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Arkansas Educational Television Network
KETS 2/Little RockKEMV 6/Mountain View
KETG 9/Arkadelphia
KAFT 13/Fayetteville
KTEJ 19/Jonesboro
KETZ 12/El Darado
February 2007
MONEY FOR COLLEGE AIRS TUESDAY, FEB. 6, 8 P.M.
Watch and discover ways to pay for college.
AETN is one of only five public television stations to receive a grant from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series to help promote the “We Shall Remain: A Native History of America” five-part series premiering in 2009, AETN will provide an online professional development course through the IDEAS educational portal, as well as other educational resources for classroom use.
http:// www.cbmr.org
This Web site features Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953), a native of Little Rock, and William Grant Still (1895-1978), who was only three months old when his widowed mother brought him to live in Little Rock.
The site includes:
http://www.lpb.org/programs/jazz
Learn about New Orleans Jazz at this Web site designed to teach young people about jazz. Take online quizzes to see if you can name that instrument and test your jazz vocabulary.
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS MUSIC FOUNDATION GRANTS
http://www.mhopus.org/apply.htm
Maximum Award: Programs fund instrument repair and the acquisition of new instruments; no cash grants.
Eligibility: school music programs K-12 community schools of the arts, after-school programs, and youth orchestras.
Deadline: none
Mr. Holland’s Opus Music Foundation Grants have two programs, The Melody Program that targets qualified school music programs in need of assistance, and The Special Projects Program that targets community schools of the arts, after school programs and youth orchestras in need of assistance.
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http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/index.html
Explore the PBS Parents Guide to Creativity which includes online activities designed to help you and your child explore and develop creative thinking. Your child can connect tubes to let gravity take a marble from top to bottom; compose beautiful pentatonic music; and make a virtual kaleidoscope. Plus, check out ideas for creativity-enhancing projects to try at home.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
PBS SHOWS REMAIN FAVORITES WITH KIDS
Ratings show that four PBS Kids programs are in the top 10 with the young viewing audience:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/stereotypes-preschool.html?campaign=parentsnews_1_stereotypes
Learn how to recognize and educate your children about unfair portrayals in the media. Challenge your children to question what they see and hear, so they develop an eye for sexism, racism and other prejudices in mainstream media portrayals. Whenever possible, encourage your child to question limiting views of people and cultures by looking for more information.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
http://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/jaffarianaward.htm
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2007
Elementary/Middle School
The American Library Association Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award recognizes excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle school libraries that serve children K-8.
GRANT TO AWARD ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS REDUCING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES
http://www.pew-partnership.org/whatsnew.html
Maximum Award: $2,500
Eligibility: individuals or organizations working within their community
Deadline: March 31, 2007
The 2007 Pew Partnership Civic Change Award will recognize organizations or individuals that demonstrate long-term concern for their community by implementing projects designed to reduce high school dropout rates.
SOURCE: http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
GRANTS TO FOSTER INVENTIVENESS
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/about.html
Maximum Award: $10,000
Eligibility: high school science, mathematics and technology teachers, or teams of teachers
Deadline: April 27, 2007
Lemelson-MIT Inven Teams grants foster inventiveness and problem-solving to address real issues of importance to the team.
GRANTS FOR FORMAL K-12 EDUCATION
Maximum Award: $25,000
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations
Deadline: N/A
RGK Foundation awards grants within education to programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
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http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/resources/dreams.html
Middle School
Understand the basic issues surrounding dreams and identify the role dreams might play in our lives. Explore why we dream, what dreams mean and how we might control dreams.
A Living History Presentation
School Performance Information:
Monday, February 19, 10-11:30 a.m.
M.L. Harris Auditorium, Philander Smith College
Recommended for grades 5 and up
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock will present “Booker T. Washington: Have Lectern, Will Travel,” a living history presentation featuring a costumed portrayal of Booker T. Washington by scholar James H. Armstead. This special Black History Month presentation will feature a performance for schools on Monday, Feb. 19, and a performance for the general public on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
For more information about the Feb. 19 “Booker T. Washington: Have Lectern, Will Travel” school performance, or to make reservations, please call 501-683-3592. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Please call by Feb. 5.
“NEWS FLASH FIVE” FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
http://www.pbskids.org/newsflashfive
The new site from PBS KIDSGO "News Flash Five" is a Web site that encourages young people to take an interest in news and current events. Animated broadcasts offer a fresh way of receiving the news online. Additional interactive activities help kids understand how current events relate to and can affect their lives.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS"
http://www.pbs.org/amex/adams
Elementary/Middle/High School
Meet the original power couple. He was brilliant, argumentative, sometimes irascible. She was a savvy observer of the tumultuous political scene, unafraid to speak her mind. John and Abigail Adams formed one of the greatest political partnerships in American history.
