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LEARN360 Streamed-Curriculum
is an affordable high-quality digital media educational resource
and collection of full length videos, video clips, audio programs,
images, primary source newsreels, famous speeches, encyclopedia
articles, lesson plans, teacher's guides, songs, and student activities
from more than 60 of education's top content providers.
LEARN360 offers
multiple media formats that address different learning styles, reinforce
curriculum, and ensure that all students grasp concepts. With all
content searchable and video content aligned to state standards,
LEARN360 supports lessons, themes, and topics that bring the curriculum
to life in a way that inspires today's tech-savvy students to excel.
LEARN360 Streamed-Curriculum
is a digital service offered through WSBE RIPBS Video Streaming
Curriculum Program.
For a list of
LEARN360 video titles by curriculum standard, grade level or subject
please email to Education@RIpbs.org.
Annual Connection
& Fee for Service
To connect your
school or district to LEARN360 digital service please download,
complete, sign, and submit the mandatory Letter
of Agreement. (Adobe
Reader Required). Letter of Agreement must be
submitted before any connection to the service takes place.
Letter of Agreement
can be mailed to WSBE Rhode Island PBS, Education Services, 50 Park
Lane, Providence, RI 02907, faxed to Education Services at (401)222-3407
or emailed to Education Services..
The annual fee
for LEARN360 video streamed curriculum service is based on 2008-2009
student enrollment data by RIDE as follow:
$500 per school
with more than 200 students enrolled in 2008-2009.
$350 per school with less than 200 students enrolled in 2008-2009.
$500 per private and catholic school.
LEARN360
server gives educators and students access to:
- The
industry's most up-to-date collection of standard based
videos, video clips and audio programs.
- Image
library " A collection of audio and video speeches " Thousands
of encyclopedia articles
- A
very popular collection of newsreels
- Lesson
plans and quizzes
- Special
enhanced tools
Educators
are allowed to upload own content or choose from thousands of
teachers' resources including the most trusted and award-winning
educational content partners and popular video series.
Enhanced Tools
Educators can now manage their content using enhanced features.
Teachers can create quizzes and assignments, easily upload and
share user-created content and communicate with students in
the classroom or at home via blogs and discussion boards.
Student Assignment and Quiz Creation Tool
Create multimedia assignments and quizzes for students using
the "My Assignments Feature" while incorporating multimedia.
Select questions from an existing question bank, and create
quizzes that are easy to assign and that are automatically graded.
Upload and Share Documents and Media
There are now no boundaries to the favorite content that can
be added to LEARN360. Teachers can upload the largest number
of supported document types to "My LEARN360 Page" (Word, PDF,
Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, RTF, TXT, SMART™ Notebook and Promethean
Flipchart) and instantly share them with students or colleagues.
Teachers can also upload own videos in Windows Media, Flash,
and QuickTime; link shared documents to relevant LEARN360 videos.
Advanced Approval Feature
This feature allows "administrator control" over what content
can be published and shared within a school or district.
Classroom Blog Creating Tool
"My LEARN360's Blog" creation tool makes it easy to create a
classroom Blog. Teachers can add their students to any blog
and share information digitally with an entire class.
Teacher's Lessons and Teaching Guides
There is a collection of lesson plans completed by specialists
in addition to thousands of additional "Teacher Guides" and
"Student Activities"
My Calendar
This tool help you plan while keeping you organized and informed.
It gives teachers the opportunity to personalize a calendar
on "My LEARN360" page and helps them to keep on schedule. It
also enables teachers to notify and remind students about important
events, assignments, and quizzes.
Podcasting
LEARN360 supports new technology initiatives and makes podcasting
easy so teachers and students can share favorites. Podcasts
can also be added to iTunes in just one click.
Exceptional Customer Support
One of the most impressive things about LEARN360 is customer
support. |
What are
the advantages of Using Video Streaming?
- Video
Streaming is available to all public, private, and catholic
school in the state -- helping all Rhode Island teachers
and students cross the digital divide.
- The
dynamic content of Video Streaming catches students' attention,
helping to keep them focused on the lesson at hand.Thousands
of encyclopedia articles
- With
Video Streaming, videos are always available from any Internet-enabled
computer at anytime from anywhere.
- Video
Streaming content is always current and up-to-date.
- With
content accessible from anywhere, lessons are simple
to plan from home.
LEARN360
System Requirements (Adobe
Reader Required)
If your school is interested in participating in Video Streaming
services for the current school year, please call (401) 222-3636,
ext. 365 or send an e-mail to Education
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