Free Media and Technology Webinars
Presented by PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0

November 10, 2009:
PBS TeacherLine: Online Professional Development for Educators

PBS Teachers is hosting a free webinar for educators on Tuesday, November 10 at 8 p.m. ET to showcase its professional development service, PBS TeacherLine. With high quality, standards-based graduate-level courses, PBS TeacherLine offers teachers the professional development opportunities they need in an accessible online format that makes learning fun, flexible and collaborative. Teachers can earn graduate credit, PDPs, or CEUs while gaining strategies and resources to bring directly to the classroom.

During the webinar, PBS TeacherLine staff will provide a tour of the site, including information on courses and an additional service for coaches, Peer Connection.

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November 17, 2009:
Helping Kids Understand Viruses and Vaccinations with Sid the Science Kid

PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are hosting a free webinar for educators on Tuesday, November 17th at 8 p.m. ET to share information about a currently airing episode of Sid the Science Kid that helps children better understand the science behind germs, viruses and vaccines, and learn good prevention techniques such as as sneezing into an elbow, effective hand washing, and disinfecting common household surfaces to prevent germs from spreading.

During the webinar, health and early childhood education experts will share ideas on how educators can help kids better understand viruses and vaccinations and support healthy habits in school.

Episode Description: Sid is hearing a lot of talk about how to stay healthy, which leads him to ask lots of questions about what can make a person sick and what he can do to keep from getting sick. In the special episode "Getting a shot: You Can Do It!," Sid and his friends learn the basic science behind germs, viruses and vaccines. When it's vaccination day at Sid's school, Sid and his friends are a little apprehensive about getting a shot. Thankfully, a very special nurse will be giving the kids their vaccination — Sid's Grandma! Grandma, Teacher Susie, Mom and Dad all do their part to make vaccination day a learning experience filled with music, games and lots of laughs.

For more information on this episode of Sid the Science Kid, visit http://www.pbs.org/parents/sid/vaccination.html. You can also print a certificate to share with a child who has just received a vaccination.

About Our November 17th Guest Speakers

Moisés Román
Moisés Román appears regularly on the PBS child care information series Los Niños en su Casa as Imagination and Creativity Expert. He is also the educational advisor for PBS children's series "Sid the Science Kid," produced by The Jim Henson Company and KCET. Román is a renowned advocate of child care and early childhood education. Currently serving as the Diversity in Action Chair for the California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) he appears at national, state and local conferences, presenting a variety of topics such as Men in Education and Early Literacy. In addition, he is curriculum coordinator for UCLA Early Care and Education, where he conducts teacher and administrator training at three Los Angeles-area schools. His other affiliations include the Heads Up! reading program and the California Mentorship Program, among many others.

Cyrus Rangan M.D.:
Medical Tosicologist for Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Cyrus Rangan M.D. FAAP ACMT graduated from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1995. He went on to do his clinical residency in General Pediatrics at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, graduating in 1998. He then completed a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center in 2000. He is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Medical Toxicology. Dr. Rangan is Director of the Toxics Epidemiology Program at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Public Health. He investigates community reports of environmentally related illnesses or disease clusters and provides expert consultation and education to hospitals and other impacted professionals about medical issues in toxicology, hazardous materials, epidemiology, and environmental health. Dr. Rangan serves as Director of the Los Angeles Area Medical Toxicology Education Program for the California Poison Control System. He provides lectures and media support, interviews for radio, television, and print media on behalf of hospitals, healthcare groups, health agencies, and schools. Dr. Rangan is also an attending physician and consulting medical toxicologist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and is Clinical Professor at the USC/Keck School of Medicine, Institute for Preventive Health.

Webinar Co-Moderator: Steve Hargadon, Founder of Classroom 2.0

Steve Hargadon is the director of the K12 Open Technologies Initiative at the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network (www.classroom20.com). He blogs, speaks, and consults on educational technology, and is particularly passionate about Web 2.0, social networking, Free and Open Source Software, computer reuse, and computing for low-income populations. He runs the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for the NECC and CUE shows, is the organizer of EduBloggerCon, and holds a series of free workshops around the country (Classroom 2.0 LIVE) to help educators learn about the educational uses of the participative aspect of the Web.