Log on to the companion Web site and follow John Adams as he changed from a loyal colonist into a revolutionary leader.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
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http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/contest/
Contest Period: Jan. 22 – March 31, 2007
Grade Level: K-3
Just as Reading Rainbow shares books with children, now children in kindergarten through third grade can share their own stories and illustrations in the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Every child who enters receives a special Certificate of Achievement signed by LeVar Burton, host of the Reading Rainbow series.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org .
FOCUS ON BEGINNING READERS
http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_beginning.html
Preschool/Elementary School
The International Reading Association (IRA) offers a rich collection of resources to help you start young children along the path to literacy and a lifelong love of reading.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM SURVEY REFLECTS NEED FOR MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES
http://i.ciconline.org/docs/CICmedialitreport11-2006.pdf
A survey published by Cable in the Classroom reflects a need expressed by teachers and library media specialists for media literacy resources. A copy of the survey findings is in the January 2007 issue of CIC magazine at the site listed above.
http://www.kqed.org/w/coastalclash/home.html
Middle/High School
Learn more about the struggle over California's coastline. Explore the online interactive features that explain how beaches work including where sand comes from and how sand moves. Also included are lesson plans for high school students.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
BEYOND BROWN: PURSUING THE PROMISE LESSON: "CALCULATING THE COST OF A SOUND BASIC EDUCATION"
http://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/foreducators/ed_lesson_basiced.html
Middle/High School
Explore issues of school funding and the use of monetary resources by school districts, compare sets of data related to school funding and develop a realistic budget for what it costs schools to provide a sound basic education.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
FEED GNOCCHI WITH CURIOUS GEORGE AND INTRODUCE NEWTONIAN PHYSICS
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/feed_gnocchi/feed_gnocchi.html
Even kids as young as four can get their first taste of Newtonian physics with this online engineering game. Kids manipulate an increasingly complex system of ramps to get a meatball to land on a plate for George's feline pal, Gnocchi. In keeping with the true processes of science, there are multiple solutions, which means this game can be played over and over again!
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
DETECTING THE TRUTH: FAKES, FORGERIES AND TRICKERY
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/forgery/index-e.html
Middle/High School
Be a detective and see if you can detect a forged document.
This site from the Library and Archives Canada illustrates fake
and forged photos, counterfeit money, images, stamps, maps and
other documents.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/whatson/previews/subscribe.html
Back to Top
http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2007/17shr.ar.h26.pdf
“From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education From Birth Through Adulthood” provides a comparison of what states are doing in education.
“FREE” WEB SITE CONNECTS TO GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
http://free.ed.gov
The FREE Web site has been redesigned to allow easier access to more than 1500 teaching and learning resources available from the federal government.
IT'S MY LIFE LESSON: "MY TEACHER HATES ME"
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/resources/teacher_discussion_qs.html
Elementary School
Identify problems between students and teachers, determine why these problems exist and design a plan for remedying the situation.
To register, send an e-mail to education@aetn.org
STRIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR MATH SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TEACHERS
http:// www.ualr.edu/strive
Project timeframe: June 4 to July 27, 2007
Stipend: $4,400
The Arkansas STRIVE program is recruiting math, science, and computer teachers for its 2007 summer professional development program. STRIVE is a statewide program that places teachers in research positions or on projects with industry, government agencies, research laboratories, universities and nonprofit organizations.
The project allows teachers to experience how their disciplines are used by organizations and to learn how these organizations conduct research, solve problems or develop new products. Workshops on inquiry-based teaching and on computer data analysis are also provided.
BILL OF RIGHTS SUMMER INSTITUTE
http://www.BillofRightsInstitute.org/SI2007
Eligibility: K-12 teachers
Sessions: June 18-22 or July 16-20
Application deadline: March 15, 2007
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Watch and discover ways to pay for college.
ARKANSAS STUDIES
AETN RECEIVES GRANT FOR AN ARKANSAS HISTORY OF NATIVE PEOPLES PROJECTAETN is one of only five public television stations to receive a grant from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series to help promote the “We Shall Remain: A Native History of America” five-part series premiering in 2009, AETN will provide an online professional development course through the IDEAS educational portal, as well as other educational resources for classroom use.
ART AND MUSIC
WEB SITE FEATURES FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE AND WILLIAM GRANT STILL FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTHhttp:// www.cbmr.org
This Web site features Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953), a native of Little Rock, and William Grant Still (1895-1978), who was only three months old when his widowed mother brought him to live in Little Rock.
