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Resources for Literacy, Languages, and the Arts
September 13 - 19, 2011
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IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that highlights some of our many high-quality educational resources, programs, and ICN sessions available. This week we're focusing on ways to help make your teaching relevant to your students' lives by connecting the classroom to the larger, 21st century world.
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Educational Resources
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| Project VoiceScape
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 With POV's new series, student filmmakers use digital media tools to create compelling stories about issues and concerns important to them. Use any of these documentaries with your students to open up a dialogue about a number of topics. You can submit your students' projects to the Project VoiceScape for the chance to have their work nationally displayed, as well. Learn More >> | 
| PBS LearningMedia Focus: Paragraph Development
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Through these PBS LearningMedia resources, help your students better understand the often difficult process to academic writing. From using graphic organizers to arrange and see their thoughts and ideas to creating a meaningful hypothesis for any number of subjects, these resources will help your students form better ideas and more deeply understand their writing. Learn More >> |
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Featured Television Programs
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Famous People in Literature
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
This series examines the literary giants who left a legacy of works that many literature classes cover in some depth. These videos, moreover, explore the historical developments, significant contributions, and major turning points incredible authors from Chaucer to Mark Twain.
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|  | A New Season of Assignment the World
Grade Range 3-5, 6-8, The weekly news programs targeted at students grades 4-8 begins its new season. A fast-paced, interactive program, Assignment the World, covers the top news stories of the week and helps its viewers understand the world around them by examining the events in other countries. Episodes are available to download as well. Learn More >> |
IPTV Education broadcasts overnight on Mediacom cable. Click here for a full schedule of our educational programs. If you are unable to record an episode you see on IPTV, contact your AEA for copies of programs that allow for duplication.
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Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.
Career Day: Makeup Artist
Grade Level: 9-12
During this ICN session, students will meet a makeup artist who works in the television industry. Learn the valuable role makeup artists have in ensuring that models, television hosts, and performers have suitable makeup and hairstyles before they appear in front of cameras. This is an excellent session for students who are interested in art, design, fashion, theater, television broadcasting, or makeup.
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Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.
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