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NBC makes K12 history.


OVER 60 YEARS OF NBC'S MEDIA ARCHIVES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO K12 classrooms through a partnership with HotChalk's subscription-based online learning management system.

Over 5,000 radio, television and film resources have already been released, along with several thousand documentaries and stills that have been animated into two- to five-minute teachable teach·a·ble  
adj.
1. That can be taught: teachable skills.

2. Able and willing to learn: teachable youngsters.
 classroom moments.

Additional programs will include themed approaches similar to NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 1, 1970.  with Brian Williams This article is about the American journalist. For other uses, see Brian Williams (disambiguation).
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network.
, geared to the K12 classroom, and the Daily Trail, which will follow the upcoming race to the U.S. presidency. Meet the Issue, comparable to Tim Russert's Meet the Press, will focus on important issues of the day. Olympics coverage, as well as science, math, women's and African-American studies will also be incorporated. "We want to be a part of the whole evolution of instruction with visual media," says Nicola Soares, vice president of education marketing for NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 initiatives and a former social studies teacher. "Later, we are looking at having teachers and students create and upload See download.

upload - /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client" system to a larger or central "host" one.

Opposite: download.
 their own digital media."

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Title Annotation:BRIEFINGS: Curriculum Update
Author:Royal, Ken
Publication:District Administration
Date:Nov 1, 2007
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