The site includes:
- More than 100 sound samples, from spirituals to symphonies
- Biographies of 52 composers and musicians of African descent
- Black History Quiz with 52 questions, organized on three levels of difficulty
http://www.lpb.org/programs/jazz
Learn about New Orleans Jazz at this Web site designed to teach young people about jazz. Take online quizzes to see if you can name that instrument and test your jazz vocabulary.
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS MUSIC FOUNDATION GRANTS
http://www.mhopus.org/apply.htm
Maximum Award: Programs fund instrument repair and the acquisition of new instruments; no cash grants.
Eligibility: school music programs K-12 community schools of the arts, after-school programs, and youth orchestras.
Deadline: none
Mr. Holland’s Opus Music Foundation Grants have two programs, The Melody Program that targets qualified school music programs in need of assistance, and The Special Projects Program that targets community schools of the arts, after school programs and youth orchestras in need of assistance.
Back to Top
EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOP YOUR CHILD'S CREATIVE THINKINGhttp://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/index.html
Explore the PBS Parents Guide to Creativity which includes online activities designed to help you and your child explore and develop creative thinking. Your child can connect tubes to let gravity take a marble from top to bottom; compose beautiful pentatonic music; and make a virtual kaleidoscope. Plus, check out ideas for creativity-enhancing projects to try at home.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
PBS SHOWS REMAIN FAVORITES WITH KIDS
Ratings show that four PBS Kids programs are in the top 10 with the young viewing audience:
- Curious George
- Dragon Tales
- Clifford
- Arthur
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/stereotypes-preschool.html?campaign=parentsnews_1_stereotypes
Learn how to recognize and educate your children about unfair portrayals in the media. Challenge your children to question what they see and hear, so they develop an eye for sexism, racism and other prejudices in mainstream media portrayals. Whenever possible, encourage your child to question limiting views of people and cultures by looking for more information.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN HUMANITIES PROGRAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIEShttp://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/jaffarianaward.htm
Deadline: Feb. 28, 2007
Elementary/Middle School
The American Library Association Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award recognizes excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle school libraries that serve children K-8.
GRANT TO AWARD ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS REDUCING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES
http://www.pew-partnership.org/whatsnew.html
Maximum Award: $2,500
Eligibility: individuals or organizations working within their community
Deadline: March 31, 2007
The 2007 Pew Partnership Civic Change Award will recognize organizations or individuals that demonstrate long-term concern for their community by implementing projects designed to reduce high school dropout rates.
SOURCE: http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
GRANTS TO FOSTER INVENTIVENESS
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/about.html
Maximum Award: $10,000
Eligibility: high school science, mathematics and technology teachers, or teams of teachers
Deadline: April 27, 2007
Lemelson-MIT Inven Teams grants foster inventiveness and problem-solving to address real issues of importance to the team.
GRANTS FOR FORMAL K-12 EDUCATION
Maximum Award: $25,000
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations
Deadline: N/A
RGK Foundation awards grants within education to programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Back to Top
HEALTH, SAFETY AND FITNESS
IT'S MY LIFE LESSON: "DREAMS"http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/resources/dreams.html
Middle School
Understand the basic issues surrounding dreams and identify the role dreams might play in our lives. Explore why we dream, what dreams mean and how we might control dreams.
HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
“BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: HAVE LECTERN, WILL TRAVEL”A Living History Presentation
School Performance Information:
Monday, February 19, 10-11:30 a.m.
M.L. Harris Auditorium, Philander Smith College
Recommended for grades 5 and up
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock will present “Booker T. Washington: Have Lectern, Will Travel,” a living history presentation featuring a costumed portrayal of Booker T. Washington by scholar James H. Armstead. This special Black History Month presentation will feature a performance for schools on Monday, Feb. 19, and a performance for the general public on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
For more information about the Feb. 19 “Booker T. Washington: Have Lectern, Will Travel” school performance, or to make reservations, please call 501-683-3592. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Please call by Feb. 5.
“NEWS FLASH FIVE” FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
http://www.pbskids.org/newsflashfive
The new site from PBS KIDSGO "News Flash Five" is a Web site that encourages young people to take an interest in news and current events. Animated broadcasts offer a fresh way of receiving the news online. Additional interactive activities help kids understand how current events relate to and can affect their lives.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS"
http://www.pbs.org/amex/adams
Elementary/Middle/High School
Meet the original power couple. He was brilliant, argumentative, sometimes irascible. She was a savvy observer of the tumultuous political scene, unafraid to speak her mind. John and Abigail Adams formed one of the greatest political partnerships in American history.
