TPT LEARN: EDUCATION & INNOVATION
And we’re BACK! School year 2021-2022 is (already) upon us. Here’s hoping the summer offered some well-deserved moments of sunshine, relaxation and connection with family, pets and pals. Your friends at TPT Learn have been beating the heat by doing what we love: dreaming up new ways to share standards-based, award-winning and fun PBS media and activities! In partnership with Minnesota’s diverse communities, we are striving to become the premiere media resource for educators and parents statewide. You might wonder: why TPT? Can a television station provide educational content? In a word, yes! But only by partnering with local and national teachers, afterschool program leaders, researchers, parents and other caring adults who are committed to K-12 education. In fact, TPT has relied upon this collaborative approach for over 35 years, employing it to produce long-running PBS favorites like Newton’s Apple , Dragonfly TV , SciGirls and Hero Elementary . And of course all of these series reach beyond the television screen and into classrooms and communities, providing professional development for educators, hands-on programming for children and enrichment for parents.
The TPT Learn team sharing educational innovation across multiple platforms:
On-Air: The television shows Camp TV and Let’s Learn , accompanied by widely distributed TPT Learn Activity Kits, provide at-home learning opportunities. And of course, children and parents can always tune into or stream their favorite PBS Kids series 24/7! Online: TPT’s new and existing standards-based educational content is crafted into PBS Learning Media Collections focused on History and Civics, Art and Culture and STEM, reaching over 2 million educators annually. Check out these free resources at www.pbslm.org . On-the-Ground: TPT Learn will offer professional development online and in-person workshops to engage thousands of Minnesota teachers and informal educators. We will also collaborate with TPT colleagues and peer non-profit educational organizations to create and disseminate standards-based activities and initiatives. To discover more about TPT Learn, and to sign up for educator and parent/caregiver newsletters, visit tpt.org/learn . Together, we can leverage the power of public media to educate, enrich and LEARN!
Best wishes, Kristin Pederson Vice President, Education
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