Events

As we navigate one of the most unusual school years in history, educators are committed to providing the best resources and digital learning experiences for their students. Joining our monthly Edcamps is an opportunity for you to connect with other educators in the state around topics that are relevant to your experience right now.

Unearth PBS digital resources you can use to expand Black History Month in February and throughout the year. This brief lunchtime webinar will be divided into two groups: elementary resources and middle-high school resources. Walk away with digital resources you can use in your classroom the next day!

PBS Wisconsin Education is proud to sponsor this event, ensuring that scholarships are available to increase the access to Wisconsin educators!

Join us at 10:45-11:45am on February 20th for a special break out workshop: You’re a Star! Celebrating Black Scientists with PBS Wisconsin.

Want to learn more about Black Space Scientists, PBS KIDS, and participate in a hands-on, building activity? Join Mouna Algahaithi from PBS Wisconsin as she leads families together through an interactive workshop. We will read together, watch a brief PBS KIDS episode related to the theme, and build a spacesuit for our own stuffed animal while celebrating the accomplishments of important Black science figures! Make sure to bring your little one(s) and your favorite stuffed animal along for the mission!

Join the Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin performers as they share their joy of music, growth as performers, love of culture and heritage, and challenges faced as they share music throughout their work in our state. In this workshop, curriculum writers, Katherine Miller and Lucy Wrenn, share ideas and resources provided in the Re/Sound educator engagement guides for sharing Hmong music in your classroom.

With Wisconsin being at the national forefront of racialized educational disparities between Black and white students, many educators seek strategies for dismantling existing barriers. This leads many educators to ask the question: what does race-based equity look like in a variety of learning spaces? From early childhood classrooms to afterschool settings and college lecture halls, join our outstanding panel of Wisconsin education leaders to learn about their own experiences and strategies for developing equitable learning spaces.

Expand your classroom bookshelf to include new children’s and young adult literature by and about people of color. PBS Wisconsin is proud to host Madeline Tyner, a librarian at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as they share brand new books from 2020 and early 2021. 

The CCBC is dedicated to diversity and education. They document the number of books they receive annually that are by and about Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Beginning in 2018, they began documenting the content of every book they received around other aspects of diversity and representation in children’s and young adult literature as well, including LGBTQ+,  disability, and religion.

Black History Month has come and gone, but these efforts must continue year-round. What questions do you still have? Let’s talk about it.

This Edcamp event celebrates the learning that occurred during Black History Month and will inspire a renewed commitment to seeking equity-focused, racial-justice oriented education in all learning spaces. What questions do you still have regarding Black excellence, racial disparities in education, or being a better ally? Bring them to this event and converse with like-minded educators around the state grappling with these same inquiries.

Join PBS Wisconsin Education as we host the Foldscopes team! Learn pedagogical methods for implementing Foldscopes into your virtual, hybrid, or in person Science classrooms and walk away with lessons and resources you can use with your students

Session 028: Click Youth Media from PBS Wisconsin Education

Video production in the classroom is a powerful form of learning. It hits all the latest research on how students learn best – project-based, relevant, collaborative and focused on critical thinking with real-world applications. In this hands-on session you will learn video production skills and deepen your ability to teach video production and journalism in your classroom. We will explore PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab’s cost-free educational resources and you will hear from a Click teacher and their students about the value of this interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning.

Join the Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin performers as they share their joy of music, growth as performers, love of culture and heritage, and challenges faced as they share music throughout their work in our state. Discussion will be based on submitted questions and topics chosen by the performers.

Join PBS Wisconsin Education to learn how to activate our newest content, Meet The Lab! This collection introduces students to relevant real-world issues, cutting edge research and the human element—the people working together to research, innovate and solve problems using science. Learn more about how to use this content in your classroom and hear about upcoming opportunities for you and your students to engage with STEAM content.

Session: You, Your Students and Your Community with the WSMA and PBS Wisconsin Re/sound Project

The WSMA/PBS Wisconsin Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin Project can help you and your students explore the connections between music, identities, cultures and emotions. Come, see, and hear from those involved in the process – what they personally gained and what you and your students can learn about yourselves and each other through use of the Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin resources.

Teaching While White’s Co-Directors, Jenna Chandler-Ward, and Elizabeth Denevi lead a discussion about talking about race and making whiteness explicit in school communities.

Join nationally recognized education researcher, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings and PBS Wisconsin to learn about the four factors that have led to the educational disparities that exist between Black and White students in the U.S.. Dr. Ladson-Billings will also share her vision for culturally relevant teaching in a post-COVID-19 world.

Wisconsin Biographies is a collection of free educational, online media resources that tell the stories of notable people in Wisconsin history whose contributions to society continue to resonate today. This webinar explores the animated videos, text biographies, image gallery, interactives and teaching tips. Wisconsin Biographies is intended for use in grades 3-8.

An introduction to using PBS KIDS’ Molly of Denali to enrich American Indian studies, literacy and social emotional learning lessons. Our Education Engagement Specialist, Mouna Algahaithi discusss how to leverage the additional resources that accompany the show’s episodes to help your students grow their skills!