New Schools Accessing GPB Education Streaming

Do you have a new school in your district that needs a Teacher Passcode to access the GPB Education Streaming resource? 

With the 2008-2009 school year starting, many school districts are contacting GPB Education to set up their new schools.

In order to add an individual school to the streaming database, please complete the following:

Email the bulleted information below to Brad Walse (brad_walse@discovery.com) and the Education Sales Team education_sales@discovery.com at Discovery Education.

  • Contact Name
  • Contact Email
  • District Name
  • School Name
  • Street Address
  • City
  • ZIP Code
  • Phone Number
  • Principal Name

After receiving the required information, Discovery Education will enter the new school account into the streaming database, the account will be created and the Teacher Passcode information will be sent to Contact Name you provide.

If you have any questions, please contact Discovery Education at 1-800-323-9084.

Have a fantastic school year!

Jascenda Pasley, Administrative Assistant. 

www.tienetwork.org

Listen to the Kids

Every semester, I attend UGA’s graduation, to enjoy the selfish pleasure of watching my students cross the stage and shake President Adams’ hand.

There’s always an eminent personality on hand to give the graduation address. Last Saturday, the speaker was Maxine Clark, a distinguished alum. She is the highly successful entrepreneur who invented the Build-a-Bear Workshop® empire.

For me, her most important statement had to do with listening to kids. She described how her adult friends and colleagues discouraged her bear ideas. A ten-year-old girl, however, wanted to know where she could go to make a bear right now. Other children had similar reactions.

We sometimes forget to listen to what the kids have to say. We worry all the time about getting teachers to collaborate with media specialists, and to get parents involved. If kids were asked their opinions, how would they want the library to be arranged and programmed? It’s not always what we think.

Food for thought! I wish you all luck as the school year gets underway.

Mary Ann Fitzgerald, University of Georgia