Public Media

California’s adoption of the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) gives educators a wider and more interesting way of teaching students critical skills for the 21^st Century.  As technology and media become a bigger part of the education process it’s vital for students to have skills related to these both critical and production wise.  Since the integration of media throughout almost all curricular areas is so important there are two learning modules that provide digital media resources that engage students with intriguing content and directly align curriculum to the new standards, these modules are KQED and PBS Learning Media.  The CCSS has four central components for English-Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects which are emphasis on informational text, the focus on argument, the push for media literacy, and encouraging online collaboration and exchange of ideas.  KQED media has tools that can be used to address these components.  KQED and PBS Learning Media has a digital library that provides a variety of interesting multimedia and writing examples, video and audio clips, updated news and coverage of current events such as the 2012 elections, and provides students a way to socially connect with others from all over the world on issues concerning them.