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New Resources for new shows, youth media and engineering are in this week’s Learning Lab Newsletter

Posted on: Sunday, February 26, 2023

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Ohio Ready to Learn

March Workshop Series

We are closing in on completing our workshops for 2023. If you haven’t joined us yet, there is still time. If you are interested in a session please register soon. Workshops with less than 5 participants will be rescheduled. We have lots of fun materials and PBS resources to share with you.

Virtual attendees will receive workshop materials and books in the mail after workshop completion. In-person participants will have the opportunity to network with other providers, create materials for your program, and receive books and other materials to support the topics from the workshop. Participants who attend three of WOUB’s sessions will be entered into a drawing for one of 10 Kindle Fire Tablets preloaded with PBS Kids games and apps.

March’s list of workshops
Virtual Workshops via Zoom (Link provided in registration)
Mon Feb 27 (ST10126749) Lang and Literacy Experience 6PM -8PM
Wed Mar 1 (ST 10126851) Child Development Milestones 6PM -8PM
Wed Mar 8 (ST10128748) Lang and Literacy Experience 9AM – 11AM
Wed Mar 8 (ST10128098) Playful Learn/Arts & Writing 1PM – 3PM
Fri Mar 24th (ST10128547) Scientific Inquiry with Nature 9AM – 11AM

In Person Workshops
Wednesday Mar 1st
Location: Athens Community Center 701 East State Street, Athens OH
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ST10128550 Playful Learning with Language Arts and Writing

Saturday March 25th
Location: Betsy Mills Center – 300 4th Street Mareitta OH
9AM – 11AM (ST10128715) Child Development Milestones
11AM – 1PM (ST10128718) Playful Learning with Arts and Writing
1PM – 3PM (ST10128720) Scientific Inquiry with Nature

Workshop Information

Youth Media Resources

DISCOVER THE POWER OF YOUTH MEDIA

StoryMaker is a powerful learning platform developed by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs to build the next generation of media creators. Storymaker recently added a new Media Wise Tool Kit designed to teach media literacy skills and a new Pitch Page teaching the importance of a pitching ideas and how to do it effectively.

Explore Storymaker

Media Literacy Academy

Please join us!

In March our course will focus on two of the PBS Media Literacy Microcredentials; Creating a Code of Conduct and Critically Analyzing Media. Our Google class has started and there are great resources for you to use to complete the PBS Media Literacy credentials and learn best practices for teaching our students to become media literate.

Click the link below to learn more and join many other educators from around Ohio.

Learn More & Register

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Ohio Learns 360 Activities

March

The Ohio Learns 360 project has some new additions. You can find the list of upcoming family webinars as well as links to previous webinars in English and Spanish. In case you missed it, the Virtual Field trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is available to watch as well. Stay tuned for some new After School 360 activities starting soon.

Ohio Learns 360 Website

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PBS Learning Media

Tutorials

Did you know that a world of easy-to-follow support for all things PBS LearningMedia awaits you when you click “Help,” in the footer of our website? While there, check out our growing library of tutorials for short how-to videos on everything PBS LearningMedia has to offer teachers like you!

PBS Learning Media Tutorials

Engineering Resources

PBS Learning Media

Looking for some engineering challenges for all ages? This list of resources from PBS Learning Media explores engineering at all levels. This collection of engineering resources contains an emmersive roller coaster, a collection of STEAM challenges and a Taco Party.

Engineering Challenges

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Prepare Your Child for the Dentist

PBS Kids for Parents

Just as with any new experience, it’s helpful to prepare children for what to expect when they visit the dentist. This PBS Kids for Parents article offers some simple steps to take when taking your child to the dentist. (Also available in this free download!)

PBS Kids for Parents

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New Show = New Resources

You can play the Step It Out game, create patterns for Zadie’s garden, or lots of other activities to go along with PBS Kids new show, Work it Out Wombats, streaming free on PBS Kids. The wombats love to explore their world, but will come across big problems and have to learn how to figure out a solution. Learn more about these problem solving wombats and their Treeborhood from this collection of resources on PBS Kids for Parents

Work It Out Wombats