Grades 6-12: The Fascinating World of Aquaculture FREE Student Program

KC3 (Kids Creating Community Content) Contest Finalist Moanalua High School, Honolulu HI will present their program The Fascinating World of Aquaculture. This videoconference is open to middle and high school classes interested in exploring the fishing industry in Hawaii from ancient fish farms to current fishing trends. The program is free but limited to the first eight qualifying schools. Connection will begin 15 minutes after the hour. There will be two sessions with 4 schools in each session. Open dates and times:

Wednesday, May 21:
7:30 - 8:30 (HST)/9:30 - 10:30 (PDT)/10:30 - 11:30 (MDT)/11:30 - 12:30 (CDT )/12:30 - 1:30 (EDT)

Friday, May 23
7:30 - 8:30 (HST)/9:30 - 10:30 (PDT)/10:30 - 11:30 (MDT)/11:30 - 12:30 (CDT)/12:30 - 1:30 (EDT)

Email Bev Mattocks at CILC (bmattocks@cilc.org) to register for this program and receive equipment testing information.

Holocaust Videoconference

On Friday, May 16, 2008, from 1:00-2:15pm EST, the Eastchester Union Free School District and the Westchester Holocaust Education Center will host a multi-point videoconference on the Holocaust for teachers and students at the middle school level.

The conference will feature Holocaust survivors Ms. Clara Knopfler and Mr. Alan Moskin. Ms. Knopfler, an Auschwitz survivor and Mr. Moskin, a concentration camp liberator, are both frequent speakers on the Holocaust. They will offer their perspectives on the Holocaust, its relationship to the “human spirit” and will field questions from the conference participants. The conference will be moderated by Andrew Cahn, Regional Museum Educator for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Participation is available to four middle school level (grades 6-8) sites, on a first-come, first served basis. There is no fee for this event, but an IP connection is required to connect to the bridge. Please contact John Blaser via email (jblaser@eastchester.k12.ny.us) to reserve a slot. Once participation is confirmed, a test call will be scheduled with each site.

John Blaser

Media/Technology Specialist

Eastchester UFSD

Middle/Jr. High

Eastchester, NY

(914) 793-6130 ext. 4413

jblaser@eastchester.k12.ny.us

FREE: Junior Achievement's Excellence and Ethics...An Executive Speaks

In collaboration with Junior Achievement, WVIZ ideastream will present Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, president of Cuyahoga Community College in a special distance learning program "Junior Achievement's Excellence and Ethics…An Executive Speaks. Dr. Thornton's will explore the role of ethics in school life, personal interactions and business dealings. Hosted by Berea City Schools Superintendent Derran Wimer, the program will be held on Thursday, May 22 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

WVIZ and JA would like to encourage all JA students and prospective students to participate in this FREE interactive distance learning program. Interested schools should contact my office by May 19th.

Thank you.
John R. Ramicone
Director of Distance Learning Services

WVIZ/NOTA

1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

phone: 216-916-6360

fax: 216-916-6361

email: jramicone@ideastream.org

FREE: Authors and Illustrators via Distance Learning

May 16, 2008

WVIZ ideastream in conjunction with the Cuyahoga County Public Library invites you and your students to participate in the Annual Margaret S. Skiff Children’s and Teen Literature Conference via a distance learning connection. The conference will be held on May 16th at the Cuyahoga County Public Library Administrative Building in Parma, Ohio. WVIZ ideastream will bring the conference to you live and FREE over the state IP Network.

The conference features four outstanding authors and illustrators: Pat Cummings, William Low, John Rocco and Denise Fleming. This is a great opportunity for your English students and art students planning to pursue careers in writing or art to listen to and interact with these successful writers and illustrators.

Plan on your student meeting one, two, three or all four of these talented authors and illustrators. Schools interested in their teachers and students participating in these programs should contact my office by May 13th. Please see the attached time schedule.
For additional information on each author and his or her books, be sure to check the listed websites.

