Teachers' TV

Teachers' TV: "Teachers' TV is a channel for everyone who works in education...Programmes take you inside classrooms and schools across the country to see how good teachers are bringing the curriculum to life and improving schools.

In the General Zone there is a weekly half hour news programme and documentaries on the educational issues and controversies of the day, and lively programmes specially made for use in the classroom."

This is a great professional development resource for teachers or school technology administrators. There are hundreds of video-based examples of new pedagogy, analysis of digital media, or reviews of resources relating to a subject and a programme for classroom use.

If you register with the Teachers' TV, you'll receive customized e-mail alerts, access to full video downloads, and program guides for topics you or your students are interested in learning more about.

Here are two Teachers' TV programs that pertain to the use of social media and technology in learning that I found particularly interesting:

Blogosphere: "Steve O'Hear, one of Britain's digital evangelists, explores how blogs can be used in schools. Steve finds some enthusiastic primary age bloggers and sees how it helps in literacy, ICT skills and a range of other subjects." This segment also includes a discussion on how weblogs are being used to help students with autism.

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E-Schooling: "Introducing learning and teaching styles that recognise the impact of the internet. In this programme Dan Buckley, vice-principal of Eggbuckland Community College in Plymouth, talks about his responsibility for turning the school into an e-learning organisation." This program includes a good discussion of students and "digital creativity."

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