Breakout sessions will also include representatives from Libraries for theFuture, NYC Foundation Center Library,National Teacher Training Institute,Island Academy Alternative HighSchool, Adult Literacy Media Alliance,Department of Education, and more.Offered in partnership with the Mayor’sOffice of the City of New York, LiteracyDay is Thirteen’s contribution to NewYork City’s Annual Literacy Week. Confirmation is a must! Invitations willbe mailed at the beginning of April. Toattend, please RSVP as soon as youreceive your invitation. Seating is limited, and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

NEW COORDINATOR

Thirteen/WNET New York is proud towelcome José A. Ledesma as its new lit-eracy center coordinator. José comes toThirteen’s Adult Education Departmentwith extensive experience and a passion for helping adult learners reachtheir educational goals.

If you need workbooks, or have ques-tions, please call us at 212.560.2831,or 212.560.2081. We look forward tosharing our valuable resources with you!

The thirteenth annual Literacy Day:Adult Education Conference willexplore the theme A Global Issue:Advocacy and Technology Resourcesfor the Adult Education Professional on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Thirteen/ WNET New York. Participantswill expand their awareness of adult education resources in sessions highlighting Thirteen’s on-air andonline offerings as well as strategiclearning, grant writing, distance learn-ing, and more. Speakers includeDeputy Mayor Dennis Walcott; RichardFish, Assistant Commissioner —Department of Youth and CommunityDevelopment; Joan Auchter, Director

of the GED Testing Service; and others.

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LITERACY DAY: ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCE IS APRIL 29Educators to Explore Advocacy and Technology Resources

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Technology is a wonderful educationalresource, and Thirteen Ed Online offersa wealth of free, invaluable informationfor K – 12 educators, adult educators,administrators, and students of all ages. Thirteen’s award-winning Webservice contains 3,000 pages of rich,engaging content, including dynamiclesson plans, professional developmentworkshops, classroom and after-school

student activities, and more, all avail-able at your fingertips. To visit the site,go to www.thirteen.org, and then clickon “Ed Online” at the top of the page.

For students and adult education professionals, the Adult Ed Online linkprovides innovative, high-qualityresources that are updated quarterly.The two resource areas for students andfor teachers provide original lesson

On March 5, 2003, Thirteen’s Adult Education Department, the Office ofAdult and Continuing Education of NewYork City’s Department of Education,and the Adult Literacy Media Alliance(ALMA) produced a spectacular “Poetry

Live” workshop at Symphony Space inNew York City. The two-and-a-half-hourevent was attended by 256 New YorkCity adult education students and featured cast members from the hitBroadway show, Def Poetry Jam, as wellas the award-winning poet Jimmy Santiago-Baca.

Mr. Santiago-Baca, who led the studentworkshop, was born in 1952 in Santa Fe,New Mexico. In his early twenties, hewas convicted on drug-related charges

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and was sentenced to prison. Five yearslater, he emerged from jail a voraciousreader and a self-taught writer. Hisawards and honors include the WallaceStevens Chair at Yale, the NationalEndowment Poetry Award, VogelsteinFoundation Award, National HispanicHeritage Award, Berkeley RegentsAward, Pushcart Prize, Southwest BookAward, American Book Award, and theInternational Prize.

Mr. Santiago-Baca is the author of A Place to Stand, a memoir, and numerous books of poetry, includingHealing Earthquakes, Black Mesa

Poetry, Martin and Meditations on

the South Valley, and Immigrants in

Our Own Land. CD’s include Healing

Earthquakes, Strike Zones, 13 Mexicans,and Defiant Reaction. Movie scripts and productions include Bound by

Honor (Blood In, Blood Out), Disney Productions, and The Lone Wolf — The

Story of Pancho Gonzalez, HBO Productions.

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plans with learning objectives and suggested activities, online video clips, detailed Web site reviews, expertteaching and learning tips, informationon GED testing sites, and downloadableGED test applications.

Remember, the site is updated quarterly,so bookmark it and return to it frequently!

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TV411: BUILDING SKILLS,TRANSFORMING LIVES

Adult learners who want to climb the educational ladder while buildingupon their life skills should watch Thirteen/WNET for a new season ofTV411. This lively, Emmy-award-winningseries airs on Mondays 1 – 1:30 p.m. Tostudy and learn at your own pace, setyour VCR to record each program.

