Inspiring Middle School Literacy with PBS Learning Media
Channel: Classroom20LIVE
Date: 2014-01-12

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, January 11, 2014 presented by Carolyn Jacobs, Senior Manager for Training and Professional Development at WGBH - PBS station. Carolyn shared a special grant collection on PBS Learning Media called Inspiring Middle School Literacy. Enhance the literacy skills of middle school students with this collection of online lessons for blended learning.These online self-paced lessons for blended learning, funded by the Walmart Foundation, are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5--8.  Each uses videos, interactive activities, note taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science, social studies, mathematics, or English language arts topic. Each lesson addresses a range of literacy strategies, which are listed in the accompanying teacher's guide. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/midlit/