Educational TV
November 11, 2007
| Farragut Schools has
free access to DirecTV and local cable stations. To have a program taped for your use in the classroom, print out and deliver or e-mail the "Taping Request Form" to Mrs. Sanders. |
For DirecTVchannels and descriptions:
For Iowa Public Television listings:
Once you have the web site, click on the Educational Resources link at the top of the page.
On the Educational Resources page, the yellow pencil labeled K-12 has some great ideas and descriptions of programming.
The actual TV listings and times are in the newsletter. Click Download Latest Newsletter. The second, third, and fourth pages are the actual listings.
For A & E (Now the Biography Channel):
Log on at the above web site. It contains complete programming information and downloadable teacher guides for over 350 A&E programs. You can also register for a FREE e-mail newsletter for the latest educational programing information. AETV.com also offers behind-the-scenes features for all A & E original movies, interactive mini-sites for programs and the "Who Am I?" quiz game.
For the History Channel:
Log on to receive complete programming information and downloadable teacher guides for over 400 programs from the History Channel, and to register for the FREE monthly e-mail newsletter for the latest educational programming information. History.com also included This Day in History, a speech archive, a searchable historical database and interactive mini-series covering a variety of historical events.
For Cable TV listings, use the newspaper.
