FREE to NORT2H Members - Why She Had to Dance

Poet/playwright Ntozake Shangé’s choreopoem “why i had to dance” propels the audience into the world of dance through the poet’s experiences. Shangé describes it as: “The story of black dance herself… the connectedness of black dance from one generation to another generation and from one region to another region, moving all around the dance world from my childhood on.”

A panel of scholars and dance artists including Dianne McIntyre, choreographer of this new Shangé choreopoem, will share stories and contextualize some of the remarkable dance traditions mentioned in the poem. Throughout the broadcast, the company of dancers working with Ms. McIntyre will demonstrate various styles of movement.

PlayhouseSquare and WVIZ/PBS ideastream present
Why She Had to Dance
Distance Learning Program
Monday, January 30
1-2 p.m. EST

Panel:
April Berry - master teacher and former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater soloist
Dr. Joy Bostic - professor, Case Western Reserve University
Dianne McIntyre - choreographer and dancer
Dr. John O. Perpener III - dance historian, author and dancer

To Register:
Call John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or email john.ramicone@ideastream.org by January 19.

A program fee of $75 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 consortium memberships. Please process a purchase order to WVIZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115 or fax to 216-916-6361.

Gr K-5 FREE Cowboy Close-Up

Learn about the cowboy lifestyle during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as depicted through photographs, paintings, and sculpture from the collection of western art in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Then, experience the history and lifestyle of the American cowboy as told by an historical interpreter from the galleries of the Institute of Texan Cultures. Programs are all interactive, with only four sites participating in each time slot. Time slots with the notation Times Two! in the title will interact with educators at both cultural institutions, while all other time slots will originate from the Amon Carter and include video from the ITC. These programs and the children's books Cowboy with a Camera and Cowboy Charlie, as well as the postcards, pencils, and posters that each participating classroom will receive are made possible by a generou s grant from the Erwin E. Smith Foundation.

Times listed are Central Time
NORT2H Sites - Please add an hour

Jan. 25 1:30-2:30

Jan. 26 9:30-10:30

Jan. 27 1:30-2:30

Feb. 1 9:00-10:00

Feb. 2 12:30-1:30

Feb. 8 9:30-10:30 12:30-1:30

Amon Carter Museum of American Art and
the Institute of Texan Cultures
presents
Cowboy Close-Up--Times Two!
Grades K-7
FREE

www.Connect2Texas.net

Jan. 27 9:00-10:00

Jan. 31 1:15-2:15

Feb. 1 1:15-2:15

Feb. 2 9:00-10:00

Feb. 3 1:15-2:15

Register: www.Connect2Texas.net

Lori Hamm
3001 North Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 740-7516
lhamm@esc11.net

Gr 9-12 1968 Speakers Bureau

Relive 1968 with the people who were there. Actual witnesses to history share dynamic, personal stories-from women's rights to civil rights, from the war in Vietnam to protests on the home front. Students join the conversation and get an insider's view of a year that transformed lives.

Program participants will:
Understand the historic events of 1968
explore the roles that people played in the year 1968
compare how life is similar and different in the year 1968

Interactive Cost: $25.00

Dates available: January 24, 25, and 26th ; February 7, 8, and 9th ; and April 3, 4, 5th. Time slots are 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.

Dr. Ellen Prager discussing her book new book Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime!

On January 19, 2011 Dr. Ellen Prager will be at the Aquarium of the Pacific for an evening lecture.  She has graciously offered to spend time with a high school class via videoconferencing that morning.  Dr. Prager will be discussing her work with the students and answering any questions they may have.  Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime highlights the strange cast of characters that inhabit the oceans’ depths and how they are connected to our food supply, the economy, jobs and in biomedical research and biotechnology.  These sea creatures include the tiny voracious arrow worms, whose predatory ways may lead to death by overeating, the hagfish that ties itself into a knot to keep from suffocating in its own slime, and the sea slug, whose sexual encounters can truly turn into a dangerous liaison due to untimely cannibalism.  

