September, 2008 marked the re-launch and re-branding of VITAL, one of Thirteen's premier offerings for teachers.
All Posts Tagged With: "public television"
October 21st, 2008
VITAL NY: Video in Teaching and Learning
June 25th, 2008
TV on the Internet
There are a number of new sites on the Internet where viewers can watch television shows for free.
June 12th, 2008
My Life at Thirteen
When I returned to New York from California 27 years ago, I had published two educational projects in a unique format that I thought would sweep the nation and change the way Black American history and Mexican American history were taught.
June 9th, 2008
The End of the School Year
So, it's almost time for the kids' summer vacation. New York City has the longest school year of anywhere in the country, and there are just a few weeks left. Jenny and William are in class until almost the end of June, and there’s hardly a pause before summer camp starts. It’s a good time for reflection and looking forward, since a lot has happened since September 2007.
March 3rd, 2008
Meet the Producer
My name is Roman Brygider and I\'m a Producer/Director for WLIW\'s National Productions Department. Over the years I\'ve helped to produce WLIW\'s Health Chronicles Series, the nostalgic history series: New York the Way it Was and episodes in our heritage series which include: The Asian Indian Americans along with other episodes on the Chinese, Mexican, German, Italian, and Jewish American communities.
February 22nd, 2008
Me and YouTube
Back in 1988, I had an idea that I thought was revolutionary. What if there was a way of getting any movie (from the silent or sound era), TV show or film clip delivered to your home, school or office, via computers?
February 8th, 2008
Where It’s At
When I was in graduate school at Teachers College (a few years before the Web), Ernest Rothkopf introduced us to an interesting framework for thinking about the settings where education takes place, in the context of considering when educational technologies should be used -- he divided them up into informal settings like museums or public television stations (the “arcade”); formal educational settings like schools (“contract”); and training programs in the military and businesses (“closed”).



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