CrA 1coo 1 f l P4 lqi~/~ &2f The Bulletin of Georgia Public Broadcasting's Satellite August/September 1998 Delivered Instructional Programming We're Here to Serve You PeachStar Education Services join al l Georgia edu ca tors in ce lebrating the beg in ning of a new sc hoo l year. We share yo ur enthusiasm and yo ur hopes for th e best yea r ever. It 's a good tim e to review some of th e se rvices -- new and o ld -- that Peac hStar provides to ed ucator , students, pare nts and a ll life-long lea rn ers. First, let's talk about that Pipeline yo u are holding in yo ur ha nd s. Th ere are severa l signifi ca nt changes th is yea r. We have expa nd ed our progra m listings; in re ponsc to yo ur requ ests, we have add ed dail y li stings, so medi a s pec ia li sts and c lass room teachers ca n see a t-a-g lance what program is on PeachSta r, Chann e l 410 , at any tim e on any day. We have a lso added Iistings for BLOCKFEEDS schedu le d on Channel 430. (For severa l years we have aired BLOCKIE EDS on Chann e l 410, beca use many of our custom ers prefer to tape several programs in a series -- often th e entire se ri es-- at one lime. ow that we have multipl e digita l chann e ls, we ca n great ly ex pand BLOCKFEEOS.) To he lp yo u navi ga te your way throu gh th ese va ri ous program sched ul es, we added a Table of Contents on th e insid e fro nt cover. Final ly, we have co mpletely updated our sc hoo l mailing li st. Las t s pring we asked every school sys tem in Georgia lo send us current addresses for th eir schools. Th e res pon se was 100 percent , and Peac h tar now possesses what we believe to be th e most accurate publi c sc hool mailing li st in e xist e nce. You ca n a lso find th e latest Pipeline on PeachStar's web site at . This site is a tremendous reso urce to edu ca tors. In addition to Pipelin e, you'll find information abou t the ins tru ctional programming PeachStar produces and links to many oth er educational s ites . (Continued on Page 3) SALSA Says .. Bienvenidos al nuevo ano escolar11 That's " We lcome back to school ," of course. SALSA , PeachStar's Span ish and culture seri es for young lea rners, returns to Peach tar and GPTV for its second year. Th e seri es fea tures lovable puppets, state-of-th e-a rt a nim at ion and a lively re-tell ing of class ic children's sto ri es . There are 30 entertaining and educa ti onal epi sodes in th e seri es a lrea dy, with 15 new progra ms in production. SALSA is a big hit with stud ents, teachers and parents, and even th e cr iti c agree: Last s pring SALSA won th e Int ernational Film a nd Vid eo Festiva l's Fir l Place "Gold en Camera Award" in th e ca tegory of ch il dren's progra mming, and thi s summer the eri es picked up four South east Regional Emmies. Welcome Back! As veteran readers of Pipelin e kn ow, this space is reserved each month to pass along information of particu lar interest to medi a specia li sts. Three re minders: Distribution of Pipeline Eac h month of th e school yea r PeachStar sends every media specialist a bundle of 25 Pipelines. Please keep w hat yo u need in th e Media Center, and distribute th e res t to yo ur classroom teachers. We no longer send free individual copies to teachers, so you are th eir only source. PeachStar Program Guide La t year we mailed one copy of our Program Guide, compl ete with binder, to every Med ia Cente r. The Guide co ntains detailed information about the programming we air and other useful information. Th is summer we mailed upd ate pages that refl ect our new programming and other changes. Please make s ure yo u go t th e update; then follow the instructions for inserting new pages and de leting outdated pages a p p r o p r i a t e ly. Satellite Schoolhouse Periodically we wi ll produce and a ir Th e Peach Star Satellite Schoolhouse, programs designed to help media pecialists and teachers use instructional technology more effectively. The first Schoolhouse this year will be a guid e to usi ng PeachStar resources. Check Staff Deve lopment listings in this Pipeline for air dates and limes. See our cover story for more important info! lj i \ Tb~O /I P4 lq%{b errttiGL Attention Media Specialist-HELP There are two errors on page 30 of this Pipeline. On the Resources Order Form two prices are incorrect. The Irasshai Explorer Teacher Guide costs $100.00 --not $10. The Irasshai Explorer Student Text costs $19.95 --not $10. We apologize for the errors and ask that you please relate the correct prices to any of your teachers who might be interested in Irasshai Explorer. THANKS!!! PeachStar Pipeline *How you may use tapes of PeachStar Programs School YR Schools may record and use for the current school year and subsequent years, as long as Georgia Public Broadcasting continues to broadcast the program. Schools are not required to erase these programs at the end of the school year unless they appear on our list of program deletions for the upcoming school year. Unlimited (Unltd) Unlimited use for educational purposes in perpetuity or until rights have been revoked. Unltd (To date indicated) Unlimited use until specified date. Off-Air/No Dup Multiple copies may be recorded at time of broadcast, but copies may not be made from those recordings at a later date. Off-Air/Dup Rights have been purchased for copies to be made from the off-air rec ordings . 1Yr+ PBS series have specific educational taping rights beyond one year from the date of original broadcast of each program within the series. Contact PeachStar for broadcast dates if necessary. NA Information not ava il able at press time. Contact program provider. - OTHER CODES - PrintNideollnteract/None Program related print materials and/or video tapes are available free or for purchase. Interaction by phone, FAX, WWW or other means is avai lable. Contact program provider for details. CC Closed Captioned. 2 KEY TO PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE Program Title - GEORGIA STORIES II: (Hist) (PSTAR) Gen Curriculum Area Program Provider* - ~- Grade Level (s) - (Gr. 4 & 8-11) (1 9 Prgm ) (26min) (Unltd ) - # Episodes in Series - - - Minutes per Episode - - - Copyright Code / ($No) (Print/Video) (CC) Any Provider Fees ------ Related Resources Prog. Description / Air Days,Times Date, Prog.#, S'title Continues the study of our state's rich heritage with a focus on economic histo1y. Airs Thursdays, 2 PM 8/22 201 : Early Inhab itants of Georgia Pipeline Table of Contents Media Center ......................... . .. . .... . .Front over Copyright Info .. .. ... .. ........... .... . . . .... .... . ..Page 2 Table of Contents . . ...... . ..... ....... . ..... . . .. . ... . ....2 PeachStar Education Services Progra mming .. .. . .. .... ... . . .. . .4 Channel 410 Listi ngs Early Childhood and Elementary chool ................ .7-10 Middl e and High chool .. ... . . . . ................... 10-14 Staff Development .................. . .. . . .. . . ... . ..14-15 Postsecon dary, Adult a nd p ecia l In terest ............... 15-16 Dail y Li s ting , Augus t 17-0ctober 9 ....... . .. . . .... . .... .17-23 Channel 43 0 BLOCKFEED Li s tings ....................... 24-26 l