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PBS, Local Stations Launch iTunes U Content - Press Release

Newly Available on iTunes U: K-12 Educational Resources, Video Lectures and More

Teachers, students and lifelong learners now have a new source for free, educational multimedia, as PBS and local PBS stations KQED (San Francisco), WETA (Washington, D.C.), WGBH (Boston) and WNET (New York) begin offering high-quality video clips and other educational resources on iTunes U, a dedicated area of the iTunes Store showcasing educational content.

Available in the Beyond Campus section of iTunes U, the initial online offerings from these local PBS stations include a wealth of educational video clips, lectures, interviews, teacher’s guides and a variety of other materials.

PBS’ new area on iTunes U links to extensive and wide-ranging PBS station content, from an underwater journey through a coral reef to documentary examinations of Europe, Africa and Asia, from video clips of a solar eclipse to in-depth interviews with leading authors, from an overview of digital storytelling techniques to lesson plans for Ken Burns’s documentary THE WAR.

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