Highlights: September 2008

Access, Analyze, Act During election season, Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement allows you to discover the power of social media while promoting your students’ civic engagement.

All Aboard the Campaign Train! Brainstorm ways to raise support for members of a political party and their platform and create slogans, songs and speeches. Map campaign stops on a “whistle stop” tour, estimate arrival and departure times and distance between stops, and then validate the estimations.

Teaching Writing in the Content Areas You can bring writing into your classroom in all content areas with a practical plan developed through your work in this course. Covering the research basis for writing across the curriculum, the course will also help you teach students effective writing processes, including finding the time to write. You'll learn sound techniques for evaluating writing skills and discover proven ways to promote writing to students.

What are UNC-TV's Teachers and Childcare Providers Services?
UNC-TV's Ready To Learn for teachers and childcare providers is an unprecedented combination of services, including the full line-up of PBS children's series--the quality educational, nonviolent, noncommercial programming that parents have trusted for two generations; specially-produced "program break" segments delivering educational messages; and a variety of outreach services and materials for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. The service is targeted to children ages 2-12. Continues...