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In April of 1952, the Federal Communications Commission allocated 242 channels—162 UHF and 80 VHF—for noncommercial, educational use. WOSU TV was one of the first 30 educational stations to go on the air. In Ohio, eight public television stations were licensed, strategically located to cover the entire state to make instructional programming (ITV) available to schools, kindergarten to 12th grade.
Today, ITV is only a small portion of technology-enhanced services to schools. Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio (ITSCO) develops and delivers services to schools including the scheduling of instructional programs for broadcast on WOSU TV.
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With digital technology, WOSU TV is moving beyond the typical over-the-air broadcast of educational programming to provide K-12 teachers what they really need to use media in the classroom.
- Through a partnership with ITSCO, thousands of short educational video clips are now available to teachers and students on demand. To check the instant video library go to www.chalkwaves.org.
- More digital educational material is available through a coalition of Ohio's public television stations and educational technology agencies. To review the resources go to www.ohiodigitalclassroom.org/
- More than 3,000 lesson plans and activities are available to you on PBS TeacherSource www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Teaching Science to the MTV Generation
Teaching Science to the MTV Generation is a professional development module for high school science teachers. It draws from the expertise of Dr. Susan Fisher, Professor of Entomology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Fisher believes in the multimodal approach in teaching and learning. Collaborating with professionals across disciplines, she has created a series of learning objects that explain scientific phenomena in many modalities: aural, visual, kinesthetic—in dance, in music, in computer graphics. Here are some of the learning objects produced by these collaborations.
DANCING DNA
http://streaming1.osu.edu/ramgen/media2/bio101sp06/dna.rm
Modern dance and computer graphics combine to convey the essentials of DNA replication and cell division (mitosis).
TBDBITL MARCHES THE KREBS CYCLE
http://streaming1.osu.edu/ramgen/media2/bio101sp06/tbdbitl.rm
The Krebs Cycle, an energy producing cycle in cellular metabolism, is metaphorically illustrated by The Best Damn Band in the Land—The Ohio State Marching Band. As the band performs, a computer animation of the cycle plays along side the marching band.
FOOTBALL AND PHOTOSYNTHSIS
http://streaming1.osu.edu/ramgen/media2/bio101sp06/football.rm
Eight members of The Ohio State University football team perform the Z-scheme of photosynthesis. Football coach Jim Tressel provides the narration.
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