A Summary of KET Resources
Jump Start Student Learning With KET Media Resources
Overview of KET's Services
Thanks so much for being such great participants in the recent training I conducted. These resources from our KET EncycloMedia services plus stand-alone sites can help make the concepts you are presenting come alive and engage your students in fun and exciting ways. Take time to explore and enjoy them yourself!
Note: A good example of some of the resources found in our services is the image to the left of this text, "A Summer's Day, 19th Century". It is from the over 4,000 image collection provided by the Bridgeman Art Library located in PBS Learning Media.
For more information or assistance regarding any KET service or feature, contact me at Lmoore@ket.org or via phone at: 1-800-432-0981 Ext. 7264
KET.org/education
This website is your first stop for all things instructional as far as KET is concerned. The right side of the page is an ever-updating news feed and the left side consists of two columns of services and features. Check it out at www.ket.org/education
Below this entry are some examples of some of the most used resources found on this site.
Below this entry are some examples of some of the most used resources found on this site.
To start our summary, the following resources are "stand- alone" resources meaning, they are not part of the services found in KET EncycloMedia
Mission US
This fantastically designed gaming site for Gr. 4-8 created by WNET: New York, provides teachers and students free access to three virtual explorations of different periods in American History, the time right before the Revolutionary War, the underground railroad and events leading up to the Civil War, and Westward Expansion as seen through the eyes of a Native American. Hundreds of pages per game of teacher materials plus libraries of primary source documents, make this a powerful teaching tool. Remember that the Mission 2 : Flight to Freedom takes place largely in Kentucky and that all of the games work more smoothly if you download the game to any computer upon which it is being played.
Two more games are planned and KET will inform you as those become available.
Go to www.mission-us.org to check out this incredible teaching tool!
Two more games are planned and KET will inform you as those become available.
Go to www.mission-us.org to check out this incredible teaching tool!
A State Divided/ Exploring the Civil War Through Images
This collection of images of civil war artifacts with a connected teacher's guide and suggested activities, is a collaboration between KET and the Kentucky Historical Society. This is a great destination for student research! http://www.ket.org/artstoolkit/statedivided/
KET Electronic Field Trips
Take a look at some of these virtual trips around the state. The following trips are the most current and filled with great information presented in an engaging way!
- The Belle of Louisville,
- Fort Harrod and Fort Boonesborough
- The Watershed
- The Post Office
The Belle and Forts trips come with wonderfully interactive websites and the watershed trip is linked to a larger project with great teacher PD called "Raindrops to Rivers"!
KET EncycloMedia
The following resources and features are all found within PBS Learning Media, one of the three "media warehouses" that make up KET EncycloMedia. This service along with KET Ed on Demand is free to all Kentucky schools whether, public, private, or parochial. Discovery Education is a fee based service (see note below). To access any of KET EncycloMedia's services go to this website: www.ket.org/encyclomedia
Note: Discovery Education requires a passcode to create accounts. Kentucky Public Schools and Kentucky university teacher education programs have access to these accounts through a contract between the Kentucky Department of Education, KET, and Discovery Education. All other educational institutions would need to contract independently with Discovery if they would like an account.
Highlight of Some PBS Learning Media Resources :
Check out some of these resources and features from this service with over 87,000 resources. Note: The PBS Learning Media site is undergoing a facelift. Right now PBS is saying that on August 15, the new site look will debut with added functionality and features, so stay tuned for more information!
Check out some of these resources and features from this service with over 87,000 resources. Note: The PBS Learning Media site is undergoing a facelift. Right now PBS is saying that on August 15, the new site look will debut with added functionality and features, so stay tuned for more information!
Kentucky Bio
(Grades 4-6) This eBook created by KET is full of interactives and videos and teaches students about the natural diversity of life in the state of Kentucky.
(Grades 4-6) This eBook created by KET is full of interactives and videos and teaches students about the natural diversity of life in the state of Kentucky.
Everyday Learning
(Grades Pre-K-2) Everyday Learning is a collection of video and interactive multimedia resources is divided into Everyday Science, Everyday Math, and Healthy Me.
(Grades Pre-K-2) Everyday Learning is a collection of video and interactive multimedia resources is divided into Everyday Science, Everyday Math, and Healthy Me.
Think Garden
(Grades 3-5) This is a wonderful collection of 18 videos that teach natural science and economics concepts through the theme of gardening. This fun series uses children narrators, rhyming narration, and a combination of live action, stop action, and computer animations.
(Grades 3-5) This is a wonderful collection of 18 videos that teach natural science and economics concepts through the theme of gardening. This fun series uses children narrators, rhyming narration, and a combination of live action, stop action, and computer animations.
Kentucky Capitol Education Center Resources
(Grades 3-12) This media gallery collection of learning resources includes two interactives, one a tour of the different buildings and offices in the Capitol complex and another on how a bill becomes a law, plus videos on the Capitol Dome renovation and the three branches of state goverment.
