Apple is quietly announcing that they now are offering content from PBS. Right now they are offering five stations: WGBH, KQED, WETA, WNET (Thirteen in New York), and ideastream. PBS offers great educational shows, interviews, and historical lessons from The War: A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and The Jewish Americans.

Not only can you download the video content, educators can also download teacher guides. The learning guides are available in English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali. The full show transcripts are also available. There are over 200 tracks on iTunes, in varying length, including a “Meet the Author” section from WETA, which has five- to twenty-minute interviews with popular children’s book authors and illustrators.
WETA has also provided Professional Development Webcasts that are very in-depth and detailed. WGBH has organized its videos by topic, grade, and free public lectures. Thirteen: WNET New York has 32 Professional Development courses available. ideastream has the largest library available with over 500 videos, radio shows, and other broadcasts.
It looks like there are some NOVA episodes that are free and some that will still cost $4.99 each.
This is a great resource for educators, so if you are one, or know any, take full advantage of these free teaching aides.
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