All programs include short introductory videos, supplemented by detailed text, graphics, motion-video clips, and still images. Software tools let teachers and students combine their own text and graphics with materials from the videodisk and software to create custom presentations and reports. The programs will also be made available on CD-ROM and through PBS Online. The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel offer their education support materials free of charge via the Internet through the AskERIC Electronic Library. Refer to the Getting Started Resource listings for information on prices and how to order.
Schools sign a three-year contract.
The Massachusetts Telecommunications Council works to help educational institutions, government, and businesses improve education in Massachusetts through telecommunications technology. The 24-hour cable channel will tap into the events offered each day at the nation's leading universities, museums, libraries, and art centers. The new cable service is expected to be launched at the end of 1994. To begin in July 1994, WGBH will provide 9 hours of children's programs each weekday, for youngsters aged 2-12. Cable in the Classroom supplies free cable TV hookups and 525 hours per month of commercial-free programming to schools.