Log on to the companion Web site and follow John Adams as he changed from a loyal colonist into a revolutionary leader.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
Back to Top
LIBRARY, LITERATURE AND READING
ENTER THE READING RAINBOW CONTESThttp://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/contest/
Contest Period: Jan. 22 – March 31, 2007
Grade Level: K-3
Just as Reading Rainbow shares books with children, now children in kindergarten through third grade can share their own stories and illustrations in the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Every child who enters receives a special Certificate of Achievement signed by LeVar Burton, host of the Reading Rainbow series.
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org .
FOCUS ON BEGINNING READERS
http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_beginning.html
Preschool/Elementary School
The International Reading Association (IRA) offers a rich collection of resources to help you start young children along the path to literacy and a lifelong love of reading.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM SURVEY REFLECTS NEED FOR MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES
http://i.ciconline.org/docs/CICmedialitreport11-2006.pdf
A survey published by Cable in the Classroom reflects a need expressed by teachers and library media specialists for media literacy resources. A copy of the survey findings is in the January 2007 issue of CIC magazine at the site listed above.
MATH AND SCIENCE
"COASTAL CLASH" INTERACTIVE WEB SITEhttp://www.kqed.org/w/coastalclash/home.html
Middle/High School
Learn more about the struggle over California's coastline. Explore the online interactive features that explain how beaches work including where sand comes from and how sand moves. Also included are lesson plans for high school students.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
BEYOND BROWN: PURSUING THE PROMISE LESSON: "CALCULATING THE COST OF A SOUND BASIC EDUCATION"
http://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/foreducators/ed_lesson_basiced.html
Middle/High School
Explore issues of school funding and the use of monetary resources by school districts, compare sets of data related to school funding and develop a realistic budget for what it costs schools to provide a sound basic education.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/preferences/
FEED GNOCCHI WITH CURIOUS GEORGE AND INTRODUCE NEWTONIAN PHYSICS
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/feed_gnocchi/feed_gnocchi.html
Even kids as young as four can get their first taste of Newtonian physics with this online engineering game. Kids manipulate an increasingly complex system of ramps to get a meatball to land on a plate for George's feline pal, Gnocchi. In keeping with the true processes of science, there are multiple solutions, which means this game can be played over and over again!
SOURCE: PBS Parents
http://pbsparents.org
DETECTING THE TRUTH: FAKES, FORGERIES AND TRICKERY
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/forgery/index-e.html
Middle/High School
Be a detective and see if you can detect a forged document.
This site from the Library and Archives Canada illustrates fake
and forged photos, counterfeit money, images, stamps, maps and
other documents.
SOURCE: PBS Teacher Previews
http://www.pbs.org/whatson/previews/subscribe.html
Back to Top
POST-SECONDARY AND PRE-SERVICE
QUALITY COUNTS 2007 PROVIDES ARKANSAS HIGHLIGHTShttp://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2007/17shr.ar.h26.pdf
“From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education From Birth Through Adulthood” provides a comparison of what states are doing in education.
“FREE” WEB SITE CONNECTS TO GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
http://free.ed.gov
The FREE Web site has been redesigned to allow easier access to more than 1500 teaching and learning resources available from the federal government.
IT'S MY LIFE LESSON: "MY TEACHER HATES ME"
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/parents/resources/teacher_discussion_qs.html
Elementary School
Identify problems between students and teachers, determine why these problems exist and design a plan for remedying the situation.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AETN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULETo register, send an e-mail to education@aetn.org
| Dates |
Morning Session 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Afternoon Session 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
| Feb. 1 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| Feb. 8 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| Feb.15 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| Feb. 22 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| Mar. 1 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| Mar. 8 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| Mar. 15 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| Mar. 22 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| Mar. 29 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| April 5 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| April 12 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| April 19 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| April 26 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| May 3 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| May10 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
| May 17 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
AETN Videostreaming Workshop |
| May 24 | Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! Workshop |
Little Rock Central High Virtual Tour Workshop |
http:// www.ualr.edu/strive
Project timeframe: June 4 to July 27, 2007
Stipend: $4,400
The Arkansas STRIVE program is recruiting math, science, and computer teachers for its 2007 summer professional development program. STRIVE is a statewide program that places teachers in research positions or on projects with industry, government agencies, research laboratories, universities and nonprofit organizations.
The project allows teachers to experience how their disciplines are used by organizations and to learn how these organizations conduct research, solve problems or develop new products. Workshops on inquiry-based teaching and on computer data analysis are also provided.
BILL OF RIGHTS SUMMER INSTITUTE
http://www.BillofRightsInstitute.org/SI2007
Eligibility: K-12 teachers
Sessions: June 18-22 or July 16-20
Application deadline: March 15, 2007
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voice: 501.450.1727 · toll free: 800.662.2386 · e-mail: education@aetn.org
© 2006 AETN and The Arkansas Department of Education. All rights reserved.