WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, received a My Source Education Innovation Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) this weekend in Washington, D.C.
The My Source Education Innovation Awards recognize and showcase how public broadcasting stations use pioneering approaches and emerging digital technologies to serve the educational needs of their communities on-air, online and in the classroom.
“Stations across the country are using technology in creative and innovative ways to deliver educational tools and resources that are making a real difference to teachers, parents and children,” said Pat Harrison, president and CEO of CPB. “Public media is the definitive education partner for a new generation of learners and CPB congratulates WSRE for its outstanding contribution to the community.”
WSRE was recognized for its work with the Digital School Initiative, in partnership with the Escambia County School District’s Instructional Technology department.. WSRE offers professional development to area K-12 educators focused on the innovative use of technology to enhance curriculum in the classroom. WSRE hosts an annual conference to provide educators with hands-on training focused on harnessing the power of technology in the classroom. WSRE also produced a documentary about this project called: The Ripple Effect: The Digital School Initiative, which aired on WSRE and was featured statewide on the Florida Knowledge Network. The documentary won a Bronze Telly Award.
Jill Hubbs, WSRE’s director of educational services commented, “WSRE’s main mission is education and we are pleased to use our resources to partner with Northwest Florida’s school districts and educators to fully integrate technology into the curriculum. Today’s classrooms need to replicate the world in which today’s students live – as well as reflect their futures and the careers that they will choose. Technology is revolutionizing the way that today’s educators teach and how students learn – the days of centering the learning process around the use of textbooks, paper and pencils are over.”
The award was presented to Sandy Cesaretti Ray, WSRE’s general manager, and Jill Hubbs WSRE’s director of educational services by Pat Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting at the Council of Chief State School Officers/Public Media Executive Summit. WSRE will receive a $3,000 grant to further support the project.
About CPB
CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services
About WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast
WSRE is a PBS member station that is locally owned and licensed to the Pensacola Junior College Board of Trustees operating as a service of Pensacola Junior College. The public broadcasting station has been serving the needs of the Gulf Coast community through programming, educational services and outreach since 1967.. WSRE produces, acquires and distributes programs that address local interests and reflect the diverse cultural, political, geographic and demographic characteristics of its audience. The Educational Services unit for WSRE serves as the connection to teachers, parents, caregivers and children to extend the rich resources found in public television. For more information about WSRE, it services, programs or available resources, visit wsre.org.
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