(Grades 3-12) This media gallery collection of learning resources includes two interactives, one a tour of the different buildings and offices in the Capitol complex and another on how a bill becomes a law, plus videos on the Capitol Dome renovation and the three branches of state goverment.
The Social Studies Arts Toolkit
(Grades K-12) This toolkit offers educational materials to help incorporate dance, drama, music, and visual art across several cultures into a Social Studies Curriculum.
(Grades K-12) This toolkit offers educational materials to help incorporate dance, drama, music, and visual art across several cultures into a Social Studies Curriculum.
Inspiring Middle School Literacy
(Grades 5-8) This collection consists of 40 engaging self-paced lesson modules covering all major subject areas that allow students to practice their literacy skills as they watch videos, take notes, and manipulate interactives. Great for that struggling reader or writer who needs a extra boost!
(Grades 5-8) This collection consists of 40 engaging self-paced lesson modules covering all major subject areas that allow students to practice their literacy skills as they watch videos, take notes, and manipulate interactives. Great for that struggling reader or writer who needs a extra boost!
Noh Theater
(Grades 4-13) This media gallery takes an in-depth look at this art form. Noh Theater is a form of Japanese drama performed in masks and costumes. Videos in this gallery include: About Noh Theater, Noh Mask Making, Noh Music, Noh Student Performance, and Noh in the Classroom. Click here to go to the media gallery.
Kentucky's Natural Heritage
(Grades 4-12) This collection of sixteen interactives is subtitled "An Interactive Guide to Biodiversity" which is an apt description. It was adapted from the book "Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity". Click here to go to the collections page
Design Squad: Suspension Bridge
(Grades 5-12) In this video segment from Design Squad—a PBS series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges—A student team competes in a bridge design/construction challenge that requires them to build a suspension bridge using only pre-industrial tools and natural resources. Do a keyword search for "Design Squad" for many more great STEM related resources! Click here to go to the suspension bridge episode.
Highlights of Discovery Education
Take a look at some of the new features of this service which houses around 100,000 instructional resources including images, videos, audio files, articles, and interactives.
This overview looks mainly at two new features, the QuickList, and Board Builder.
(Note: You must have a Discovery account to look at the service and you will need your school's "passcode" to create one. To obtain this passcode either check with your building or district technology coordinator or contact me via email with your school name and I will send it to you. )
Take a look at some of the new features of this service which houses around 100,000 instructional resources including images, videos, audio files, articles, and interactives.
This overview looks mainly at two new features, the QuickList, and Board Builder.
(Note: You must have a Discovery account to look at the service and you will need your school's "passcode" to create one. To obtain this passcode either check with your building or district technology coordinator or contact me via email with your school name and I will send it to you. )
Discovery Education Quick List
This new handy feature of Discovery Ed. allow you to quickly "bookmark where resources are located by putting them in a "thumbnail filmstrip" display at the bottom of the webpage. This allows you to pull that resource up quickly or even drag the resource into a board builder board you are constructing. Once in the quicklist the resource can also be placed in "My Content" , other builder tools, or assigned to a class or student. It is so quick and easy!
This new handy feature of Discovery Ed. allow you to quickly "bookmark where resources are located by putting them in a "thumbnail filmstrip" display at the bottom of the webpage. This allows you to pull that resource up quickly or even drag the resource into a board builder board you are constructing. Once in the quicklist the resource can also be placed in "My Content" , other builder tools, or assigned to a class or student. It is so quick and easy!
Discovery Ed. Board Builder
If you have ever used web tools like Glogster© or Padlet©, then you know the value of being able to quickly and easily create a single page website that you can then load with a variety of multimedia content. Boardbuilder allows you to do this within the Discovery service. You can drag videos, images, and other content to the board from your quicklist, access it from your My Content folders, link to other websites independent of Discovery, and even upload original files of many formats including videos, powerpoints, flash animations, etc. You can even attach files to the board for others to download. You can also search for boards created by other users. This is truly an awesomely flexible tool which both students and teachers can use. Explore it today!
Here is a link to a board I have constructed as an example. (Note: You must have a Discovery account to be able to access this or any board within the service.)
If you have ever used web tools like Glogster© or Padlet©, then you know the value of being able to quickly and easily create a single page website that you can then load with a variety of multimedia content. Boardbuilder allows you to do this within the Discovery service. You can drag videos, images, and other content to the board from your quicklist, access it from your My Content folders, link to other websites independent of Discovery, and even upload original files of many formats including videos, powerpoints, flash animations, etc. You can even attach files to the board for others to download. You can also search for boards created by other users. This is truly an awesomely flexible tool which both students and teachers can use. Explore it today!
Here is a link to a board I have constructed as an example. (Note: You must have a Discovery account to be able to access this or any board within the service.)