Due to the size of in house audience and the number of schools participating in this program, remote sites will have to email questions in during the program.
Thank you.
John

WVIZ/PBS On-Demand FREE Programming

“2007-08 On-Demand FREE Programming”


Beginning May 12 through May 30, WVIZ/PBS ideastream will be offering an opportunity for you and your students to view the distance learning programs produced during the 2007-08 school year. These “On-Demand” viewings are FREE.
Here’s how it works:

Contact John Ramicone with the date and time you would like the program to air. The program will be broadcast directly to your classroom per your designated date and time.

Upon receiving the submitted program requests, a broadcast schedule of the On-Demand programming will be sent out to all requesting schools, in the event that another school would like to view the same program at the same date and time.

Programs run from approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Please keep in mind that these programs are re-broadcasts, they are unedited and view-only. Schools are asked to remain on mute during the program. Programs are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so get your requests in early. All requests should be received by May 12th.

Students and teachers should be in the classroom approximately 5 minutes prior to each program.

Programs will not be aired on May 13, 15 and 22.

Available On-Demand Programs

Career Programs (approximately 45 minutes in length)

· Careers in Accounting and Finance
(Thomas P. Dewey, Senior Manager, Earnst and Young LLP)
· Careers in TV Broadcast New
(Barbara Gauthier, WKYC TV 3 News Reporter)
· Careers in Landscaping and Landscaping Design
(Kathleen Moran, Senior Landscape Architect, Yardmaster Inc.)
· An Overview of Careers in Healthcare
(Larry Voyten, Department of Nursing Education, Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
· Careers in Print Journalism
(Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Plain Dealer)
· Careers in Nursing
(Larry Voyten, and Rosemary Jolle, Registered Nurse, Department of Nursing, Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
· Careers in Medicine
(Dr. Brian Keaton, Emergency Medicine, Summa Health System)
· Careers in Healthcare Support Positions
(Karen Bitzer, University Hospitals)
· Careers in Graphic Design
(Dan Weiss, Recruiting Coordinator and Melinda Leeders, Graphic Design Artist, American Greetings Corp.)
· Careers in Cosmetology
(Staff and Students from The Ohio Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School)
· Careers in Law
(Frankie Goldberg and Carmen Naso, Assistant County Prosecutors)
· Careers in Sports Promotions and Events
(Staff from Hermes, Cleveland’s Premier Event Management Company)

Careers in the Performing Arts (approximately 55-60 minutes in length)

· Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Award
(Composer Lewis Nelson, Director of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Visual Artist Christopher Pekoc)
· Presenting and Producing Concerts and Musical Artists
(Brendan Ring, Owner of Nightown and Cindy Barber, Owner of Beachland Ballroom)
· Cast of Wicked
· Cast of The Color Purple

Town Hall (approximately 55-60 minutes in length)

· Ben Stein
(Economist, Actor, Author)
· Charles C. Mann
(Journalist and Author, “1491: New Revelations of the Americans Before Columbus”)

Master Moments: “A Series of Conversations with Master Artists” (approximately 50-60 minutes in length)

· “The Drowsy Chaperone”
(Bob Martin, Tony Award winning book writer and Tony nominated Actor)
· “The Color Purple”
(Alice Walker and Marsha Norman, Pulitzer Prize Winners)
· Marvin Hamlisch, Composer and Musical Director

Other Special Programming: (approximately 55-60 minutes in length)

· Author James Loewen
(Lies My Teacher Told Me About American History)
· “Beat the Streets: Gangs Aren’t the Answer”
(featuring officials from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Cleveland and Warrensville Hts. police departments)
· “Internet Safety for Youth”
(featuring officials from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, the Berea and Rocky River police departments)
· “Buckeye Bicentennial”
(Roots of American Music for Elementary Schools)
· “Unchained: From Slavery to Civil Rights”
(Roots of American Music for Middle Schools)
· “American Heroes”
(Roots of American Music for High Schools)

Interested schools should contact my office at john.ramicone@ideastream.org

Be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to
view a program you may have missed or to view a program again.