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  1. April is Parkinson's Awareness Month - Watch My Father, My Brother, and Me on PBS.org

    April 16, 2010

    As many as 1.5 million people in the United States are afflicted with Parkinson’ s Disease. And while research using stem cells shows promise and has resumed under the Obama Administration, there is still no cure. About $25 billion dollars is spent on the treatment of and care for Parkinsonian patients every year. In honor of Parkinson's Awareness Month, we…

  2. Community Classroom Offers Free Teaching Resources

    March 24, 2010

    Can you own a sound? That is the provocative question raised in a new resource from ITVS Community Classroom: four lesson plans and film modules for Copyright Criminals , an innovative and dynamic documentary that explores the origins of sampling culture in hip-hop music, copyright, creativity, and technological change. This curriculum is an…

  3. Live Streaming Panel Discussion Focuses on the Role of Public Media

    March 24, 2010

    What is the role of public media in local, national, and international reporting? On Thursday, March 25, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is hosting a live streaming press event at Washington, DC's Newseum with NPR and PBS entitled "Public Media and Local Journalism: Meeting Community Information Needs."…

  4. Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference: ITVS Community Classroom Offers Free Materials

    March 12, 2010

    Last week, Annelise Wunderlich, ITVS’s national community engagement and education manager, attended the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference –– one of the biggest professional development conferences for educators in the country. Get her take on the event below.Recently, my colleague Chi Do, ITVS’s associate director of…

  5. Live Webinar Tomorrow Night: Copyright and Fair Use in the Art World and Classroom

    March 9, 2010

    Are you looking for ways to incorporate digital media into your teaching? Don’t understand the rules of online copyright and fair use? On Wednesday, March 10  at 8:00 PM ET, join PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 for a special live webinar that will explore the implications of copyright and fair use laws in the classroom. The seminar will also explore how to…

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