NOVA: BECOMING HUMAN
November 3, 10, & 17 at 8:00 PM on KLRN
Nothing is more fascinating to us than, well, us. Where did we come from? What makes us human?
An explosion of recent discoveries sheds light on these questions, and NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special, "Becoming Human," examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives—putting together the pieces of our human past and transforming our understanding of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, each hour unfolds with a
CSI-like forensic investigation into the life and death of a specific hominid ancestor. The programs were shot "in the trenches" where discoveries were unearthed throughout Africa and Europe. Dry bones
spring back to life with stunning computer-generated animation and prosthetics. Fossils not only give us clues to what early hominids looked like, but, with the aid of ingenious new lab techniques, how they lived and how we became the creative, thinking humans of today.
DINOSAUR TRAIN
M-F 8:30 AM and Sat. 7:30 AM on KLRN
DINOSAUR TRAIN embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains. The series encourages basic scientific thinking skills as the audience learns about life science, natural history and paleontology. Each of the 40 half-hour episodes features Buddy, an adorable preschool age Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family as they board the DINOSAUR TRAIN and embark on whimsical voyages through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans. The episodes include two 11-minute animated stories, along with brief live action segments hosted by renowned paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson that unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history and paleontology. (Note: KLRN is bringing Buddy to San Antonio in 2010! Be on the look-out for details.)
BETWEEN THE LIONS
M-F 2:00 PM
Between the Lions is designed to help kids ages 3 to 7 learn to read. Unique among the hundreds of programs aimed at children, this puppet, animated, and live-action show is based on a detailed and rigorous literacy curriculum. It was developed in extensive and ongoing consultation with reading professionals. The result is a lively, educational blend of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary,
and other teaching methods for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students. Several independent, scientifically-based reading research studies have shown that Between the Lions has a significant
impact in increasing children's literacy.
 
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Ensure Your Teachers are Associated with the Correct School
Do you have teachers that moved to a new school within your district over the summer months?
How do you ensure their KLRN Connect usernames and passwords are assigned to the correct schools? One way is to shuffle them from one school to another. In the past, this required someone with administrative access, but that is not the case anymore! Teachers can shuffle themselves from one school to another - in five easy steps. They are as follows:
- Go to klrn.unitedstreaming.com
- Click on the Passcode Login tab
- Enter the new school's passcode (get the passcode from your school’s
admin or email mmccormick@klrn.org)
- Enter in your existing DE streaming username/password
- Click the login box
Here is a PowerPoint link that walks you through the steps above - screenshot by screenshot.
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/matt.monjan/files/2008/08/shuffling-schools.ppt
Get more involved with your use of KLRN Connect in the classroom with these fantastic teaching
tips from Discovery Education streaming.
Click here to go to the page in KLRN Connect or click on the links below. Login required. 
Are you new to KLRN Connect or just need a refresher? Try this online Getting Started Guide.
KLRN Connect Presents
A Day of Discovery
Join leading educators from across the south central Texas region for a FREE full-day event on Discovery Education streaming. Save the date of December 5, 2009 to become a Discovery STAR for your school! Register here https://discoveryed.wufoo.com/forms/san-antonio-day-of-discovery/
Discovery Educator Network Webinar Series
The Discovery Educator Network (DEN) is a global community of educators passionate about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. With over 25,000 members providing professional development to over 250,000 educators worldwide, the DEN connects teachers both on-line and in-person. Discovery Educators have exclusive access to a wide range of resources, professional development activities, networking opportunities, exclusive Discovery Educator
events and more!
Voted the best professional development website in 2007 by the Association of Educational Publishers, this website is a place to connect to other educators across the globe. Here, all users
can read the blogs and discussion boards. Discovery Educators (any educator that has a
Discovery account) have the ability to comment on the blogs, post to the discussion boards,
and register for Discovery Educator Network events. http://community.discoveryeducation.com/
PBS TeacherLine of Texas
PBS TeacherLine courses are approved by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) and count towards required CPE hours.
District course licensing and ELL/ESL courses are now available! Contact us for more information: hcustard@klru.org, 512.232.9406.
PBS TeacherLine courses are approved by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification
(SBEC) and count towards required CPE hours.
Special station pricing is available for individual course registrations. Call Malinda McCormick at
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You take our free, two-hour orientation course, Practice Learning Online with TeacherLine*,
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At the end of this course, you will be familiar with:
- The importance of time management and the self-discipline required to be a successful online learner.
- Skills for navigating course content quickly and efficiently.
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PBS TeacherLine Courses to Consider
RDLA120: Integrating the Internet into the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum
Subjects: Reading/Language Arts, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
Grades: Kindergarten-2nd
Hours: 30
Hone your skills at finding the right Internet resources, and selecting the resources that will work best for your students and learning plans using the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) as a guide. As a final project, develop a plan for meaningfully integrating your choices into your language arts curriculum.
RDLA125: Children's Authors on the Web: Online Sites that Motivate Students to Write 
Subjects: Reading/Language Arts, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
Grades: Kindergarten-6th
Hours: 30
Discover the power of author studies to motivate students to read and write. This course uses a
problem-based approach to teach the techniques of conducting an author study integrating technology and the Internet. Explore author and other Web sites to collect resources that will introduce your students to many genres.
RDLA383: Supporting ELLs: Writing Development in Grades PreK-3
Subjects: Reading/Language Arts
Grades: Preschool-3rd
Hours: 10
“What classroom practices best promote ELLs' writing development?” Develop an understanding and identify the specific needs of ELLs in writing, by integrating research on how writing and language develops in ELLs with an understanding of the considerations that need to be made for ELLs. These considerations include state, national, and local standards and the use of assessment as a tool for informing instruction. Discuss strategies to support ELLs' writing development, including group lessons in which writing and spelling are modeled for students, programs found to be effective for ELLs, and the use of technology. The course project enables learners to synthesize the information they have learned in the course in the form of an e-article that they will post to an educational blog or a multimedia presentation as part of an online presentation tool.
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PBS Teachers Website Receives Top Honors
 PBS Teachers, PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources, was recently named a "Landmark Website for Teaching and Learning" by the American Association of School Libraries for exemplary dynamic content and curricular relevance. At PBS Teachers, you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range of subjects and grade levels, thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games, and simulations. These resources are correlated to state and national educational standards and are tied to PBS' award-winning on-air and online programming like NOVA, Nature, Cyberchase, Between the Lions and more.
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PBS Teachers Webinars for November
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Visit PBS Teachers to search for lesson plans and other resources for your classroom.
Tuesday, November 10
PBS TeacherLine: Online Professional Development for Educators
PBS TeacherLine staff
Curriculum Connection: All Subjects
Tuesday, November 17
Helping Kids Understand Viruses and Vaccinations with Sid the Science Kid
PBS producers and curriculum experts
Curriculum Connection: Health
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Media Infusion
A PBS Teachers blog offering strategies and resources to help you create rich, engaging learning experiences with multimedia.
 Young Scientists on the Dinosaur Train
By Janet English
What’s more endearing than a child asking, “Why?” We love watching our kids go on self-directed adventures, learning about everything they see, feel, touch or hear. They’re natural-born scientists. They spend their days testing and experimenting with toys and playthings; always searching for a new discovery. It’s a joy to watch and an important part of their intellectual growth. This month’s Media Infusion challenge is designed to capture this natural curiosity, help our children develop the skills of scientific thinkers, and encourage their parents to help us along the way.
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