450,000 books have been disbursed since its inception in 1997.
4) RTL website and apps: VegasPBS.org/RTL - educational site for teachers, parents, caregivers and children with information on companion websites and mobile device apps to extend TV programs’ instructional messages. 5) Interstitials - on-air educational messages that reinforce workshop objectives.
Just give the Ready To Learn office a call at (702) 799-1010 x 5413 and we will be happy to assist you with RTL family workshops and community events to assist caregivers in helping children become Ready To Learn. Visit the Ready To Learn website at: VegasPBS.org/RTL
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On- Line Professional Development
Why Choose Vegas PBS TeacherLine?
Convenient, Collaborative & Flexible Online Professional Development
Vegas PBS TeacherLine courses are approved by the Nevada Department of Education and the Clark County School District.
• Relevant and diverse course content led by expert facilitators • Flexibility, affordability, and convenience • Aligned to local and national standards including Common Core State Standards, ISTE NETS*T, NCTM, NCTE and IRA
Earn Graduate Credit! Teachers may obtain online graduate credits through Vegas PBS TeacherLine in conjunction with Sierra Nevada College. Vegas PBS provides PreK-12 teachers with high-quality, standards and research-based professional development for teachers who need to improve their skills and to enhance student achievement.
TeacherLine Courses are running year round – go to VegasPBS.org/ teacherline for course schedules.
Discounts for currently employed teachers may be available.
Contact: Craig Cuddihy, Mark Nelson or Charles Sinicki via InterAct for questions regarding TeacherLine or by phone: 799-1010
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Vegas PBS One Place http://oneplace.VegasPBS.org/
Vegas PBS OnePlace - Having one username and password is the solution for all your Common Core curriculum aligned video streaming content. Instead of spending all your time navigating multiple websites you may search for CCSD approved content from - “OnePlace”.
OnePlace is integrated with a growing list of K-12 online media providers Vegas PBS Educational Media Library, Discovery Education, Learn360, EBSCO, Thinkfinty, and PBS Kids.
For Account Information & Support:
Craig Cuddihy, 702-799-1010 ext. 5359 Mark Nelson, 702-799-1010 ext. 5316 Charles Sinciki, 702-799-1010 ext. 5364
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Vegas PBS launched Keeping Kids Fit as a long-term project addressing childhood obesity.
The Vegas PBS Keeping Kids Fit project is modeled after the successful Vegas PBS Ready To Learn community outreach program. It targets low income families with children ages 2-12, with a special emphasis on African-American and Hispan- ics, to promote a lifetime of healthy habits. Vegas PBS would like to acknowledge the role of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for selecting and supporting the Vegas PBS Keeping Kids Fit project as a national model. Through this family-based outreach project, we have produced two, one-hour television programs featuring health experts and civic leaders. The project is guided by a community advisory council of childhood nutrition experts, educators, health professionals, and community leaders. Vegas PBS also works with a wide Vegas PBS hopes to foster a array of companies, organizations, schools, foundations and community-wide civic discussion on the individuals as community partners who participate in and support the project. issues of childhood obesity, nutrition
One exciting element of the Vegas PBS Keeping Kids Fit project and exercise which will help address this is the use of multiple forms of technology ranging from important community need. television broadcasts to our website, podcasts and rich online opportunities. Groups of children have recorded and reflected Beyond discussing the issues, Vegas PBS also provides upon striving for a healthy lifestyle by using video cameras to workshops and online resources that can help children and document their experiences for broadcast and web-based families maintain healthy lifestyles. offerings.
To support KKF, visit us at VegasPBS.org/KKF
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Video Bulletin Board Information System Video Bulletin Board Information System (VBBIS) is your source for the latest information for upcoming special events. VBBIS runs between the Instructional Television (ITV) programming on all of the ITV channels. Please look to VBBIS to find updates, specials, and topics of interests that educators can use in theirclassrooms.
You are Watching.... Video Bulletin Board Information System VBBIS
KZH-32 C 1-4
KZH-33 E 1-4 Las Vegas, Nevada
WNC-682 A 1-4 Boulder City, Nevada
WNC-842 C 1-4 Pahrump, Nevada
ITV CHANNEL CONVERSION CHART CHANNELS PROGRAMMING ITV CIC 44 (9) 001 ITV WORLD 45 (2) 002 ITV CAREER 46 (11) 018 NASA-TV 47 (7) 030 ITV LIVE! 24 014 ITV HEALTH 26 010 VEGAS PBS CHANNEL 10
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Cable in the Classroom Working in partnership, Vegas PBS, CCSD Networking Services and Cox Communications has created an innovative, cost effective solution for educators to access forty seven educational cable channels. Using the CCSD Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure, Internet Protocol Television or (IPTV), has been integrated within school sites built after 2006. Select administrative offices also have access. The IPTV system allows for in-school broadcasts to be accessed from any computer and television within the school.
