PBS Teachers | learning.now . A Blueprint for 21st Century Engagement | PBS

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- This week, PBS Teachers rolled out its curricular guide for the 2008 election. It offers teachers a range of online tools created by the public broadcasting community to encourage civic engagement, embracing social media with each lesson plan
- While this may not seem like a big deal, it’s unusual for public broadcasters to collaborate editorially on this kind of scale. Meanwhile, many of these tools embraced social media as well, which for many of our organizations was relatively uncharted waters
- The online version of the curricular guide is broken down into three main sections, each containing a video overview hosted by edtech guru Joyce Valenza, along with downloadable lesson plans. The first section, Access, begins with a lesson in which students create their own blogs, which they can use to articulate their political views, critique the campaign and journal their experiences as they complete each lesson
- In the second section, Analyze, students examine the role that the media plays in the political process, as well as rhetorical techniques used by politicians to persuade the public
- The final set of lesson plans, Act, embrace social media tools to get students involved directly in the political process. It begins with students learning more about social media, the role it’s playing in the election and how it’s helping re-engage young people in the political process
- Next, students create videos or audio recordings in which they articulate their core political beliefs
- In the final lesson plan, students make another video - this time, an advocacy video that attempts to persuade viewers on a particular policy issue
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a range of online tools created by the public broadcasting community to encourage civic engagement, embracing social media with each lesson plan

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