TV411 is geared to adult learners at thepre-GED level. Produced by the AdultLiteracy Media Alliance (ALMA), TV411

provides practice in basic reading, writing and math skills in real-life situations dealing with money, parentingand health.

Entertainment that educates is TV411’shallmark. Celebrity guests, like DennisFranz from NYPD Blue and members of the Dallas Cowboys offer tips on reading and writing – from getting themost out of a newspaper article, toexpressing yourself clearly in writing,and understanding how to use fractionsand percentages. TV411 also featuresan Oprah-inspired book club, segmentson vocabulary building and inspiringdocumentary segments on adults whoare on the path to life-long learning.

We invite viewers to call Thirteen/WNET’s Adult Education Department at212.560.2831 for morning and afternoontutorial appointments with certifiedadult education teachers. Related TV411

workbooks which offer opportunities topractice the skills featured on theshows, are available at $10.00 for a setof twenty. For more information regard-ing our tutorial services, on-air programschedules and workbooks, please call

212.560.2831. If you have Internetaccess, please visit www.tv411.org, forinnovative Web lessons on reading, writ-ing and math at the pre-GED level.

While you are visiting TV411 online,check out Thirteen/WNET’s Adult Edu-cation Web site for program schedulesand other valuable resources. Go towww.thirteen.org, click “Ed Online,”then click “AdultEd.” We look forwardto having you visit us online.

USING THE POWER OF TELEVISIONTO STUDY AND PASS THE GED EXAM

On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, another 19 - week-season of GED CONNECTION

began on Thirteen/WNET. Airing Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 – 6:30 a.m.,and repeating at 12:30 p.m., GED

CONNECTION offers preparation for the GED exam and the world beyond.Its multimedia approach, with video programs, workbooks, and online activities, makes GED preparationaccessible for students with a variety oflearning styles. (To study at your ownpace, set your VCR to record each program.)

GED CONNECTION covers the exam’sfive subject areas and addresses recent

changes in the GED exam’s format andcontent. The series helps the learner tobuild higher-order thinking skills acrossthe test areas and to make interdisci-plinary connections. It presents topicsin workplace, community and familycontexts; an approach for mastering the written essay; extensive practicewith charts, maps and other visuals(including the new “bubble-in” standardgrid-and-coordinate graph); and itdemonstrates how to use the Casio ®fx-260 scientific calculator.

If you have Internetaccess, please go towww.thirteen.org,click “Ed Online,”then click “AdultEd”and learn about thevaluable GED re-sources for AdultEducators and students.

Morning and afternoon tutorial appointments with a certified adult education teacher are available for GED CONNECTION students throughThirteen’s Adult Education Department.For more information regarding our tutorial services, on-air program schedules and workbooks, please call212.560.2831.

We also offer the GED en Español to students who want to study and takethe GED Exam in Spanish. La serie de22 semanas consta de cursos en lectura, escritura y matematicas, entreotras, materias necesarias para ayudaral estudiante adulto a preparase para el examen de Equivalencia desecundaria (High School EquivalencyExam). Los estudiantes de GED enEspañol deberan hacer las tareas antesy despues de ver cada programa. Paramas información sobre el GED en

Español, llame al 212.560.2081.

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Adult Education Department

450 West 33rd Street

New York, NY 10001-2605

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PAULA KERGER

Vice President and Station Manager

ANDRÉ S. GLEATON, M.A., M.Ed.

Director, Adult Education Department

JOSÉ A. LEDESMA

Literacy Center Coordinator

ANNE Mc CORRY

Pre-GED Teacher (TV411 Project)

JUDY FRESCO

GED Teacher (GED Connection Project)

JENNIFER L. VASQUEZ

Intern, Administrative Project Assistant

MERLINE SMITH

Project Assistant

Contributors

ANDRÉ S. GLEATON

ANNE McCORRY

JUDY FRESCO

Design

TRINA H. SULTAN

DIANE ADZEMA

Copy Editors

DEBRA STECKLER

MARY RODRIGUEZ

Major corporate support for Thirteen’s Adult

Education Projects is provided by

CONGRATULATIONS TO RECENT GEDRECIPIENTS

CLASS OF 2002 — 2003Cheryl Dyck

(New York)

Westin Major

(New Jersey)

Albert Torres

(New York, but recently bought a home in New Jersey)

We are awaiting results from five additional GED Connection studentswho tested at the end of February 2003. We will continue the celebra-tion as more and more students take and pass the GED exam. All GEDCONNECTION students will be honored and recognized at Thirteen onTuesday, June 24, 2003, at our annual GED Graduation and StudentRecognition Ceremony.

