Classroom Connection

Welcome Back! IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that provides timely information about the many educational resources, programs, and ICN sessions we offer. This week we are highlighting some of the new resources for the 2011-12 school year.

 

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Resources for Literacy, Languages, and Arts

August 23 - 30, 2011

Featured Resources
 
America's Largest Classroom Just Got Larger 

LearningMedia

IPTV is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new multimedia resource for teachers and students called PBS LearningMedia. It contains a massive collection of digital content from public broadcast stations around the country.

 

In addition to the high quality media content teachers have come to expect from PBS, the new service offers resources from other publicly funded organizations including the National Archives, the Library of Congress, NPR, NASA, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Dept. of Education, and many others that total well over 14,000 resources.

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Noah Comprende

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 

Learn Spanish as it is put into meaningful context. Have your students learn Spanish more deeply through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary and strengthen comprehension.

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Mission USMission US: A Revolutionary Way to Learn

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 

Mission US: For Crown or Colony allows students to step into the shoes of a 14-year-old apprentice experiencing the events that led up to the Boston Massacre. Moreover, an all new second adventure begins this January with the events of the Civil War, helping students better understand this extraordinarily complex time in American history.   

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Featured TV Programs

American Presidents

The American Presidents
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 
A fresh and relevant narrative (developed with a former producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report) The American Presidents takes a closer look at the people who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.

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 gilgameshInvitation to World Literature  

Grade Range: 9-12 

Introduce your students to one of the earliest works of literature--The Epic of Gilgamesh. Learn how this ancient story still inspires readers and artists today, and how its themes of power, leadership, and friendship still resonate.

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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.  


 


 

Register today for ICN sessions to network your students with other learners and educators throughout the state. 

 

IPTV offers career education ICNs all year. Helping your students to prepare for their futures, we bring in professionals from around the state to talk to your students about the wide range of careers and professions available. 

 

Career Day: Working in the Culinary Arts

Grade Range: 9-12 

Help your students gain a broader understanding of what it takes to work in the Culinary Arts. Join the executive chef and program manager for the Des Moines Area Community College's Iowa Culinary Institute as he explains what it takes to be a part of a world class culinary institute.  

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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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