Pipeline, Dec. 2005

December 2005

NOVA ScienceNOW Caf at GaETC
The GaETC conference came to town November 9th -11th. We, at Georgia Public Broadcasting, took this opportunity to hold a NOVA ScienceNOW Caf at our booth on Wednesday morning. We served refreshments, had a guest speaker, and showed a video clip. The topic was a hot one - hurricanes. Lisa Mozer, the meteorologist with Fernbank Science Center, gave a riveting presentation all about hurricanes. Our viewers learned about the history of some of the biggest hurricanes, how hurricanes are formed, how they are named, and the different types. We then showed a NOVA video clip that first aired back in January of 2005. The clip covered what would happen to New Orleans if a big hurricane hit the city. It foretold the destruction of Katrina. We had a full house at our presentation and two lucky winners took home flash drives donated for raffle by NOVA.

GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING EDUCATON
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Where we'll be
February 23 - 24, 2005 GA Middle School Conference Marriott Riverfront Hotel Savannah, Georgia

GA DEN Contest
You too can be a winner! Enter the GA DEN Contest in one of 3 ways:
1. Submit an DEN application and be accepted as a GA DEN member ( Download new_den_app_92005.doc).
2. Encourage a colleague to join the GA DEN and have that applicant mention you as the referral.
3. Visit the Georgia Public Broadcasting booth during the GaETC conference and fill out an entry card.
All entries MUST be received by 5:00 PM on December 15, 2005.
Grand Prize = InFocus LCD projector for your school 1st Prize = $50 gift card to your favorite education-related store 2nd Prize = Flash drive to store all of your unitedstreaming video clips 3rd Prize = Discovery Education bag for your laptop computer
Winners will be posted on the GA DEN blog just in time for the holidays! Remember, you can't win if you don't enter.
General information about the local and national Discovery Educator Network appears below.
Katherine Aiken is building a network of educators all over Georgia so that we can collaborate. The goal is to provide a forum where educators can share their ideas and strategies for using digital media in the classroom. Katherine will be hosting special DEN events for DEN members around GA, and I will be co-presenting with DEN members at
local, state and national conferences.
Discovery Education wants to recruit enthusiastic, innovative teachers, media specialists, technology specialists and adminis-
trators who are willing to share their PowerPoint presentations, Web Quests, Inspiration maps and other projects with each other instead of having to recreate the wheel.
There are many wonderful benefits to joining the DEN (a personalized welcome kit, access to free training materials, etc.),
and DEN members become part of a bigger network of educators nationwide.
DEN members will be expected to conduct at least four unitedstreaming sharing sessions or presentations per year. These
sessions can include lunch-and-learns; collaborating at grade-level, team or department meetings; speaking at faculty meetings; training district groups; presenting at local, state or national conferences; etc.
There are no fees associated with the DEN, and the networking opportunities are immeasurable.
I'm attaching an electronic DEN application, ftp server uploading instructions and the GA DEN flyer. Applicants need to email completed applications to Katherine Aiken (katherine_aiken@discovery.com) and either email a sample project or upload the project to the Discovery Education ftp server. Before uploading a project to the ftp server, applicants need to enable pop-up viewing capabilities since the ftp login appears in a pop-up box.
Katherine Aiken GA Manager Discovery Educator Network Discovery Education P: 770.330.4667 F: 404.627.4693
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GPB December Staff Feature: Patrice Weaver

When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore with tremendous force leaving a path of destruction, the number of calls for help was overwhelming with too few answers. Many individuals wanted to help, asking the question 'What can I do?' Patrice Weaver, Operations Manager for the Education and Technology Division at Georgia Public Broadcasting, is one person who instead of asking questions stepped up and created answers.
Upon receiving a request from Atlanta's City of Refuge, an outreach program dedicated to helping those in need within Atlanta, Patrice did not hesitate to take action from the very beginning. She spent the entire weekend following Hurricane Katrina at the City of Refuge shelter, helping evacuees from our neighboring states. Victims had little else than the clothes on their backs, often arriving without shoes or prescribed medications. Many had to swim from their homes and were lucky to be alive. Patrice helped register victims, who were often unable to provide required documenta-

tion, such as social security cards. Patrice worked with individuals to help them overcome these roadblocks to receive the assistance they so desperately needed.
When Monday came, exhausted from the weekend's events, her efforts did not stop. Patrice pooled her resources at work to initiate and

organize a school supply drive for all of the children that would soon be pouring into the Georgia school system. With the help of other members of the Education and Technology Services division of GPB, she created and distributed a suggested donations list to all Georgia Public Broadcasting employees. Items ranged from markers and backpacks to basic hygiene items such as toothbrushes and underwear. After two weeks of collecting generously donated items from the building's employees, three full vanloads of supplies were delivered to the shelter for distribution across the state.
Patrice also rallied the members of the Education Technology Services division at GPB to travel to the Monroe Street Red Cross to donate blood at a time when supplies were running dangerously low. Though many individuals at GPB worked to help hurricane victims in various ways, Patrice helped bring some organization to those efforts allowing our helping hands to extend a little further.

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