Upcoming Workshops
Monday, August 9, 2010
Learn the complete operations of your iPod and how to download files to use in your classroom.
Kidspiration- a software package for the young learner
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Created for K-5 learners, Kidspiration® provides an easy way to apply the proven principles of visual learning.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Concept Maps, Idea Maps, Storyboards and Webbing – Oh My!
Online Learning
Capstone Introduction: Planning a Technology Portfolio
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
This six-week course introduces you to ISTE NETS•T and the path to proficiency.
Early Childhood
Our Early Childhood program is dedicated to improving the school readiness and educational success of young children through the use of public broadcasting and workshops for parents, childcare providers and early childhood professionals. We provide on air, online and print resources that assist parents and early childhood educators to prepare children for school success. Annually, WVIZ/PBS conducts numerous hands-on professional development workshops where participants receive free educational materials and resources including the Ohio Department of Education’s Early Learning Contents Standards and the Ohio Infant Toddler Guidelines. Additionally, each year hundreds of books are distributed to children that would not normally have books to call their own. Funding for the Early Childhood outreach department comes from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Child Care Bureau, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, BP and KCET A Place of Our Own/Los Ninos en Su Casa.
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 Ohio’s Public Broadcasting stations beginning September 17, 2009 and ending May 7, 2010. 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.
