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KET School Video Project: Are your students producing school news programs, PSAs, documentaries, or other videos? You can share them through the KET School Video Project. You can also see what other schools are creating, like this documentary from Eastside Middle in Bullitt County.
Watch the James Lloyd Museum documentary
Education Matters Afterwords: The Education Matters website often features short online videos related to a particular episode. Parents—Empowered, Engaged, and Involved examined the importance of parental involvement and included panelist Rob Carroll, principal of South Heights Elementary School in Henderson Co. The program's "Afterword" features an initiative Rob Carroll started, which takes fifth graders on college tours.
Watch Education Matters: Making College Connections
Bernheim Forest: Water Solutions on KET Teachers' Domain examines how to conserve and protect water, including an engaging series of videos about the Bernheim Forest Visitor Center, where a green roof slows down water run-off and a reservoir, French drain, and cistern allow the water to be reused.
Watch Controlling Water Run-off
New MISSION US:
Flight to Freedom
The newest installment from PBS station WNET.ORG's MISSION US, Flight to Freedom, launches this week. The new mission/interactive game takes students back in time to the year 1848, and provides a historical perspective of the conflicts that led to the Civil War.
In the game, students play the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old enslaved girl on a hemp plantation right here in Kentucky. Students will follow Lucy's escape and involvement in the Underground Railroad. Every decision made by the player has a cause and effect and makes for a unique experience.
Flight to Freedom is free and includes lesson plans, primary source materials, and a quick recall game. Contact your KET Education Consultant if you'd like to schedule a MISSION US training session.
Visit the MISSION US website to play and learn more about Flight to Freedom, as well as the first mission, For Crown or Colony. In 2011, Kentucky teacher Laureen Laumeyer was named National MISSION US Educator of the Year. Read more about how Laumeyer used MISSION US on KET's MISSION US website.
Operation Preparation:
New on Teachers' Domain
KDE's Unbridled Learning: College/Career Readiness for All initiative is designed to ensure that all students are prepared for college and/or career by the time they graduate from high school.
Advising is a key strategy for reaching this goal, and as part of Operation Preparation, trained volunteer community advisors will meet with every 8th and 10th grade student.
Log into KET Teachers' Domain to explore Kentucky's Unbridled Learning: Operation Preparation, two modules prepare community volunteers for their individual advising sessions. Module 1 provides an overview of the role of community volunteer advisors. Module 2 details the components of an advisory session.
Operation Preparation is a joint effort of KDE and the Department of Workforce Development and provides an opportunity for schools, students, parents, and communities to collaborate in the process of effective advising and focus attention on the importance of planning for college/career.
