Video Distribution
System & Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Video Distribution System
The school in Paulding County where I currently teach has a
video distribution system, however it currently does not get used. The current media specialist was hired in
October and stated that she plans on using it next school year. The school I taught at for 12 years in
Douglas County had a video distribution system that was referred to as a closed
circuit cable system for watching movies in classrooms school wide. Each classroom has a TV with a DVD/VCR combo
that is mounted to the wall for showing the morning and afternoon
announcements, closed circuit videos, and DVD’s. Non-educational movies are shown via the
closed circuit twice a year on the last day of school before the holiday break
and on the last day of school before the summer break. Educational movies are played during certain
times throughout the year for instance during Black History Month in February,
the media specialist will play certain movies pertaining to Black History Month
via the closed circuit and teachers have the options of whether or not they
want to show the movie to their students.
All of the movies are played at certain times on specific days
throughout the school year and the media specialist will usually send an email
stating the times that the movie will be played on that day.
Teachers are to turn their televisions on every morning and
afternoon so students can watch the morning and afternoon announcements. The morning announcements consist of a news
team of 4th and 5th graders who deliver the news in the
newsroom that is located in a small room in the media center. Every morning, the students on the news team
will ask for everyone to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance and then ask
for everyone to have a moment of silence.
After the moment of silence, the lunch choices for the day are announced
as well as the playground weather.
Birthdays of students and faculty and staff are also announced daily and
sometime the principal or assistant principal will make an appearance if they
have something to announce. The
afternoon announcements via the television consist of reminders for students as
well as any transportation changes.
Breakfast choices for the following day are displayed and once the bell
rings the dismissal order for students is displayed so students know when to
leave the classroom.
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Georgia Public Broadcasting is a partner with Discovery
Education (DE), which offers digital education resources to subscribers through
the Education tab at the top of the GBP home page. My previous school had a subscription to DE and
several teachers took advantage of the many resources that are offered
including the video streaming portion of discovery education. There are several videos available that
relate to the standards and are great resources for teachers to use as an
introduction or a review for students. I
have not seen teachers at my current school using the resources from the GPB
website and the current Media Specialist knew very little about the site and
all it has to offer.
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