In my last blog, I wrote about summer reading options available through PBS Kids programming and at your local Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County branch. But let’s not stop there. Let’s look at more of the resources PBS makes available to parents and caregivers all year round to help you raise a reader.
PBS’ Raising Readers website has many tips and tricks that will help you turn reading into something fun and easy to do everyday. There are printable color or black and white coupons you can use to encourage your child to keep on reading. The Daily Reading Activity Calendar has a fresh idea everyday for a reading activity for you and your child.
The Reading & Books area includes online resources to help you find just the right book for your child. Expert advice from children’s book lovers and librarians will help guide you too. Best of all, the Reading & TV area has resources that help you make the connection between the educational PBS Kids programs that your kids already love to watch and reading.
The PBS Kids Island area offers multiple interactive online games for kids to practice their budding language arts skills.
Visit the Raising Readers website today!
-Diane
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Fill summer days with books
How do you keep kids flexing their academic skills during the summer months? How do you keep their minds active? Reading, of course! There are many options for kids and parents who want to fill their summer with stories.
Super WHY! is a PBS Kids series designed to help young children preparing for kindergarten learn the very important pre-literacy skills they need to succeed in school. The series helps kids develop concepts and skills that include alphabet skills, word families, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary. In each episode, young viewers are invited to join in and help solve problems using their language arts skills. To help extend and enrich the reading experience for kids, Super WHY! is helping parents encourage their kids to read and be read to with the Super WHY! Right On Read-a-thon. Downloadable resources including a reading list, progress chart, bookmark and a Super Duper Reading Certificate are available online.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is bringing great books and fun programs to your neighborhood branch with the Creature Feature. This year’s summer reading program includes games, programs and prizes for kids, teens and adults. Watch their video invitation to get involved.
- Diane
Super WHY! is a PBS Kids series designed to help young children preparing for kindergarten learn the very important pre-literacy skills they need to succeed in school. The series helps kids develop concepts and skills that include alphabet skills, word families, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary. In each episode, young viewers are invited to join in and help solve problems using their language arts skills. To help extend and enrich the reading experience for kids, Super WHY! is helping parents encourage their kids to read and be read to with the Super WHY! Right On Read-a-thon. Downloadable resources including a reading list, progress chart, bookmark and a Super Duper Reading Certificate are available online.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is bringing great books and fun programs to your neighborhood branch with the Creature Feature. This year’s summer reading program includes games, programs and prizes for kids, teens and adults. Watch their video invitation to get involved.
- Diane
Thursday, May 28, 2009
And the Teacher becomes the Student
Summer is almost here! Teachers everywhere are eagerly anticipating a break from the classroom just as much as their students are. However, we know that summer is when many teachers become students again as they pursue their required continuing education.
PBS Teachers is delighted to have technology integration specialists Bob Sprankle, Alice Barr and Cheryl Oakes as guests for "Summertime and Your Personal Learning Network," the next webinar in the PBS Teachers LIVE! series.
In this webinar, these guests will discuss the value of online collaboration and provide guidance for those interested in joining or creating a professional development community during the summer months. They will share their own experiences of expanding their knowledge and improving their practice through online conferences, social networks, and other collaborative technologies. In addition, they will demonstrate tools and best practices to promote technology integration in K-12 classrooms.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 2 at 8 p.m. EDT for this upcoming free webinar. Recent archived webinars and information about upcoming webinars is available on the PBS Teachers website.
- Diane
PBS Teachers is delighted to have technology integration specialists Bob Sprankle, Alice Barr and Cheryl Oakes as guests for "Summertime and Your Personal Learning Network," the next webinar in the PBS Teachers LIVE! series.
In this webinar, these guests will discuss the value of online collaboration and provide guidance for those interested in joining or creating a professional development community during the summer months. They will share their own experiences of expanding their knowledge and improving their practice through online conferences, social networks, and other collaborative technologies. In addition, they will demonstrate tools and best practices to promote technology integration in K-12 classrooms.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 2 at 8 p.m. EDT for this upcoming free webinar. Recent archived webinars and information about upcoming webinars is available on the PBS Teachers website.
- Diane
Monday, May 18, 2009
Let’s hear it for our young authors!
CET recognized many of the young Cincinnati-area authors who submitted their original stories and illustrations for the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. A reception in their honor in the CET lobby allowed families as well as CET staff to show their support for these budding young authors. A video featuring the four grade level winners is now available online. Some of CET’s past winners are featured online too.
CET’s four winning stories are now in consideration for the national contest judging. We wish our young authors the best and we hope to announce one of them as a national winner later this summer.
- Diane
CET’s four winning stories are now in consideration for the national contest judging. We wish our young authors the best and we hope to announce one of them as a national winner later this summer.
- Diane
Monday, May 4, 2009
Let’s hear from you
The countdown has begun. Teachers and students across Southwest Ohio are counting down the days until summer break. Term papers and final exams are on everyone’s minds and the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are just a few weeks away.
