For Release: March 12 , 2007
O n Friday, March 9 at the Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference , Kevin Noland, acting Kentucky commissioner of education, announced that funding for KET EncycloMedia , made possible by a partnership between KET and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) , will continue for the next 18 months.KET EncycloMedia is an online multimedia service , free to public schools, that gives teachers and students access to more than 4 , 5 00 videos, 45 ,000 video clips and thousands of digital images, all searchable by keyword, content area, grade level and Kentucky academic standards. Since its inception in late 2005, Kentucky educators have downloaded more than 1.3 million clips.
Pamela Greenbeck, a pre-medical magnet teacher at Central High School in Jefferson County, said, " Since being introduced to KET EncycloMedia , my students have benefit ed greatly. The medical field has such volumes of information, it is difficult to help students memorize and integrate the information into higher order thinking. KET EncycloMedia helps the students do this by giving them access to scenarios and visual reinforcement of content. KET EncycloMedia has beco me such a part of my 'tool box' for effective teaching , my student ' s educational experience would suffer if we lost access. "
" KET EncycloMedia is now being used by more than 40,000 Kentucky teachers," said Malcolm Wall, KET executive director. "We are very pleased to announce the continued availability of this incredible educational tool in classrooms across the state. "
KDE funds the bulk of the cost of EncycloMedia, and KET pays for the balance. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.