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August 2006
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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 to October 15. The term 'Hispanic' refers to Spanish-speaking people of any race that live in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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KLRN Spotlights
Register Now for KLRN's Technology Conference for Teachers
 KLRN is proud to present the 2006 Institute for Connecting Teachers and Technology Conference on Saturday, September 23, 2006 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Texas at San Antonio's downtown campus. This year's theme, "Rockin' with Technology," will explore the importance of integrating cutting-edge technology and instructional video into the classroom curriculum. Register today at the ICTT website.
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Resources
Looking for ESL Content?
 Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 with PBS’s Maya & Miguel, a show that encourages the better understanding of a variety of cultures. The show’s website features a teacher section loaded with lesson plans and activities designed to promote cultural appreciation in the classroom for children in grades 1 to 4. The Scholastic website also features easy-to-use lesson plans designed to explore the hispanic heritage in pre-k to 8th grade classrooms.
Learn the educational goal of Maya & Miguel and other PBS Kids shows here.
Celebrate Tejano Heritage Month
 Tejano: a descendant of the Spanish and Mexican families that first inhabited the Texas frontier from the late 1600s through the late 1800s. The first families of Texas, Tejanos lived in the area nearly 150 years prior to the Texas Revolution and created the areas first towns, governments, missions, ranches and roads.
Check out these Tejano Heritage Month events happening in San Antonio.
Math Can Take You Places
 KLRN, KERA and Travelocity partner to bring you the Math Can Take You Places™ CD/DVD toolkit, available FREE to 4 - 6 grade math teachers in the San Antonio area while supplies last. To receive the travel-related lessons, games, videos, teacher training templates and more (a $99 value), simply click here for an online application.
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KLRN Women's Health Conference
 Designed to empower women with knowledge to help them make choices about their health, the KLRN WOMEN’S HEALTH CONFERENCE on Saturday, September 30 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center attracts national and local speakers to address women’s health topics including osteoporosis, exercise, heart disease, weight management, personal wellness, and more. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the website.
Videos for Personal Media Players
 Bring PBS shows into the classroom by downloading select programs onto a personal media player or computer. The media providers Open Media Network and Google Video and Macintosh’s iTunes are now offering video downloads and podcasts of the programs: Cyberchase, Scientific American Frontiers, NOVA, and more for free or a small fee.
PBS is also offering free Podcasts, or audio broadcasts, of several shows including American Experience, Dragonfly TV, NOVA, and more.
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Did You Know?
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15 to honor the independence of five Latin American countries -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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KLRN-TV Hosts Pre-K Now Videoconference
 Join San Antonio community leaders on Wednesday, September 20 at 11:30 a.m. at KLRN for a two-hour broadcast featuring Libby Doggett, executive director of Pre-K Now, George Stephanopoulos, ABC News correspondent, and other national leaders about best practices in the Pre-K movement. Afterword, the Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC) will provide an overview of how you can get involved at the local level.
Visit our website to register online. |
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PBS TeacherLine of Texas
Tune in During August to See These Programs
MAYA & MIGUEL: THE PEN-PAL
Tuesday, September 5 at 4:30 p.m.
For school, Miguel is assigned an electronic pen-pal from Puerto Rico.
WIDE ANGLE: BACK TO SCHOOL
 Tuesday, September 5 at 9 p.m.
This is the second installment of Time for School, the multi-year project launched in 2003 when Wide Angle profiled seven children in seven countries - Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, and Romania - starting their first year of school, often despite great odds. With over 100 million children around the globe out of school, this 90-minute special puts a human face on an issue with profound consequences for global development.
ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE
Thursday, September 7 at 9 p.m.
Thanks to the innovative LifeLink program, a group of high-school students with physical, social or learning disabilities are easing into collegiate life. The program traces the students' difficulties and triumphs as they work toward their ultimate goal - independence.
NOVA: STORM THAT DROWNED A CITY
Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m.
NOVA presents a minute-by-minute eyewitness account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, exploring why the flood defenses and disaster relief planning failed to match Katrina's fury.
S.A.'S GREATEST H.S. ATHLETES
Tuesday, September 12 at 9 p.m.
P.O.V. : THE BOYS OF BARAKA
 Tuesday, September 12 at 10 p.m.
African-American boys have a very high chance of being incarcerated or killed before they reach adulthood. In Baltimore, one of the country's most poverty-stricken cities for inner-city residents, the Baraka School project was founded to break the cycle of violence through an innovative education program that literally removed young boys from low-performing public schools and unstable home environments. Winner of awards at the Newport, Chicago and SILVERDOCS Film Festivals.
LATINO HERITAGE PACKAGE: PASAJERO, A JOURNEY OF TIME AND MEMORY
Thursday, September 14
Pasajero, A Journey of Time and Memory is a heartwarming musical and cultural journey through the experiences of a group of young Mexican-American musicians, singers and dancers who accompany their mariachi maestro on his homecoming to Mexico.
VOCES: THE BRONZE SCREEN: 100 YEARS OF THE LATINO IMAGE I
Friday, September 15 at 10 p.m.
Part 2 airs September 22 at 10 pm.
The Bronze Screen reveals the engaging, entertaining and largely untold history of Latino contributions to the Hollywood motion picture industry. The two-part documentary charts the struggles of many gifted artists to bring a measure of authenticity to their roles in order to transcend crudely cliched movie stereotypes.
NOVA: EINSTEIN'S BIG IDEA
 Tuesday, September 19 at 8 p.m.
Everybody's heard of it, but what does the world's most famous equation E=mc2 really mean? NOVA dramatizes the stories of the men and women whose innovative thinking across four centuries led finally to Einstein's bold breakthrough. Based on David Bodanis' bestseller, E=mc2.
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P.O.V. : TWELVE DISCIPLES OF NELSON  MANDELA
Tuesday, September 19 at 10 p.m.
As part of the first wave of black South African exiles, Harris' stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng, and his 11 comrades left their home in Bloemfontein in 1960. They told the world about the brutality of the apartheid system and raised support for the fledgling African National Congress and its leader, Nelson Mandela.
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURE: AMERICA'S UNDERWATER  TREASURES - PART 1
Wednesday, September 20 at 8 p.m.
The Cousteau team examines the history, biology and environment of the 13 national marine sanctuaries of the United States.
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Sunday, September 24 at 1 p.m.
Links to Your Lifestyle - The everyday decisions we make can impact the quantity and quality of water that we all depend upon.
WILD CHRONICLES
 Sunday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Elephants stay on their toes to communicate. At Yosemite National Park, a bear looks for a midnight snack. Archeologists unearth an unlikely warrior in Peru. In Siberia, researchers study the endangered status of the world's largest cat. Boyd Matson hosts.
NATURE: CUBA: WILD ISLAND OF THE  CARIBBEAN
Sunday, September 24 at 7 p.m.
Protected by its isolation, the wildlife of Cuba has remained naturally preserved, untouched and unexplored. Unprecedented access was granted to film the astonishing diversity of life on the island, much of it virtually unknown until recently.
MARIE ANTOINETTE
 Monday, September 25 at 9 p.m.
Her name has become synonymous with the French monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simplistic tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke the uprising that became the French Revolution.
NOVA: MYSTERY OF THE MEGAVOLCANO
Tuesday, September 26 at 8 p.m.
A remote lake in Southeast Asia conceals evidence of Earth's greatest volcanic cataclysm of the last 100,000 years. NOVA pieces together the clues about this great catastrophe and probes questions raised about human evolution and Earth's fragile ecosystems.
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