May 9th, 2008
A “Kid-Created” Media Event
By Laura Gallagher. --On May 6th, a Thirteen colleague and I had the pleasure of attending a Manhattan Producers Alliance event at the NYC NATAS space. The focus of the presentation was on “kid created” media, and highlights included Soundbites (a wonderfully fun music technology and songwriting program) and BYkids (important international documentary films, created by children who are paired up with professional producers), in addition to a lively informational session on the technology program at JFK High School (http://wearekennedy.com).
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April 25th, 2008
LEARNING CURVE: Teaching & Learning Celebration 2008
The latest installment of WLIW21 New York Public Television's award-winning education series LEARNING CURVE features highlights from the third annual "Teaching & Learning Celebration" event co-sponsored by public television stations WLIW21 and Thirteen/WNET.
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April 23rd, 2008
Green Thirteen & TLC global awareness
I love how other sites, especially local ones, in our New York City community are picking up on our newly re-designed thirteen.org website and Earth Day.
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April 23rd, 2008
New Video Formats for 2007 Videos
From US Secretary of Education, Margaret Spelling to Opening Presentations, all of the Celebration 2007 videos have been reformatted to encourage your comments.
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April 15th, 2008
Gifted and Talented
By David Reisman. --New York City's school system can be maze-like, and helping your children navigate it can feel like a part-time job, especially in the transitional years of pre-school, fifth grade, and eighth grade.
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April 14th, 2008
CYBERCHASE and Mets Baseball Fans Unite at Shea Stadium
Come spend an exciting day at Shea Stadium with CYBERCHASE stars Harry and Digit when the New York Mets take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harry and Digit will take their star power onto the baseball diamond to kick things off with a spectacular Math & Sports pre-game show.
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April 7th, 2008
Celebration’s Featured Speakers NOW LIVE!!!
I am very proud to say that complete one-hour videos of our Featured Speakers Dr. Jane Goodall and Jean-Michel Cousteau are NOW live and ready for viewing.
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April 3rd, 2008
Kernel Panic
By David Reisman. --Last week, I picked up my 15-year-old daughter's four-and-a-half-year-old laptop from Tekserve -- I had to get it a new hard drive, since it was experiencing kernel panic, among other things.
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March 28th, 2008
Inside Outreach
By Maura B. Thompson. --For two years, as a teacher, I hoped to attend the Teaching and Learning Celebration. Who would have thought I would finally land my chance by working in the Education Department at Thirteen?
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March 14th, 2008
One Week Ago
By David Reisman. --It's hard to believe the 2008 Celebration was a week ago! I was working in the Studio with my colleagues from Educational Publishing and a variety of nice volunteers, handing out some of our publications, taking a few pictures, and stamping the PBS neighborhood sheets for the prize basket drawing.
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