Meet Jose Puzon, from the Philippines who works as a dialysis technician.
Jose Puzon is from the Philippines and decided to train as a dialysis technician, deeply moved by the death of his grandmother from kidney failure and inspired by his cousin who was working in the field. He wanted to help others like his grandmother, and after the training he describes in this interview, he is now working at San Francisco General Hospital.
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Do you think creative, funny internet memes could be considered artwork? If not, how you would categorize them? Describe one of your favorites and/or send us a link to it.
All over the internet, "People are creating images and sharing them with strangers for the purpose of communicating their personal experiences." Art takes many forms, and PBS's new web video series, Idea Channel, poses an intriguing question in this recent episode about memes and art. The internet offers an opportunity to share individually-crafted punch lines and images on a global scale, but what do we call this act of creation? Art? Jokes? Procrastination fodder? Or all of the above? In contemporary art, successful works are not necessarily made by hand or even tangible—making a visual representation of an idea, whether it goes viral or not, is a creative act.
One third of the residents of Silicon Valley are immigrants and two thirds of children under 18 have parents who are immigrants. This is the demographic profile of a major segment of our broadcast area and it is why we offer public media resources to support English as a Second Language (ESL) educators who work with these immigrant communities throughout the Bay Area. For KQED Education ESL resources, visit www.kqed.org/esl
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It’s called the Latino Paradox - immigrants arriving in the United States tend to be healthier than the average American, but as they remain in the country, their health declines. In the documentary Unnatural Causes, the narrator introduces this clip, Arriving Healthy:
The PBS series, America Revealed, uses beautiful and breath-taking aerial photography to provide an otherwise unseen view of America. It uses original data visualizations to demonstrate how our systems work.
Enhance your English, social studies, math, health, science, and environmental studies curriculum with video clips and supporting classroom materials in PBS LearningMedia from this thought provoking series.
A plate full of edible insects, including bee larvae, grasshoppers and a waterbug native to Thailand. Image courtesy of Sevda Eris/QUEST.
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Would you consider eating insects? What if food resources were scarce?
Ask your friends or neighbors what they think about insects and you'll probably hear that they're gross or a nuisance or even scary. But tasty? Not a likely response. Eating insects is not something you see everyday in the Bay Area, or even the U.S., however in four out of five nations insects are a source of food and protein. There are 1.1 million known species of insects and 1,700 of these are eaten by cultures around the world.
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by Tina Barseghian
As the open education movement grows, the ripple effects of what it means for teachers to take control of what they teach is being witnessed across all spectrums in education. Customizable content, sharing and becoming part of a community, and deconstructing entrenched ideologies about what constitutes quality learning materials — these are just a few paths that the open education movement is creating.
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Should we be required to have health insurance? Why or why not? What could be beneficial or problematic in either case?
There is intense debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, to put in place comprehensive health insurance reforms which will roll out over the next four years with most changes taking place by 2014. The law has been vehemently challenged and on March 29th this year, the Supreme Court finished hearing three days of arguments about the constitutionality of that law. One of the key issues at stake is what is termed the individual mandate.
This week, KQED's Arts & Media education team descended upon the University of California's Arts, Media & Entertainment curriculum institute (UCCI), which "brings together educators from around the state to collaborate on the creation of model high school courses that anchor traditional academic learning in real-world experience."
We are working with teachers, observing their curriculum design sessions, and sharing resources and tools for integrating media-rich projects into their courses, which cover a range of topics including media production, theater, and writing.
PBS LearningMedia is the next generation digital library from PBS and affiliates designed for educators to engage students in media-rich learning environments with videos, audio, and interactives. With over 20,000 resources, and more being added weekly, LearningMedia is the place to reimagine classroom learning, transform your teaching, and engage your students in new ways.
There are many ways to go about searching for different resources, but what are the most effective ways to use this library? Here are my top 5 favorites from a list of ten ways suggested by Iowa Public TV to incorporate PBS LearningMedia into teaching.
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