However, here in the Learning Services department, we’re thinking ahead to next year already. Like many non-profit educational organizations, we’re working hard to find the best balance between our limited resources and the high-quality educational resources and services you’ve come to expect from us. This is where you come into the picture.
In order to allocate our human and financial resources in the most efficient and effective way possible, we need to hear from you. We need to know which of our services you use and how we can do them better. We want to know the needs that exist in your classroom and get your feedback on how we can use our instructional technology services to help you meet those needs. Below are a few of the questions we’d like your help in answering:
Do you use instructional television in your classroom?
Do you get your instructional video over the air, by cable/satellite or online?
Do you use web-based instructional resources?
Do you have access to Time Warner Cable service in your school and/or classroom?
What content areas or topics do you think are underrepresented with multimedia curriculum resources?
Call me at 513-345-6545 or email me to let me know more about your instructional needs and how we can help you meet them.
- Diane
However, here in the Learning Services department, we’re thinking ahead to next year already. Like many non-profit educational organizations, we’re working hard to find the best balance between our limited resources and the high-quality educational resources and services you’ve come to expect from us. This is where you come into the picture.
In order to allocate our human and financial resources in the most efficient and effective way possible, we need to hear from you. We need to know which of our services you use and how we can do them better. We want to know the needs that exist in your classroom and get your feedback on how we can use our instructional technology services to help you meet those needs. Below are a few of the questions we’d like your help in answering:
Do you use instructional television in your classroom?
Do you get your instructional video over the air, by cable/satellite or online?
Do you use web-based instructional resources?
Do you have access to Time Warner Cable service in your school and/or classroom?
What content areas or topics do you think are underrepresented with multimedia curriculum resources?
Call me at 513-345-6545 or email me to let me know more about your instructional needs and how we can help you meet them.
- Diane
Monday, April 27, 2009
The more things change,...
When CET went on the air on July 26, 1954, only 500 television sets could even receive the signal. The first program was a 30-minute program called Tel-A-Story and it featured an adult sharing a story with several children. Closely tied to Cincinnati Public Schools in those early days, CET’s primary mission was to provide high quality educational programming for classroom use. As the first licensed educational television station in the nation, CET became a valuable resource to schools across Greater Cincinnati.
On Friday, May 1, at 12:01am, CET will turn off our analog broadcast signal after nearly 55 years of service to the educational community. However, CET will continue to provide instructional television to schools and homes in many ways. There will be over 20 hours of instructional television broadcast via our digital signal and over 600 hours cablecast on selected Time Warner Cable channels every month September through May. Around 50 new video segments, created in conjunction with area in-service teachers, will be available for 24/7 streaming from CETconnect.org. CET will provide on-demand scheduling and duplication of licensed instructional programming for schools and home schools. CET will continue to collaborate with community partners to create standards-based multimedia curriculum kits for use in PreK-12 classrooms.
So while one era comes to an end, another continues. CET will continue to be the first choice of educational programming and instructional media in Greater Cincinnati.
-Diane
On Friday, May 1, at 12:01am, CET will turn off our analog broadcast signal after nearly 55 years of service to the educational community. However, CET will continue to provide instructional television to schools and homes in many ways. There will be over 20 hours of instructional television broadcast via our digital signal and over 600 hours cablecast on selected Time Warner Cable channels every month September through May. Around 50 new video segments, created in conjunction with area in-service teachers, will be available for 24/7 streaming from CETconnect.org. CET will provide on-demand scheduling and duplication of licensed instructional programming for schools and home schools. CET will continue to collaborate with community partners to create standards-based multimedia curriculum kits for use in PreK-12 classrooms.
So while one era comes to an end, another continues. CET will continue to be the first choice of educational programming and instructional media in Greater Cincinnati.
-Diane
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Drumroll please….
CET is pleased to announce the local winners of the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers’ & Illustrators Contest. Nearly 120 children in kindergarten through third grades from all across Greater Cincinnati submitted their original stories and illustrations this year. We received stories about aliens and best friends, sports and weather, holidays and summer vacations. After carefully considering the many creative and entertaining original stories and illustrations, winners and honorable mentions were selected at all four grade levels and are now listed online.
The four local 1st Place winning stories will be featured in a video on CETconnect.org in June and will also go on to compete at the national level. CET thanks The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation for their generous support of this year’s contest.
CET congratulates these budding young local authors!
We would like to thank teachers for bringing us into your schools and making the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers’ & Illustrators Contest a part of classroom assignments.
- Diane
The four local 1st Place winning stories will be featured in a video on CETconnect.org in June and will also go on to compete at the national level. CET thanks The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation for their generous support of this year’s contest.
CET congratulates these budding young local authors!
We would like to thank teachers for bringing us into your schools and making the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers’ & Illustrators Contest a part of classroom assignments.
- Diane
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