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Teachers’ Domain provides access to classroom-ready video clips from broadcast programs such as NOVA and A Science Odyssey, as well as science-related segments from ZOOM. The site also includes interview segments and out-take footage as well as interactive Web-based activities. In addition, photographs, animations, images and text transcriptions from original sources are catalogued and presented with extensive contextual information that allows for practical and effective use in the classroom or while preparing course content. The media-rich resources found on Teachers’ Domain support teachers in their quest for materials and new media applications that go beyond static textbook presentation to engage students with real world data. According to recent academic studies, the need for high-quality, research-based, in-depth resources is particularly strong in the area of science due to advances in technology and the insufficient time teachers have to prepare lessons. In addition to the online resources, teachers using Teachers’ Domain also receive support and guidance from background information, state-specific standards correlations, and curriculum guides that provide ideas for integrating resources into personalized lesson plans. “Today’s classrooms demand visual materials characterized by relatively short length, limited use of lectures, interactivity, vivid graphics and contemporary sound”, says Michelle Korf, Executive Director of Educational Programming & Outreach at WGBH. “The materials on Teachers’ Domain suggest pathways through the subject matter, while still allowing maximum flexibility for the user,” Korf added. Teachers’ Domain currently includes 150 clips from broadcast programs as well as video modules that can be used to introduce topics within the K-12 science curriculum. Additionally there are pre-service and in-service teacher training resources targeting both content mastery and methodology. The hallmark of Teachers’ Domain is the quality associated with public television products—every asset has been rigorously reviewed by scholars involved in everything from proposing course content to evaluating the final product. As part of a pilot program, teachers were enlisted to assess the content and its approach. “Teachers’ Domain not only contains the fundamentals that my students need to know, but also includes a lot of material that goes beyond the basics, ” stated one teacher. “With Teachers’ Domain, I was better able to teach to the varying ranges of my students’ individual needs.” Another teacher discovered that her instructional strategies changed with Teachers’ Domain. “I began giving my students more responsibility for doing research rather than just handing them the information. As the term progressed, I made specific demands on my students related to the Standards of Learning and our science department’s curriculum goals, and I utilized information contained on Teachers’ Domain that was pertinent to the curriculum, and spent less time covering material in the textbook that was not.” Grants from the National Science Foundation enabled WGBH to create a prototype of Teachers’ Domain, and then expand the collection of media assets and contextual information to cover the Life Sciences, K-12. With a recent award from the NSF, WGBH has begun the development of a new Physical Sciences and Engineering “wing” for Teachers’ Domain, and proposals are pending for Earth and Space Sciences. Eventually, Teachers’ Domain will encompass the full range of WGBH’s assets to address multiple disciplines, including Civics, English, and Math. Teachers’ Domain is available online at www.teachersdomain.org. Users can link to it directly from the WGBH Web site teachers’ resource area at http://www.wgbh.org/resources/teachers/. Teachers’ Domain is also available as part of the National Science Digital Library at http://nsdl.org. NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. About WGBH
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