Educational TV web pages:
(2005) Discovery Education. Retrieved December 3, 2005
from: http://school.discovery.com/
This site is home to the
Discovery Channel. It offers listings of appropriate children's educational
programing on the Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, The Learning Channel,
Animal Planet, The Travel Channel, and others. THere are also links
to purchase videos or DVD's that are appropriate for the subject you might
be teaching.
(2005) The History Channel Classroom. Retrieved December 3,
2005 from: http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html
THis site offers great
social studies resources. There are links to on-line videos, places
to purchase educational resources, and suggestions as to how other teachers
have used these resources. You can find resources for a variety of
grade levels.
(2005) PBS Teacher Source. Retrieved December 3, 2005 from: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
This site offers great teacher
resources and programing schedules. You can even personalize the
site for free to meet your grade level and subject needs. From this
site you can receive weekly newsletters about what will be showing and
updates about changes or sales on the videos and DVD. THere is a
media library that offers descriptions of the programs as well as supplemental
resources that might be helpful to use with the program.
(2005) UNC-TV Online Retrieved December 3, 2005 from: http://www.unctv.org/
This site offers listings
and descriptions of many different educational shows. There are also
links to purchase videos. There are even special links for teachers
and educators.