Education

PBS Teachers
Innovation Challenge

Are you an innovative educator? Take the PBS Teachers Innovation Challenge and share how your inventive ideas inspire and engage your students. For more information or to enter the challenge, visit PBS Teachers. As part of your entry, you’ll need to submit a photograph or video documenting your innovative teaching. If you use PBS resources as part of your teaching, that’s a plus, but it’s not required.

The deadline for entering is March 12, 2010. Winners will be announced April 5, and winning entries will be featured on the PBS Teachers Web site. If you have questions or need assistance with your entry, please contact your KET Education Consultant.

Masterpiece Classic
Presents Emma

Emma Starting January 24, Masterpiece Classics presents Emma, a four-hour adaptation of Jane Austen's love story about a young woman whose attempts to play Cupid go disastrously awry. Rich, beautiful and hopelessly self-deluded, Emma Woodhouse can't help meddling in the romantic life of others while neglecting her own. Visit the Masterpiece Web site to utilize great education tools including "The Complete Guide to Teaching Jane Austen," discussion questions, other learning links, and more! View the full broadcast schedule.

Education Matters

This month, KET debuts Education Matters. Each program features discussion and insights about education issues in Kentucky. The New Vision for Kentucky Schools kicks off the monthly KET-produced series. Guests are Phillip Rogers, executive director, Education Professional Standards Board; Terry Holliday, Kentucky's commissioner of education; and Robert King, president, Council on Postsecondary Education. Watch a streaming video of The New Vision for Kentucky Schools at the Education Matters Web site.

KET EncycloMedia

Search for online instructional videos and resources by subject and grade level.

KET ED Block Feed Calendar

Download the following KET ED calendar to find out when block feeds of many great ITV series will air:
February 2010
Downloadable Calendar (PDF format; 4 pages; 732 KB)

KET EncycloMedia

Thousands of videos and clips, still images, and other classroom tools—all correlated to Kentucky standards!
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Education Blogs

New for 2010: See the KET MediaWorks blog for news and information about multimedia production. For the latest regional news and resources updates, visit the blogs offered by Education Consultants Missi Baker and Cynthia Warner.

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Making a Difference

Do you ever wonder how educators like yourself use KET resources in their classrooms? Visit our Making a Difference page to find out! We are currently featuring David Couch who credits KET EncycloMedia for helping the Kentucky Department of Education create technological avenues for student success.