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May 13th, 2008 - by Andrew Yamato, Outreach Producer, LAB@Thirteen
There was an op-ed column in the New York Times a few weeks ago about a recent survey of American teenagers in which 20% didn’t know who the United States had fought against in World War II. One quarter couldn’t even identify Adolf Hitler.
Thirteen's educational and community outreach effort for Ken Burns’ THE WAR was largely conceived in response to sobering statistics like these: we commissioned Brooklyn-based Reel Works Teen Filmmaking to make Over Here — a half-hour student-produced documentary about New York City ...
May 12th, 2008 - by David Reisman, Senior Editor, Thirteen
I was recently a chaperone on my son's overnight fifth-grade school trip to Gettysburg. It was a chance to go on a road trip, spend some quality time with William, and see his teachers in action, but I also had a more professional interest in the traveling with Mr. K’s class. I hoped it might give me a little insight into one of my interests, the relationship between informal education and schooling. William’s class had been studying the Civil War for weeks and was working on several creative projects that had to do with that ...
May 9th, 2008 - by Laura Gallagher, Outreach Director, Children's Educational Programming, Thirteen
On May 6th, a Thirteen colleague and I had the pleasure of attending a Manhattan Producers Alliance event at the NYC NATAS space. The focus of the presentation was on “kid created” media, and highlights included Soundbites (a wonderfully fun music technology and songwriting program) and BYkids (important international documentary films, created by children who are paired up with professional producers), in addition to a lively informational session on the technology program at JFK High School (http://wearekennedy.com).
JFK High School was represented by their principal, Anthony Rotunno, four students, a Columbia doctoral student who ...
April 25th, 2008
The latest installment of WLIW21 New York Public Television's award-winning education series LEARNING CURVE features highlights from the third annual "Teaching & Learning Celebration" event co-sponsored by public television stations WLIW21 and Thirteen/WNET. Thousands of teachers gathered at the Hilton New York on March 7 and 8 for this "World's Fair" of education to get inspiration from world-renowned experts -- and each other -- about the importance of science and the natural world in today's classrooms, as well as current buzz words “21st Century Learning Skills.” Half-hour segments will air over two consecutive nights, Tuesday, April 29 and Wednesday, April ...
April 23rd, 2008 - by Mikki Monkolchayut, Sr. Producer, Thirteen
I love how other sites, especially local ones, in our New York City community are picking up on our newly re-designed thirteen.org website and Earth Day. This could not be more time appropriate, since this year Teaching and Learning Celebration focused on science and global awareness.
http://greenbrooklyn.com/thirteen-goes-green-for-earth-day/2008/04/22/
Although the site link above speaks of Brooklyn, NY, one of TLC's featured speakers was Dr. Majora Carter. In her talk, she reviews similar issues, in her video of “Green The Ghetto” for the South Bronx.
Watch how she created a ...
April 23rd, 2008 - by Mikki Monkolchayut, Sr. Producer, Thirteen
From US Secretary of Education, Margaret Spelling to Opening Presentations, all of the Celebration 2007 videos have been reformatted to encourage your comments. Please help us improve by commenting. We would love to see which ones you love and which type you would like to see more of.
April 15th, 2008 - by David Reisman, Senior Editor, Thirteen
New York City's school system can be maze-like, and helping your children navigate it can feel like a part-time job, especially in the transitional years of pre-school, fifth grade, and eighth grade. There are a lot of options -- public school vs. private school (if you can afford it or get financial aid); choices between different public schools in the same district; and selective citywide programs for children scoring in the highest percentiles on school ability tests. There have been times when I’ve wished everyone in our neighborhood just sent their kids to the same ...
April 14th, 2008 - by Mikki Monkolchayut, Sr. Producer, Thirteen
I am looking forward to Wednesday, April 30, 2008!
If you and your kids love baseball and CYBERCHASE, this New York City event is a must attend.
JOIN THE METS AND THIRTEEN FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL CYBERCHASE DAY AT SHEA STADIUM
Pre-Game Educational Program 10:30am* | Game Time 1:10pm
Come spend an exciting day at Shea Stadium with CYBERCHASE stars Harry and Digit when the New York Mets take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harry and Digit will take their star power onto the baseball diamond to kick things off with a spectacular Math & Sports pre-game show. Exciting CYBERCHASE activities will continue throughout ...
April 7th, 2008 - by Mikki Monkolchayut, Sr. Producer, Thirteen
I am very proud to say that complete one-hour videos of our Featured Speakers Dr. Jane Goodall and Jean-Michel Cousteau are NOW live and ready for viewing.
http://www.thirteencelebration.org/video2008
Both of their presentations are very powerful, engaging and touching. I am very happy to be able to view them both again and to have the opportunity to share them with the world. I almost cried watching both of them and I know these videos will be a big hit for our site's visitors.
FEATURED SPEAKER:
DR. JANE GOODALL, DBE
Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace
Jane Goodall began her ...
April 3rd, 2008 - by David Reisman, Senior Editor, Thirteen
Last week, I picked up my 15-year-old daughter's four-and-a-half-year-old laptop from Tekserve -- I had to get it a new hard drive, since it was experiencing kernel panic, among other things. I checked Google to see what was going on -- at first, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t; other times I’d get the “blue screen of death,” an Apple logo and a spinning wheel, or advice in a few languages telling me to turn the computer off and try again. Then, finally, it stopped working completely.
There have been times when searching the Web ...
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