TELL US YOUR SUCCESS STORIES

It is always great to hear how teachers and students utilize content fromThirteen’s LEARN TO READ, TV411, GED CONNECTION, GED en ESPAÑOL,WORKPLACE ESSENTIAL SKILLS, and other enhancement programs.Highlighting progress is rewarding and invaluable for other students. Ifyou have a success story to share, e-mail it to gleaton@thirteen.org, ormail it to Thirteen’s Adult Education Department, 450 West 33rd Street,New York, NY 10001-2605.

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CROSSROADS CAFÉLanguage Arts/ ESL)

G. 10 – Adult, 26x30 min.

Designed to develop story comprehension, lan-guage skills and thinking skills for the ESLaudience, this series features engaging anddiverse characters, humorous and poignantstories and universal themes for all ages. Thedocumentary-style segment in each episodeexplores social or cultural issues dramatizedin the story. An animated video segmentdemonstrates a specific language functionand the structure to express that function.AIRS: 4/1 [21 – 24, 2 a.m.]; 4/8

[25 – 26, 2 a.m.]

INTERNET IN ACTION: K-12 Science/ Technology/ In Service

G. K – Adult 3 x 60 min.

Master teachers and specialists demonstrateways to integrate internet resources intomath and science projects, manage webresources and help students learn aboutliteracy, media literacy and inquiry skills.AIRS: 5/10 [1 – 3, 2 a.m.]

MATH BASICSMathematics/ Pre-GED

G. 7 – Adult, 11 x 25 min.

Based on the NCTM standards, the serieshelps adults who have difficulty with funda-mental math develop “number sense” andthe confidence they need to succeed at mathematics and prepare for GED study. Also appropriate for general and remedialmath classes at high school and middleschool levelsAIRS: 4/25 [1 – 2, 4:22 a.m.]; 4/26

[3 – 8, 2 a.m.]; 5/2 [9 – 10, 4:34 a.m.]

POWER OF ALGEBRAMathematics/ Algebra

G. 7 – 12, 10 x 15 min.Featuring computer animation and inter-views with professionals who use algebrain their daily work, the series is designedto help students master a variety of alge-braic concepts. AIRS: 4/4 [1 – 5, 4 a.m.];

4/5 [6 – 10, 3:45 a.m.]

NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM, A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCEThis program traces New York’s remarkable rise from the arrival of the Dutch in the early 17th century to thepresent day, weaving a vibrant tapestry of visual material,both contemporary and archival, with the reflections of distinguished New York artists, writers, architects, politicians, actors, directors, and historians.AIRS: 4/12, 7 a.m. Part 1 will repeat on

Sunday, 4/13, 12:30 a.m.

AVOIDING ARMAGEDDONThis series examines the threats posed by nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and brings viewersface to face with people racing to use them. The seriesalso reports on the actions that individual citizens, notjust governments, are taking to reduce the chances thatthese weapons will be used in any of the volatile conflicts around the globe. AIRS: 4/14 – 4/17, 9 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMING (ITV)

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS — APRIL 2003

Thirteen/WNET New York Broadcast Programs for Adult Educators

readLEARN TO READ Monday – Friday

5:30 a.m. & 12 p.m.

GEDGED ON TV EN ESPAÑOL Monday & Wednesday

6 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

GED

GED CONNECTION Tuesday & Thursday 6 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

TV411Mondays

1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Power of Algebra2–4:30 a.m.

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read LEARN TO READ Monday – Friday, 5:30 a.m. & 12 p.m.

GED GED ON TV EN ESPANOLMonday & Wednesday, 6 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

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GEDGED CONNECTION Tuesday & Thursday, 6 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

Math basics2-2:50 a.m.

crossroads café2–3:50 a.m.

crossroads café2–2:55 a.m.

math basics4:22 a.m.

power of algebra4 a.m.

power of algebra3:45 a.m.

new york: a documentary film:

american experience12:30 a.m.

math basics2 a.m.

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math basics4:34 a.m.

avoiding armageddonSunday, 14th

9–11 p.m.

avoiding armageddon

9–11 p.m.

avoiding armageddon

9–11 p.m.

avoiding armageddon

9–11 p.m.

TV411Mondays,1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.