One of our local teachers has done something very special. PBS, America’s largest classroom, has announced the winners of the national PBS Teachers Innovation Awards. Sponsored by The Henry Ford and SMART Technologies, the awards honor teachers from across the country who inspire young minds and display innovative use of public media to improve learning.
Patricia Yu, from the Cannon School, in Concord, is that special teacher. On July 19, 2011, Beverly Dorn-Steele and Elsie Garner, from WTVI, presented the second place award to Patricia for her entry from the 9th grade Chinese class she teaches at the Cannon School.
Patricia’s students worked very hard on their Chinese weather reports. The weather report video project challenged students to report the weather in Chinese, write a script, read maps and improve public speaking skills. View the video.
WTVI encourages all teachers to take advantage of the standards-based instructional resources on the PBS Teachers website at www.pbs.org/teachers and all of WTVI’s local outreach programs from tutoring to live events to reading programs. Visit www.wtvi.org today.
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