Dive Brief:
- Just in time for the new school year, PBS LearningMedia has released a new suite of digital teaching tools.
- Some of the updates include a teacher lesson builder and quiz maker, a student-centered website, and a plethora of recently translated Spanish videos.
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The additions compliment the 87,000 digital resources already available for K-12 classrooms.
Dive Insight:
Being technologically relevant and engaging is important to PBS. PBS LearningMedia Vice President Alicia Levi is quoted in the press release as saying that the additions “will allow [teachers] to flip their classrooms, encourage student creativity, and build inspiring lesson plans throughout this new school year.”
With the press release, PBS LearningMedia also included a list of important classroom tips. While the advice naturally supports the new tools, that doesn't mean they should just be brushed aside as marketing. One tip, "Allow students to become creators," is so important and so often forgotten in classrooms. It's not uncommon to hear about "uninspiring" teachers just lecturing to students, and PBS' solution to this problem is the new website, where students are empowered to navigate their own learning trajectory. Students 13 and older, for example, can use the site's Digital Story Board to show their mastery of the content.
