PBS Launches Free Educational Resource

Earlier this month, PBS launched PBS Teachers (http://www.pbs.org/teachers), a "front door" Web site for all of the educational resources and services PBS offers. The site offers plenty of quality resources for classroom teachers and home-schooling parents.

The site also provides a one-stop resource for educators searching for wide-ranging curriculum resources, video archives, and more.

The site offers lots of free teaching resources that include:

• Thousands of free standards-based lesson plans, classroom activities, interactive resources, and more—organized by subject, grade level, and curriculum topic.
• Hundreds of curriculum resources from local PBS stations—forming a local-national search, combining the best educational resources from around the country.
• PBS' newest blog, "Media Infusion" (http://www.pbs.org/teachers/mediainfusion), which will showcase ideas for and encourage conversations about using media and technology in the classroom, to be hosted by practicing classroom teachers and educational technology experts.
• Dedicated areas for early childhood educators, library media specialists, and technology coordinators.
• Showcases for public broadcasting's video content—including on-demand streaming video from selected PBS programs, customizable local PBS station TV schedules, and Shop for Teachers, a source for purchasing video programs.

At first glance, this appears to be a solid resource for teachers, especially teachers with Internet access in their classrooms (many of the lessons direct students to watch a brief streaming video from the PBS archives). Take a look at the site and let me know what you think.