Reading Rainbow Contest Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the twelve budding author-illustrators in grades kindergarten to three who have taken home prizes in this year’s WVIZ/PBS Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Awards Contest. Thank you to Legacy Village in Lyndhurst for their support of this year’s contest. WVIZ/PBS’s broadcast of Reading Rainbow is made possible in part by a grant from The Stocker Foundation. Reading Rainbow will air every week day this summer at 1:30pm. Download a PDF of the Reading Rainbow Summer 2009 schedule. |
Upcoming Workshops
Make a Documentary at the Zoo with A Flip Camera
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Make a Documentary at the Zoo with A Flip Camera
The Bridges of Cuyahoga County
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Using the Lego Activity Kit discover new ways to integrate bridge building activities into the classroom!
Podcasting Academy (Graduate Credit Available)
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Learn all there is to know in creating a podcast.
Online Learning
Raising Readers: Preparing Preschoolers for Success
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Focus on preparing preschoolers by developing their literacy skills, based on research by S B Neuman and K Roskos (2007)
HQT Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Focus on the elements of reading & premises that guide reading. Designed to assist teachers with HQT requirements.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Unerstand how to represent, analyze, and generalize. Designed to assist teachers with HQT requirements.
Early Childhood
The Bridges of Cuyahoga County
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Using the Lego Activity Kit discover new ways to integrate bridge building activities into the classroom!
Bee-Bot -This Bee Does Not Sting!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Designed for the early learner...come explore the Bee Bot!
“The Power of Guidance” Online Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
This compilation book is a valuable aid in understanding and managing behaviors found in young children.
Digital Television is Here
WVIZ/PBS is now transmitting a full power digital signal. If you were receiving WVIZ over the air at Channel 25, you should now rescan your converter box in order to receive our new digital channels.
Distance Learning/NOTA
As an Educational Technology Agency, WVIZ/PBS provides quality distance learning services to schools in Northeast Ohio and across the state. This service coordinates the new IP technology in interactive distance learning applications. Through its Distance Learning Department, WVIZ/PBS has attempted to provide the best distance learning programs for students and the best possible technical and professional development opportunities for teachers.
NewsDepth
A valuable source of current events for thousands of Ohio third through eighth grade students, NewsDepth helps teachers meet state academic content standards in language arts and social studies, while linking Ohio students with the world. NewsDepth airs weekly on all of Ohio’s Public Broadcasting stations beginning September 18, 2008 and ending May 8, 2009. The NewsDepth website offers streamed video, video downloads and podcasts; lesson plans and support materials unique to each program and correlated to curriculum standards; a searchable database; an interactive Kids Page for students to express opinions and demonstrate involvement in school and community activities.
Media Resources
Find high quality media products correlated with state and national curriculum standards. These resources help students visualize difficult concepts, travel to distant lands, experience diverse cultures and bring a vast collection of media-rich resources to their fingertips via the Internet, DVD, cable and broadcast television, and videotape.
PSI: Physical Science Investigation
PSI is a series of twenty physical science video lab experiments aligned with the Ohio Science Academic Content Standards for grades 5-8.
A valuable source of current events for thousands of Ohio third through eighth grade students, NewsDepth helps teachers meet state academic content standards in language arts and social studies, while linking Ohio students with the world.
