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Gail Desler, Elk Grove
USD, receives award
SECC executive director Liz Rhodes introduced a special award at this year's SEVA Award Night event on May 14: the "This isn't Hollywood" Allan Hinderstein Memorial Award. In honor of SECC's friend and long-time teacher at Sac State University, this new award recognizes Allan's remarkable vision: the importance and value of media production to help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences. [read entire article]
Summer 2008 Classes by TV
Special six-week series for adult learners
Watch three special new San Juan Adult Education classes on cable July 14 - August 24 this summer. The Adult Education program is a vital component of the district's goals to provide skills to empower adults to be better prepared to live and work in our changing world.
GED with Pam
T, W, Th | 9:00 am - 10:00 am | C. 16
GED instructor Pam Debarruel's new program concentrates on the math skills needed to pass the GED test. Pam has assisted many students to pass the GED in her years as an adult education teacher and she brings that wealth of experience to her television class.
Accent the Positive
T, W, Th | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | C. 16
Veteran television ESL instructor, Sandy Carter, premieres a new series that focuses on English intonation patterns. This is the fifth accent reduction TV series curriculum, with accompanying workbooks, in her instructional series that teaches American Standard Spoken English.
Everyday English
T, W, Th | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | C. 16
ESL instructor Susan Frankle offers a new look to a television class that has been running since 1996. She uses humor, sound and graphics to instruct her students on vocabulary and grammar and American culture and customs.
View the summer schedule of classes by TV
Fairfax Network program brings reading and writing process to life
From its inception, the Fairfax Network's Meet the Author series has promoted literacy and an interest in reading and writing by giving students direct access to authors who share their personal stories, offer their writing tips and encourage students to "keep reading, keep writing, keep dreaming."
The connection established between authors and students brings the process of reading and writing to life. As a result, students are motivated to read new books, write their own stories, practice the art of illustration and find and establish their places in a reading and writing world.
A Red Carpet welcome for SEVA Award Night students and teachers
Filling Folsom High School's theater with nearly 700 students, teachers, parents and guests, SECC's 19th annual SEVA Award Night on May 14 was bursting with talent -- and as much fun.
SEVA students and their teachers were welcomed on a red carpet that provided an opportunity for camera crews and student "paparazzi" to get the latest scoop from the stars.
Kelly Calhoun, Chairperson Elect of SECC representing Folsom Cordova USD, said that the "event is a celebration of the talents of our local students as television and media producers," and offered congratulations to all the participants who have an impressive understanding of the power of this medium. "You are all winners because you have taken the time to share your vision and videos with us," she concluded.
The 2008 Student Educational Video Awards competition had more than 250 entries, 100 more than last year, which meant that the competition was tough for the students from elementary, middle, high schools and colleges. The SEVAs are unique because they encourage students to focus on creating an educational message.
The 2008 SEVAs were sponsored by SECC, Comcast and News10.
View all the Award Night videos and visit the Red Carpet Gallery
ResearchChannel on Cable 15
Starting in July, SECC airs ResearchChannel, programming that offers cutting-edge research of interest to a wide variety of general and niche audiences. Programs cover the natural sciences, computer sciences and technology, business and economics, health and medicine, the social sciences, the arts and humanities and public affairs.
ResearchChannel was founded by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions to share the valuable work of their researchers with the public.
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