Teachers, parents and students of the St. John the Baptist Parish Public School District now have access to thousands of videos from NBC News that can be used in classwork, homework, presentations and instruction.
The district now has access to NBC Learn, thanks to the United States Golf Association and Chevron Corp., who have partnered to give the district free access to NBC Learn through June 2015.
The USGA and Chevron worked together to create NBC Learn’s newest original series, "The Science of Golf," focusing on Science Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) through the lens of one of America’s most popular sports.
In addition to "The Science of Golf," the district will have access to thousands of historic primary-source newscasts from the NBC News archive. NBC Learn K-12 is also updated daily with the latest current events videos from NBC News and original educational videos created specifically for the classroom. The high-quality resources in NBC Learn K-12 are correlated to Louisiana Content Standards and Common Core standards for ELA/Literacy and Math.
"By tying real-world stories to curricula, students are given an intimate look at why the things they're learning are relevant beyond the classroom,” said Bonnie Dinvaut-Irving, coordinator of instructional technology for the district.
NBC Learn’s more than 14,000 resources are aligned to collections such as Current Events (updated every day), Social Studies, Science, English Language Arts, Health and Wellness, Performing and Visual Arts, Math and Statistics and Business and Financial Literacy.
The district will also have access to NBC Learn’s Original Collections, such as the Science of Golf, the Science of NFL Football, the Science of the Summer Olympics, Chemistry Now: The Chemistry of Everyday Things and Finishing the Dream: Learning from the Civil Rights Era.
NBC Learn can be accessed by clicking on the NBC Learn logo on the district home page at www.stjohn.k12.la.us. Viewers will see “Welcome, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA” in the upper right-hand corner and will have generic access to NBC Learn.
To sign up for an individual account, teachers, students and parents can click “Register Now” and enter their information. Registering for an individual account allows users to set up personal playlists and save videos to them.
The information in this article was provided by the St. John the Baptist Parish Public School System's Communications Specialist Jennifer Boquet.