Kids. Cable. Learning. The Official Podcast Channel of Cable in the Classroom!
by Cable in the Classroom (www.ciconline.org) · 25 episodes
Education
Welcome to the official podcast channel of Cable in the Classroom, the cable industry's national education foundation. Working at the intersection of the cable industry and education, our aim is to expand and enhance learning for kids in and out of the classroom.
Latest episodes
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Developing 21st Century Skills in School and District Leaders
During the 13th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) held in Washington, DC in March 2008, Cable in the Classroom helped moderate…
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Documenting Youth in Action
Moises Velez is a Peabody-award winning producer and currently the head of development for mun2, the NBCU cable network that celebrates the lifestyle of U.S. Latino youth. He spoke…
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Got STEM? Building Interest in STEM among Girls and Minorities
This podcast (MP3, 33.1 MB) is a recording of a panel discussion held during the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). Based on the content of the Summer 2008 edit…
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More eLECTIONS resources
Donna Krache, executive producer for CNN Student News, talked with us (MP3, 8.0MB) about this free resource from CNN, their contribution to CIC’s eLECTIONS game and what teachers a…
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From the C-SPAN bus
Hear about C-SPAN’s plans (MP3, 3.3MB) for educator resources during this presidential election… from the exhibition floor at NECC 2008.Website resources:C-SPAN.orgC-SPAN Classroom
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WE tv – HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
Cable in the Classroom recently spoke with “Kim W.” who is one of the featured students in WE tv’s HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, a documentary series airing Mondays at 10 pm ET through…
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Helping Parents Protect, Educate Kids about Media
The 2007 Media Smart Award winner, Kelly Mendoza, presented her findings (MP3, 45MB) to an audience of education and cable leaders in March. Her paper Mapping Parental Mediation an…
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Inspiring Youth in Their Communities
Educators looking for programming that brings civics, environmental clean-up, economic development and social justice topics to life for their students, now have a new tool. The Mu…
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Win With Words!
GSN, (Game Show Network), is now conducting its second annual National Vocabulary Championship (NVC). NVC is a nationwide academic competition that offers high school students betw…
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C-SPAN StudentCam
Listen to an interview with C-SPAN (22MB, MP3) about their 2008 StudentCam competition.StudentCam is a video documentary competition that invites students to identify a current pol…
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Parenting Moves Online
This week, Cable in the Classroom and Common Sense Media released the findings from a nationally representative poll of parents about their internet-related actions and attitudes.T…
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Take a Veteran to School Day: How to Get Involved!
In this podcast interview [17MB, MP3], the History Channel’s Dr. Libby O'Connell discusses the network’s Take a Veteran to School Day program that provides engaging curriculum for…
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Cable Celebrates Educators at NECC 2007
The cable industry was out in force during the 2007 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in June.Represented by Cable in the Classroom, Discovery Education, The History…
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Virtual Schools and 21st Century Skills
At the 2007 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Cable in the Classroom's Senior Director of Education Policy, Douglas Levin, had the opportunity to join Susan Patrick…
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2007 Cable's Leaders In Learning Awards Gala: Comcast on the Red Carpet
On the evening of June 6, 2007, national education leaders, policymakers, and cable industry executives all gathered at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC to honor the third…
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Tuned In and Totally Wired
Last week, Cable in the Classroom organized and presented a special session at the cable industry's annual conference focused on the technology and media behaviors, attitudes, and…
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Winning with Words
In advance of the TV premiere of GSN’s National Vocabulary Championship, Cable in the Classroom recently interviewed its champion, Robert Marsland, an 18-year-old senior at St. Amb…
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Bringing Educational Innovation to Scale: A Threshold Forum
The Spring 2007 issue of Cable in the Classroom's Threshold: Exploring the Future of Education features articles focused on taking educational innovation to scale, produced in part…
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Video Interview with LeVar Burton on the 30th Anniversary of "Roots"
Actor and director LeVar Burton recorded this video podcast [MPEG-4, 89MB] focusing on the role of the mini-series Roots and educational television in the classroom. Burton address…
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Sharing Education Technology Innovations
The Education Technology Director for the National School Boards Association (NSBA), Dr. Ann Flynn, discussed the NSBA’s 2007 Education Technology Site Visits during this short pod…