Source for Learning OK2Ask® Featured in 'The Balancing Act' Dream School Challenge on Lifetime TV

April 18, 2012 - PRLog -- Media Contact:        
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The Source for Learning’s OK2Ask® Featured in “The Balancing Act”
Dream School Challenge on Lifetime TV

TV special highlights the "Dream School Challenge of the Districts", a contest designed to engage all of America to take a positive step towards improving education.  

(Pompano Beach, FL – April 17, 2012) The Source For Learning offers on-line seminars for teachers. Make sure to tune in to “The Balancing Act” on Lifetime TV April 24th at 7:00 a.m. (ET/PT) as Candace Hackett Shivley, Director of K-12 Initiatives at The Source for Learning, and Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), join the show to talk to viewers about OK2Ask®. The segment will air as part of the show’s one hour special edition of the “Parent Teacher Corner” series, The Future is Now: The Dream School of the 21st Century.  

The Source for Learning is a non-profit organization that offers educators the web’s best collection of learning resources. During the episode, Shivley and Knezek will take a look at how educators are using technology to improve teaching for students, teachers and parents, highlighting one resource called OK2Ask®, a series of free, live, online seminars for professional development and exploration for K-12 teachers developed by TeachersFirst.  

Viewers will also be taken inside classrooms across America as the episode explores success in today’s state of the art Dream Schools.

“It’s a real pleasure to have The Source For Learning on “The Balancing Act” as part of our special edition of the “Parent Teacher Corner” series, and we are proud to have them onboard for the Dream School Challenge. Their innovative OK2Ask®seminars definitely provide a great solution to 21st Century Schools to help teachers everywhere, “says Doug Campbell, Founder and Executive VP of Programming for The Balancing Act.

This television special will help launch the Dream School Challenge of the Districts, a contest designed to engage and empower all of America to take a positive steps towards the improvement of education in America.  We are giving every citizen a voice - a chance and a means to change the lives of the students in their hometown with the simple cast of a vote for their Public School District.

The selected winning Schools and District with the most votes will receive up to $300,000 in educational prizes from the producers of “The Balancing Act” and participating sponsors: The Source for Learning, CurriculumLoft, KUNO, Virco Inc., Infinite Minds, and Madcap Logic, as well as a chance to appear on Lifetime Television. Cast your vote for your favorite local School and District by going to: http://www.thebalancingact.com/sweepstakes.

Technology is constantly changing, and today’s children are growing up in this technology-rich world. Those technologies can help educate as well as entertain, and parents and teachers need to stay current. The Source for Learning is a non-profit organization that is improving the use of technology for students, parents and teachers alike.
For more information about please visit http://www.sourceforlearning.org or www.teachersfirst.com.

About “The Balancing Act” on Lifetime Television
The Balancing Act, America’s premier morning show airs weekday mornings on Lifetime Television at 7:00am (ET/PT).  These days the modern woman is trying to balance it all and the mission at The Balancing Act is to bring solutions to them to help them balance life, career, family and most importantly themselves.  The Balancing Act is a show that’s about women, for women and trusted by women.  
For information or to view a show, visit http://www.TheBalancingAct.com.

About BrandStar Entertainment
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