Cable in the Classroom (CIC) promotes the visionary, sensible, responsible and effective use of cable’s broadband technology, services, and content in teaching and learning. CIC also advocates digital citizenship and supports the complimentary provision, by cable industry companies, of broadband and multichannel video services and educational content to the nation’s schools. Although all of the CIC channels provide educational content, some programs offered may not be educationally appropriate. As with all instructional materials, teachers are strongly urged to review all content for instructional applications.
Questions and support, call Craig Cuddihy at : 799-1010 X5359. Channels’ available on CIC are:
89 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SERVICES A 7 -Step Lesson Plan for Teachers Using Television in the Classroom Instructional television programs can add a new dimension to your classroom and promote active learning among your students. The following steps can guide you in preparing a lesson using ITV. To begin, look through your ITV Resource Guide and choose a series that fits your needs. Refer to the individual series page where you will find a complete description of the content covered, as well as specific program titles. The series and program descriptions outlined in the ITV Resource Guide will help you determine how the series can be integrated into your curriculum. Teacher guides for individual series provide a more complete summary of every program. Many of these guides list excellent pre- and post-viewing activities. After choosing the appropriate series and determining how you are going to acquire the series, you can then begin to plan your lesson. 1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Start with specific, identified objectives. For ITV lessons, there are three main objective considerations: •Are the objectives for the lessons tied to your curriculum? •Determine the learning objectives of the ITV program. Many times objectives are stated in the teacher guide for each program. •Most ITV programs have several layers of information, so during previewing you may determine what specific information you wish to emphasize to enhance specific lessons.
2. LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES Lead-in activities should set the tone for viewing and let students know how the program material relates to previous lessons or subsequent activities. Some generic suggestions for previewing activities are: • Review vocabulary or key concepts in the program. • Do a “story mapping” type of activity. Tell students the main topic of the program and ask them what they think will be included. By utilizing questioning techniques, you can make viewing more interactive as students watch to see if their ideas are included.
3. FOCUS VIEWING ACTIVITIES Focus questions can make viewing more interactive by involving the students in the information presented. You may ask students specific informational questions that will be answered in the program; ask intuitive or interpretive questions, such as assigning students to identify with various characters for discussion following the program; or ask students to develop questions unanswered in the program concerning topics they would like to know more about.
4. SEGMENTED VIEWING ACTIVITIES Segmenting can be a valuable technique to enhance students’ learning while enabling you to adapt the medium to your teaching style. Segmenting (showing only a portion of the program at a time, or pausing the video during viewing) a program enables you to prepare the learner for success. By preparing your students for the learning objective of a segment, the student is tuned in for a specific purpose. For example, you may choose to show only a portion of the program that illustrates a specific lesson objective. It is recommended that ITV programs be viewed with the lights on (or sufficient natural light) so that students may take notes during the programs. This also allows you to watch your students’ reactions to various parts of the programs.
Segmenting activities may include: • Pausing the video for a still picture to point out background visuals, characters’ expressions or a longer look at an object. • Using frame advance/slow motion for an extended view of a process. • Pausing and having students predict what will happen next, proposing possible solutions or stating what they will do in the given situation. • Presenting an activity or a question for one segment, then a new question for the next segment.
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A 7 -Step Lesson Plan for Teachers Using Television in the Classroom (Cont.)
5. POST-VIEWING DISCUSSIONS
To give students an opportunity to react to the program, express opinions, ask questions about what they have seen, and to review, reinforce and elaborate on the concepts presented, plan time for discussion following the viewing. “Tell me what you saw” is a good starting point for discussion.
By talking about the program, a review of the concepts presented comes from the students rather than from the teacher.
This type of response also gives you information about which concepts caught students’ attention, allowing you to gauge follow- up activities to expand on students’ interests. Post-viewing time may also be used as an opportunity for instilling critical viewing skills, discussing technical quality, the transfer from print to video, character portrayals and the use of visuals or sound effects to enhance the content.
6. FOLLOW-THROUGH ACTIVITIES Activities should be planned to reinforce and integrate concepts presented, and provide “hands-on” experiences with the information. Activities may include: •role-playing •research •small group work •field trips •reading or anything your imagination suggests •producing a class video
7. EVALUATION
Your evaluation of the success of the lesson is an important part of any instructional process. Consider whether objectives were met and if additional information was (or could have been) highlighted. Was the video used as effectively as possible? What additional activities might you integrate next time? What techniques worked well and could be incorporated into future lessons? Evaluation of each component of the lesson can provide valuable insight into the use of video with your students and enhance your use of the medium.
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Visit VegasPBS.org/teachers for a wealth of free television and technology resources that can enhance your curriculum and help further your career.
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