Prager is formerly the chief scientist for the Aquarius Reef Base program in Key Largo, Florida. She also served as a faculty scientist at Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts; the resident director of the National Undersea Research Center in the Bahamas; a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey; chairman of the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel for the federal government; and assistant dean at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. She remains an adjunct faculty member at the school.

This program will take place from 10 am to 11 am PST (1:0pm - 2:00pm Eastern Time) on January 19, 2011.  Participants MUST be available at this time. 

This opportunity is $125 and we will be connecting with two high school classes.  If you are interested please contact Sarah Swain at sswain@lbaop.org

Sarah Swain

Education Technology and Media Coordinator

Aquarium of the Pacific

100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802

562-951-3114

Free History in the First Person: Lessons from the Holocaust

What was it like to be a Jew in Europe prior to World War II? How was your life different from non-Jews? What did you know about the regime in Nazi Germany and what happened to you as a result of its rule? What was it like to be sent away from your parents on the Kindertrasnport or to stay in your home country and be taken away to a concentration camp? What was life like in the camps? What did it mean to be liberated? For this very special program, take your study of World War II and the Holocaust to individuals who lived through them. Ask these questions and more as you interact with Holocaust survivors. 

Our focus in this program will not be exploring the historic details of World War II or the Holocaust, but it will be to provide students the rare and important opportunity to speak directly with those who lived during that time and survived to share their experiences with others. This program will come live from the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis. The program will also include information about resources available through the Center.

Dates/Times

Program Date Program Time Network Time Registration Deadline All times below are displayed in Eastern Standard Time, as specified in your profile. 1/27/2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 01/20/2012 1/27/2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 01/20/2012

How To View the Program: 
People can join the program live in any of three ways:

1. Via videconference--We have interactive and view only videoconference slots available for student groups to join the program. Groups interested in connecting this way will need a videoconference unit at their facility, and we would need to test your connection with our bridge at MOREnet ahead of the program using the IP address you'd use to connect on the program day. Interactive slots get face to face question and answer time with the program guests; view only slots can e-mail questions and comments during the program to live@hectv.org. These slots are limited so early enrollment is highly recommended. For videoconference participation, we must have you enrolled no later than January 20. Contact us at live@hectv.org. http://is.gd/Ll2003
Interactive Cost: $0.00

2. Via Internet--All our HEC-TV Live! programs are streamed live via the station website, http://www.hectv.org, on the program day. For our programs focused on the Holocaust at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Central Time on January 27 just go to our home page at the program time and the program will run on that page. Since many schools limit streaming video through their firewalls, we recommend testing your ability to view the stream prior to the program by watching one of HEC-TV’s archived programs at http://www.hectv.org. We also recommend viewing the program live on one computer only and connecting that computer to a television or digital projector for classroom viewing. Viewers can e-mail their questions and comments during the program to us at live@hectv.org. To receive curriculum materials designed to help you prepare your students for the program, just e-mail us prior to the program at live@hectv.org.

3. Via Television--All our programs are available in the St. Louis metropolitan area on HEC-TV, Charter Communications digital channels 989 or 118-26. All our programs can also be seen on AT&T’s U-Verse channel 99. Students viewing in this way can e-mail their questions during the program to live@hectv.org. To view the show live on the program day, just turn on your TV to the appropriate channel.

For Internet and TV viewing, there is no enrollment deadline date. We would appreciate knowing the time of the program you are watching and the grade level and amount of students involved so we can forward that information to our program partners. Such information is extremely helpful in securing funding for more free, interactive, educational programs in the future. To let us know you’re viewing the program or to answer any additional questions about the program, please contact us at live@hectv.org. 

Archival Viewing: 

Can’t join us live? No problem! All HEC-TV Live! programs are archived on the station website, http://www.hectv.org and on the HEC-TV page on iTunesU for on-demand viewing at any time. Archives are usually up and running about a week after the program's original air date.

Update has been taken from the CILC weekly Updates at www.cilc.org