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Welcome to the latest edition of the SD Public Broadcasting Education Update Newsletter.  This newsletter is part of a broader overall education communications plan to increase the exposure and use of SDPB's education services. We hope you will find this service useful in your work. 

  1. One  
SDPB TV'S Overnight Broadcast Schedule

  2. Two  
Reading Rainbow Episodes  

  3. Three
Assignment the World & Dakota Pathways

  4. Four  
Signing Time

  5. Five
Dragonfly TV & Design Squad

  6. Six
SDPB Online Radio and Television schedules

  7. Seven
SDPB Educational Services Guide to resources and programs 2007-2008

  8. Eight  
Governor's Budget Address

  9. Nine 
Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest

Information

Archives

 1.  SDPB TV'S Overnight Broadcast Schedule Nov 30 – Dec 13

Program descriptions and episode numbers (here) Activities, teacher guides, episodes previews and  related website (here)

 2.  Reading Rainbow Episodes Nov 29 – Dec 10  

Reading Rainbow airs on SDPB TV at 2:30 p.m.CT/1:30 MT, M-F. (more)
11/29  Game Day (success)
11/30  Show Way  (slavery)
12/3    The Paper Crane (Japan)
12/4    To be determined
12/5    Rumpelstiltskin
12/6    Best Friends
12/7    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
12/10
The Bionic Bunny Show

 3.  Assignment the World & Dakota Pathways

SDPB TV, Mondays and Fridays, 2:00-2:30 pm CT
 
11/12 & 16 2:00-2:15pm CT Assignment the World  
              (·Username “SDPB” ·Password "newshound”)
           2:15-2:30am CT
Dakota Pathways

 4.  Signing Time

SDPB TV, Tuesdays 2:00pm - 2:30pm CT
Even young children can learn the American Sign Language! A useful tool for all ages. (more)

 5.   Dragonfly TV &  Design Squad

Dragonfly TV   -   Episodes
Science experimentation by and for kids.
SDPB TV, Wednesdays, 2:00pm - 2:30pm CT
SDPB TV, Saturdays, 9:00am  9:30am CT

Design Squad
Engineering and mathematics brought to kids in an exciting format.
SDPB TV, Thursdays, 2:00pm – 2:30pm CT
SDPB TV, Saturdays, 9:30am - 10:00am CT

 6.  SDPB Online Radio and Television schedules

South Dakota Public Broadcasting provides online SDPB Radio and SDPB Television schedules.
Listen live to SDPB Radio online as you use your computer to do other tasks! Many of the programs include program descriptions and website links.

 7.  SDPB Educational Services Guide to resources and programs 2007-2008

The 2007-2008 school year electronic program guide for the Educational Television (ETV) programs and resources available from SDPB is now available!

 8.  Governor's Budget Address

SDPB TV,  Tuesday, December 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m. CT and repeated from 10:00 pm - midnight CT (more)

 9.  Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest

Teachers of Grades K-3
Plan to enter your students' original stories in the 2008 Young Writers & Illustrators Contest, sponsored for the 14th year by Reading Rainbow.  SDPB sponsors the SD contest. Students may begin now to work on their own stories, which must be submitted to SDPB by March 15, 2008.  The winning stories from previous contests are posted on the SDPB web site and are a helpful tool for students to view before beginning to work on their own stories.  Rules and the entry form will be posted online at www.sdpb.org in the Learning section very soon! Watch for further announcements.

 FYI. Information 

-Please preview all of the programs and the activities for content appropriateness and application to your specific curricular needs.

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