PD 360 Now Includes Educational Activities’ Professional Development Resources

February 24, 2010 – Salt Lake City, UT –School Improvement Network (SINET) and Educational Activities, Inc. (EA) announced today a new partnership that will add Pre-K content to SINET’s premier on-demand professional learning resource, PD 360. EA has been a leading publisher of high quality early childhood educational resources for over 60 years. School Improvement Network will also offer EA’s resources independently in its online professional learning resource store (http://www.schoolimprovement.com/newstore/index.cfm).

Educational Activities’ content now available with PD 360 includes:
Language Development: Successful Language Development in the Early Childhood Classroom for English Language Learners and Native Speakers
Music Helps Children Learn: Curriculum Connections – Using Music to Help Children Learn with Bob McGrath “Bob on Sesame Street”
Music, Movement, and Literacy: Integrating Music and Movement with Literacy
Springboard to Literacy: The Power of Integrating Picture Books with Art and Cooking Activities
Coping with Disaster: Helping Children Cope with Frightening Events…What You Can Do!
Teach Through Play: Helping Parents Teach Through Play
Literacy at Home: Helping Parents Develop Language and Literacy at Home

“We are excited to expand the distribution of our professional learning resources through School Improvement Network,” said Carol Stern, President, Educational Activities, Inc. ”School Improvement and Educational Activities share the same conviction that the best way to improve educational outcomes in our schools is by providing educators access to quality professional learning .”

Over 500,000 educators at over 12,000 schools in every state, and nearly all territories, and Canadian provinces use PD 360 to access hundreds of short, easy-to-use video segments that feature the leading experts and present real classroom, best-practice examples. Teachers and administrators are impressed by both the quality and content of PD 360’s library. In addition to its vast content library, PD 360 provides integrated follow-up tools, reflection activities, tracking, and collaboration and community discussion forums and file sharing to promote greater implementation of learning.

“School Improvement Network is constantly working to expand our library of quality professional learning resources and Educational Activities provides content in an area we were missing,” said Chet Linton, CEO, School Improvement Network. “This new early childhood content will add a wonderful new facet to both our on-demand professional learning resource, PD 360, and our online store offerings.”

About School Improvement Network
Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the Leadership and Learning Framework, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,000 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at www.schoolimprovement.com.

About PD 360
PD 360 is the leading on-demand professional learning resource for educators with over 500,000 subscribers. Teachers, administrators, professional learning communities, coaches, etc., have access to over 1000 indexed and searchable video segments that present real, best-practice classroom examples. Each segment includes content from respected educational experts such as Michael Fullan, Rick DuFour, Doug Reeves, Rick Stiggins, and many others. PD 360 can be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher, professional learning community, or entire school. It bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation with job-embedded follow-up, tracking, and reflection tools. PD 360 also gives educators access to an online community of teaching professionals that allows interaction and collaboration either within a district or across the United States and world. See a demonstration at www.pd360.com.

About Educational Activities, Inc.
Educational Activities, Inc., founded in 1948, is a leading publisher of educational CDs, DVDs and Children’s Books. The company distributes educational products throughout the United States and Canada as well as internationally. Educational Activities’ award-winning products include children’s music CDs by best-selling authors Hap Palmer and Ella Jenkins among others; critical science videos for biology, earth science and health; and basic skills videos and workbooks. Recently, Educational Activities developed a line of early childhood professional development DVDs and Video Concept Clips. Learn more at www.edact.com.

For more information contact:
Ruth Nelson, Public Relations Manager
218-821-9168
ruthnelson@scicable.com