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Delivering Extension to the Living Room Using Internet TV
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Rice, Grant G., III – Journal of Extension, 2014
Television is a widely adopted source for viewing educational information. Unfortunately, producing a television show on network television can be costly and time consuming. Internet TV offers Extension video content producers the opportunity to create a niche topic channel quickly and at low cost. Internet TV offers viewers a low-cost and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Internet, Delivery Systems, Educational Television
Preschool Teachers Can Use a Media-Rich Curriculum to Prepare Low-Income Children for School Success: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Summative Evaluation of the "Ready to Learn Initiative"
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Penuel, William R.; Pasnik, Shelley; Bates, Lauren; Townsend, Eve; Gallagher, Lawrence P.; Llorente, Carlin; Hupert, Naomi – Education Development Center, Inc., 2009
Described here is a study on the efficacy of a media-rich curriculum based on the idea that children can learn best from "media synergy," that is, when children have opportunities to learn a focused set of skills by engaging in repeated practice with them in many different formats and media. Participants in this study were low-income…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Learning Readiness, Summative Evaluation, Reading Research
Children and Adolescents in a Changing Media World.
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Larson, Reed – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2001
Reviews study that tested the long-term influence of early childhood television viewing on adolescent achievement. Focuses on the demonstrated importance of content of television viewing as a predictor for adolescent outcomes, emphasizes the probable magnification of media effects, and suggests expanding well-crafted educational content to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Policy, Educational Television, Internet
The Cable Television Industry's Ongoing Commitment to Education and America's Teachers, Children and Families.
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National Cable Television Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1999
This cable television industry report provides a sampling of case studies and overviews which describe cable operator, multiple system operator (MSO), and program networks' initiatives, resources, and support for education and the communities they serve. The information focuses on the following categories: Cable in the Classroom; cable's high…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Case Studies, Distance Education
Study of School Uses of Television and Video. 1996-1997 School Year Summary Report.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1997
This summary provides an overview of the findings from the 1997 Study of School Uses of Television and Video, which surveyed principals (n=1,059) and teachers (n=1,285) throughout the U.S. The study analyzed key measures of the use of television and video for instruction in U.S. schools in terms of availability of equipment, programming, support,…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Television
Handbook of Children and the Media.
Singer, Dorothy G., Ed.; Singer, Jerome L., Ed. – 2001
This handbook analyzes effects on children of traditional media, such as television, film, and advertising; and new media, such as the Internet and video games. The chapters are: (1) "The History of Children's Use of Electronic Media" (Paik); (2) "Free Reading: Implications for Child Development" (Desmond); (3) "The Use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Cable Television, Censorship