50 years of Educational TV: A Conversation with Sesame Workshop

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The World Bank's EduTech team is speaking with educators around the world to see how they are innovating to support continued teaching and learning during COVID-19. In another episode in this series, World Bank's EduTech team member Sharon Zacharia (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/sharon-zacharia) speaks with Sesame Workshop (https://www.sesameworkshop.org) Vice President of International Projects, Daniel Labin, about what we can learn from Sesame Workshop's 50 years of experience with educational TV for children across 150+ countries and adapted in 30+ languages like Gali Gali Sim Sim (India) (https://www.youtube.com/user/GalliGalliSim) and Ahlan SimSim (Middle East) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48pfslXOUx-PZTLQxZjS4g). -- Further reading on Education TV as a remote learning tool during COVID-19: - Blog on 'Education TV during COVID-19' (April 24, 2020):  A blog that summarizes key takeaways from the Rapid Response Guidance Note on education TV (by World Bank's EduTech team members Sharon Zacharia and Alex Twinomugisha). https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-television-during-covid-19-how-start-and-what-consider - Rapid Response Guidance Note: Educational TV & COVID-19 (April 17, 2020): A four-page note that provides guidance on using educational TV as a remote learning tool with 40 current examples of countries responding to COVID-19. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/659411587145759242/rapid-response-guidance-note-educational-television-covid-19 - Education TV Knowledge Pack (June 1, 2020): A short, pragmatic slide deck on how to start and enhance education TV with case studies on Sesame Workshop, Ubongo (Africa), Pakistan, and China & Korea. http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team

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The World Bank's EduTech team is speaking with educators around the world to see how they are innovating to support continued teaching and learning during COVID-19. In another episode in this series, World Bank's EduTech team member Sharon Zacharia (https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/sharon-zacharia) speaks with Sesame Workshop (https://www.sesameworkshop.org) Vice President of International Projects, Daniel Labin, about what we can learn from Sesame Workshop's 50 years of experience with educational TV for children across 150+ countries and adapted in 30+ languages like Gali Gali Sim Sim (India) (https://www.youtube.com/user/GalliGalliSim) and Ahlan SimSim (Middle East) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48pfslXOUx-PZTLQxZjS4g). -- Further reading on Education TV as a remote learning tool during COVID-19: - Blog on 'Education TV during COVID-19' (April 24, 2020): A blog that summarizes key takeaways from the Rapid Response Guidance Note on education TV (by World Bank's EduTech team members Sharon Zacharia and Alex Twinomugisha). https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-television-during-covid-19-how-start-and-what-consider - Rapid Response Guidance Note: Educational TV & COVID-19 (April 17, 2020): A four-page note that provides guidance on using educational TV as a remote learning tool with 40 current examples of countries responding to COVID-19. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/659411587145759242/rapid-response-guidance-note-educational-television-covid-19 - Education TV Knowledge Pack (June 1, 2020): A short, pragmatic slide deck on how to start and enhance education TV with case studies on Sesame Workshop, Ubongo (Africa), Pakistan, and China & Korea. http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team

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