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WHYY, the PBS station in Philadelphia, would be a good model of adapting to telecommunications for your own local ed tv channel...

WHYY, the PBS station in Philadelphia, would be a good model of adapting to telecommunications for your own local ed tv channel. CBC4Kids is the site for children's programming by the Canadian Broadcast Network. WNET, a public television channel in New York, is offering "Nature", lessons from Wynton Marsalis, and a teacher training institute in integrating TV with new technologies.

Many newspapers, such as The New York Times, are now online. The New York Times contains a test prep section in addition to its news summaries. Using the Yahoo guide, you can locate a newspaper for just about any major city on earth.

The EDC site's Center for Children and Technology reports results of research studies comparing the effectiveness of various telecommunications media for spurring school reform.

Discovery Education Streaming includes more than 5,000 full-length videos segmented into 50,000 content-specific video segments. The site allows teachers to seamlessly integrate its content into their curriculum. Today, more than half the schools across the United States are licensed to use Discovery Education Streaming. Check to see if your school has a license! Considering that many schools cannot afford to stock libraries, this resource is invaluable. A homeschooling license is also available.

Media Literacy Clearinghouse focuses on media literacy, ranging from advertising to compare and contrast 2 stories about the same event. Resources for integrating media literacy into traditional subject matter rubrics is a step ahead.

The Newseum shows the front pages from 300 newspapers in the U.S. and around the world.

Online newspapers, for example, will certainly conserve library budgets and allow many students to peruse the same edition at once, typically not possible when a school maintains only one hardcopy. Check to see if your local newspaper is on-line.