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Happy Holidays from DCMP!
Image description: A store front is flanked by a glass door with a sign reading “DCMP: Everything Is Free.” The storefront glass is paned, and visible through it from left to right are a dancing teddy bear, a turquoise Furby, a little red wagon with a large ball inside, and a standing Raggedy Ann doll with a model airplane hovering overhead. Also visible on the left between the Teddy Bear and the wagon are four large wooden blocks stacked on top of each other, each with one of the letters of the D C M P appearing in order. Snow lines the sidewalk and doorway outside the store front.
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New Videos for December
We've added description and captions to over seventy new educational videos this month!
In the new Real World Science series, young host Kirsten Mossberg helps makes scientific concepts relatable, whether it's climates, garbage, ecosystems or magnetism. Each episode is in HD and accompanied by a teacher guide.
To help reinforce your students' scientific knowledge, we've added even more videos to the Science Video Vocab series, bringing the total to over 140 vocabulary words! Presented in high definition, this elementary science series defines and helps bolster student comprehension and retention through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Science Video Vocab is available on DVD or on-demand in both English and Spanish.
If your students look at their math homework and say, "I'll never use this in real life," we've got just the thing for you. Real World Math uses real life examples to define and demonstrate important mathematical and geometrical concepts and skills, including rational numbers, integers, fractions, part-whole relationships, decimals, and symmetry.
Check out the more than 70 new accessible videos DCMP added this month, and be sure to pass it on to other teachers and parents!
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World AIDS Day and Magic Johnson: 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years ago, basketball superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson shocked the world. Young, wealthy, and at the top of his game, the 32-year-old announced in 1991 that he had contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. At that time, an AIDS diagnosis mounted to certain death. Just five years later, breakthroughs in antiviral drugs would mean that mortality rates from HIV/AIDS would drop by 80 percent. Today, Magic Johnson is part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and remains healthy. In sharing his diagnosis with the world, Johnson can be credited with bringing awareness to HIV/AIDS and lessening the stigma to those who have contracted the virus.
The contrast between Johnson's outcome and those with AIDS in the early 1980's is a stark one. Worldwide, 35 million people have succumbed to HIV/AIDS, making it one the most destructive pandemics in history.
Today, Johnson's outcome isn't a rare one. Medical advances have turned AIDS from a deadly disease into a chronic one, managed by a cocktail of antiviral medications. The average lifespan of an HIV-positive individual is almost identical to that of one who is uninfected. A cure may also be on the horizon, with scientists researching what role stem cells might play in curing those affected with HIV/AIDS.
Despite all of this good news, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 2.1 million new HIV infections were diagnosed in 2015. Misinformation about how the virus is contracted remains, along with stigma and discrimination for those who are infected.
WHO established World AIDS Day in 1988, and it is held on the first day of December each year. WHO hopes this provides opportunities to unite people worldwide in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The day takes place as a way to support those living with the virus and commemorate those who lost the battle.
Though HIV/AIDS is not the deadly epidemic it once was, World AIDS Day remains important. There is still a vital need to raise money and awareness in the fight to stop prejudice of those whom are infected, education for prevention, and advances to keep the dream of a cure alive.
To find out more, visit the World AIDS Day website and AIDS.gov.
The DCMP has a wide variety of accessible media on the topic of HIV/ AIDS. Discover more here! |
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This Day in History: Accessible Gifts for the Month of December
Something happens every day, and sometimes the event is significant enough that it gets recorded in the annals of history. It could be the birth of a famous author or a simple gesture that creates a social movement. Did you know Rudyard Kipling and Joseph Conrad were born in December? Also, the Civil Rights Movement began on December 1, 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus.
This calendar not only identifies a significant event for each day of this month, but it also suggests at least one DCMP accessible video to help your students learn about it. You or your students can research additional important events for many of the days.
DCMP makes it easy for you to find accessible videos 365 days a year and on just about any topic. But don't only take our word for it. Feel free to browse our topics or use keyword search to explore over 4,000 free-loan described and captioned media titles and create your own list of accessible videos for any day in history. If by chance you discover we are missing a crucial event or topic, please let us know by recommending media to us. We enjoy adding to our library of accessible gifts. |
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Accessible Media in the Bilingual Classroom
Young students who are native Spanish-speakers and are learning English can benefit from bilingual education. Teachers can use DCMP's Spanish-language media to help students adapt better and faster to the curriculum.
Through More Adventures
This series of 26 Spanish-language videos follows Diego, his friend Mica and his hamster Alterio, as they use games and imagination to show how math provides tools needed to navigate situations in everyday life. Grades 3-6.
Science Video Vocab
This dynamic science series defines and helps students explore science terms. Each program is designed to reinforce and support students' comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. Also available in English. Grades 4-8.
Social Studies Video Vocab
This Spanish-language social studies series defines and helps students explore social studies terms. Each program is designed to reinforce and support students' comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Also available in English. Grades 6-9.
Signing Fiesta
The Signing Fiesta series offers a set of instructional videos that teach basic sign language through Spanish and English. This series is geared toward Latino parents of deaf children who use American Sign Language or Signed English. Videos are presented in a bilingual format. All ages. |
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Videos for the Holidays
Merry Christmas, Space Case
The inimitable Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future, Taxi, Cyberchase) narrates Merry Christmas, Space Case. Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a promised Christmas visit from his friend, the thing from outer space. Grades 2-5.
In the Month of Kislev
A wealthy merchant learns the true meaning of Hanukkah (Chanukah) when he takes the family of a poor peddler to court for savoring the smell of his wife's pancakes from outside their window. Based on the book by Nina Jaffe. Grades 2-6.
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa
For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit, and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past, dreams about the future, and a delicious feast on the last day. Based on the book by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Grades 2-6.
The Snowy Day (Spanish)
This story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall is a perennial favorite. Based on the Caldecott Medal winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Grades PS-3.
Curiosity Quest: Making Snow
In this episode , the Curiosity Quest crew visits a ski resort and learns how they make snow. Host Joel Greene joins the ski resort staff in their early morning preparations as they ready the resort for skiers. Part of the Curiosity Quest series of 45 videos. Grades 5-8. |
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About DCMP
DCMP membership provides unlimited access to thousands of accessible educational videos. We're fully funded by the U.S. Department of Education, so there are no costs associated with any of our services. Family members, school personnel, and other professionals who work with early learners through Grade 12 students with a hearing or vision impairment do qualify for membership. DCMP members can:
- Access thousands of educational videos that are described and captioned in our Media Library, including training for parents, teachers, and interpreters.
- Check out videos on DVD (with free return postage), or watch instantly on PC, Roku, tablets, and smartphones. iOS users can use the DCMP iOS app.
- Create and share student accounts to promote independent learning, with control over which videos students have access to. This how-to page and video show how.
- Access hundreds of articles on education, accessibility, and advocacy in our Learning Center.
- Stay up-to-date on news and recently added videos by subscribing to our monthly newsletter.
- Watch accessible television series such as The Magic School Bus, BizKids, Daniel Tiger, Ocean Mysteries, and Bill Nye.
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