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PBS Teachers Share your favorite Sesame Street moments with Media Infusion readers and the fabulous folks at Sesame Workshop who make it all work via the link http://bit.ly/1ztix8

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A PBS Teachers blog offering strategies and resources to help you create rich, engaging learning experiences with multimedia.
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The Washington Post is putting together its 2009 list of the 20 Best Education Blogs. This year they are asking for people to submit their favorites...
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PBS has introduced a free new tool that educators can use to help teach about the economy -- a widget you place on your blog or Facebook page. The widget allows you to select video from a playlist and watch it right inside the widget’s window. You can watch high-quality streaming video from all your favorite PBS shows..., including Frontline, The NewsHour, Bill Moyers Journal, NOW on PBS, American Experience, Tavis Smiley, Nightly Business Report and many more. Details on how to obtain it are available via the link. It's also available at http://www.facebook.com/pbsteachers?v=app_2352149512Read More

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It has been a little over a year since the financial meltdown plunged our nation into the current recession. And even though things are beginning to look up a little, there are still signs that the recovery is going to be long and slow. ...
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PBS Teachers From NewsHour Extra -- which features news for students, and teacher resources.

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November 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that precipitated the collapse of the communist-run Soviet Union and signaled the end of a division that had separated Europe for decades.
Brett Engle
Brett Engle
Wow, 20 years already. I remember being in elementary school when this happened and learning about it. Great resource here. Brett http://SpiritualAnimal.com
Sat at 11:27am
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PBS Teachers Do you teach The Diary of Anne Frank? We want your wisdom, your ideas, and your wish-lists. 'The Diary of Anne Frank' premieres this spring on MASTERPIECE Classic. WGBH is creating resources to help educators. But the team is looking for you to tell us what kinds of activities and tools you use. Please share with us via the link.

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PBS Teachers In honor of Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, here's a peek of the show's new opening http://bit.ly/1yy5c6/

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Watch free educational videos and sing-alongs with your favorite PBS KIDS characters like Curious George, Super Why! and Sid the Science Kid.
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PBS Teachers Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden join middle and high school students from the Washington, D.C., area in a live discussion with the crew aboard the International Space Station

Source: www.ed.gov
This page provides the most recent media advisories from the US Department of Education.
Cheryl Randolph
Cheryl Randolph
This is so AWESOME for the children!!!
November 5 at 1:18pm
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beta/evolution/becoming-human-part-2.html In "Birth of Humanity," the second part of the three-part series "Becoming Human," NOVA investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us–"Turkana Boy"–an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Ke...nya. Premiers on air and online Tuesday, November 10, 2009. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beta/evolution/becoming-human-part-2.html


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Barbara
Barbara
Have given this as a assignment to a high school health class -- any suggestions for questions for discussion?
November 6 at 1:54pm
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PBS Teachers President Obama’s visit today to Madison, Wisconsin is the first by a sitting president since Truman. "The President applauded progress across the nation as states undertake reforms that will enable them to better qualify for an award under the Race to the Top." So what do you think? http://bit.ly/4EQt6C

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WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, and the federal government.
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PBS Teachers SESAME STREET’s 40th Anniversary, which kicks off November 10, is just around the corner. GOOGLE is featuring the most famous street in the world, Sesame Street, as its Google Doodle today through November 10, 2009.

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Google doodles celebrate events and anniversaries around the world, while reflecting the personality, interests and quirkiness of Google employees. Today, you likely noticed a pair of familiar feet on the Google homepage. ...
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PBS Teachers PBS KIDS has launched its newest iPhone app – "Mister Rogers Make a Journal," which encourages kids to identify & talk about their feelings about experiences like school, playtime & friends. An animated version of Daniel Striped Tiger invites children to make a journal http://pbskids.org/mobile/

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The Neighborhood of Make-Believe's Daniel Striped Tiger invites children to make a journal to help reflect and express how they feel about every day experiences like school, playtime and friends. Proceeds support PBS KIDS.
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PBS Teachers U.S. School Districts Honored for Technology Performance...Did your district make the list?

Source: www.convergemag.com
Winners of the sixth annual Digital School Districts Survey have been announced by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Education, the National School Boards Association and Converge Online magazine.
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PBS Teachers PBS TeacherLine Partners with NASA to Develop Professional Development Resources on Global Climate Change http://bit.ly/1dA3dB

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PBS Teachers November is Native American Heritage Month. Take a look at “We Shall Remain”-- from the PBS award-winning series “American Experience”-- educator resources http://bit.ly/hIlp8

Nathan-el Cheriyan
Nathan-el Cheriyan
@Frank - if you look it at from historical and SCIENTIFIC point of view- The Indians are the REAL Americans and Europeans became Americans only some 400 years ago - a geological blink in history of Earth that began 4.5 billion years ago.
November 2 at 2:51pm
Nathan-el Cheriyan
Nathan-el Cheriyan
The first Americans, who were of Mongoloid Asiatic origins entered the New World via Behring Strait some 13,000 years ago.
November 2 at 2:53pm