AZ.PBSLearningMedia.org Next Generation Digital Content from Eight – Arizona PBS FREE to educators and families I am excited to share with you a free service available across the nation from PBS that has just launched!   PBS has long known that educators trust and often rely on PBS materials for classroom instruction. As such, for years PBS has desired to provide a service for educators where these resources were more easily found, searchable, and accessed for classroom instruction. After much discussion and planning with many individuals who are experts and end users in the education world, PBS has created and launched PBS LearningMedia. To begin our exploration of this new service we will view a brief 2 minute video from PBS President, Paula Kerger

Paula Kerger President, PBS To begin our exploration of this new service we will view a brief 2 minute video from PBS President, Paula Kerger (Click on the picture to launch You Tube video of Paula Kerger found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UIV3SS_ChM.)

AZ.PBSLearningMedia.org A robust content library of 14,000+ digital assets designed and aligned to core standards for classroom and student achievement An affordable solution for evolving digital media classroom needs Includes Online Professional Development for schools and educators An integrated service that includes the best of public broadcasting and other governmental resources PBS LearningMedia is a dynamic platform offering the best of public media content and produced specifically for PreK-16 teachers. With free access to over 14,000 high-quality resources tied to national standards, teachers can download, save and share exactly what they need for an inspired classroom experience. The14,000 resources include short video segments, lesson plans, interactive activities, background essays among other resources for you to use with your students and families. Online resources include professional development content as well to support your practice as educators. As you will see in a moment, content providers are not only some of the most trusted producers of PBS content but also government resources as well.

Content Overview Coverage Across Subject Area Content is varied. Here you can see a chart of the percentage of content across subject area For example – currently 47% of the content is in the area of science. But, PBS is adding new content on an ongoing basis, so these number will continue to change. 4 4

Content Overview Here is a chart that shows content by grade level and by Media Type, audio, Video, documents, etc. So for example, you may not that over 43% of the resources currently available are aligned with grades 9-12 and 30% for 6-8, etc. 56% of what is available are video segments, 13% are interactives. But again, this is a dynamic system to which PBS is adding new content on an ongoing basis, so these number will continue to change. 5 5

Content from across public media These are just a few examples of some of the high quality content producers that have contributed content to PBS Learning Media. In addition content from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, NASA, and other organizations is also found within PBS Learning Media.

AZ.pbslearningmedia.org Sign Up Button For Arizona Educators, Eight – Arizona PBS has a localized version called az.pbslearning.org . When you visit this site, you can click in this area to create a FREE username and password

AZ.pbslearningmedia.org Sign Up Button You simply need to fill out this information that is used for identifying you are “who” you say you are. This information is not sold to third parties or used for marketing purposes.

Statewide KAET Customizable messaging Localized Service Statewide KAET Customizable messaging System Updates and New Content Once you have created a free account, here is what you will find… On the home page there are areas for customizable messaging, new content, content contributors and professional development including a special offer from Lakeshore Learning Professional Development Content Contributors

AZ.pbslearningmedia.org Lakeshore Offer Lakeshore Learning is offering a FREE software download for anyone that creates a PBS LearningMedia account between now and the end of the year. They are a partner of ours and are doing this to encourage the use of this great FREE resource. This software normally retails for $20.   I am going to chase a rabbit for a moment so you all know how to access your free software and so you can be sure you can do this without getting Spammed by Lakeshore everytime you turn around. Simply click on the link that says Thank You Free Software Offer  This will take you to the Lakeshore Learning website where you can select the software you want by clicking the appropriate button and then filling out the contact information. Be sure to UNSELECT the email messaging if you do not want to receive information from Lakeshore. You will then be sent a message to the email address you registered with a download link.

Lakeshore Learning Offer  This will take you to the Lakeshore Learning website where you can select the software you want by clicking the appropriate button and then filling out the contact information. Be sure to UNSELECT the email messaging if you do not want to receive information from Lakeshore.   You will then be sent a message to the email address you registered with a download link. This offer is good until December 31, 2011 so create your account soon. Select Software of your Choice

Search by …. Grade Level Subject Media Type Languages Accessability NOW BACK TO PBS LearningMedia The search functionality enables quick and efficient searched. You can search for resources by clicking any one of the content areas listed, or you can click on Browse All Subjects This lets you choose and filter resources by clicking on boxes for Grade Level, subject area, type of object, etc. As you continue to click, the resources are filtered. Languages Accessability

Search by …. Once you narrow your search to a group of resources you will see they are presented in a list with short descriptions that offer you a picture of the resource, a title, grade, and where the resource came from. Once you click on the title of the resource, you will get additional information. This information includes how long the video is, when the resource was created, the learning objectives, and what curriculum framework it aligns to. Common Core and national standards alignment information is beginning to be available and will continue to populate the resources over the next few month. One of the main things to remember is that this is a growing resource as well. PBS is committed to continually adding content and resources to the system.

Save by…. Save to favorites You can also Favorite the resource. You do this by simply click the Favorite button and that item will appear in your list of Favorites. You can find it again by by clicking on “Favorites”. Your Favorites can also be searched by using the tools at the left as well.

My Favorites…. Click for favorites Search your favorites Add tags and notes You can find it again by clicking on “Favorites”. Your Favorites can also be searched by using the tools at the left. And you can tag the resource as well as add notes.

Share with others Share with others You can also share resources with other educators if you find something of particular interest. Just use the Share tools found under that Share button

Service for States/Districts/LEAs PBS LearningMedia Custom Service for States/Districts/LEAs Designed to support state/district needs The Custom service offers features including: Student access and class accounts Robust user management Comprehensive analytics tools Content Management System State standards alignment Content sharing within state/district/school Content personalization by grade/subject Finally, so you know. The majority of what PBS LearningMedia has to offer is FREE to educators. However, there is a Custom level that is available to schools, districts and LEAs that offers the following benefits. The cost is minimal, at $400 per site, period. We wanted to share this with you in case you heard something about a “Custom” level. 17

PBS LearningMedia Next Generation Digital Content Platform from Eight – Arizona PBS Thanks for letting me share this great resource with you. I hope you will explore what it has to offer to support your teaching and that you will share it with others.