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	Board Index > Weta Workshop Recruiting...
		We have several positions available for experienced Maya designers to work on a new made for TV, 3D childrens television series based in creative Wellington.
		03/07/05, 07:56 PM Maya Artist for Children's TV Series
		You will need a good eye for lighting and camera movement, plus be fully experienced with all aspects of designing and rendering using Maya.
	www.highend3d.com /boards/lofiversion/index.php/t199901.html (194 words)

	NPBA - Children's Television Workshop: Subject Description, UM Libraries
		In 2000, Children's Television Workshop changed its name to Sesame Workshop which is inspired by two of its greatest strengths: Sesame Street and "Workshop" - "the embodiment of a creative, inventive environment where collaboration across disciplines brings children and families the best that media offers."
		"Television and Children's Problem-Solving Behavior: A Synopsis of an Evaluation of the Effects of Square One TV." Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Vol.
		Cooney's study on television for preschool children for the Carnegie Corporation of New York led to founding of CTW and the production of Sesame Street
	www.lib.umd.edu /NPBA/subinfo/ctw.html (700 words)

	Prime Time Parent
		Its purpose is to provide parents with the information and the activities necessary to explore how television affects their children, to help their children use television positively, and to discuss television with their children.
		This card provides hypothetical questions about television which help the workshop participants feel comfortable about discussing television with each other and gets them thinking about the role television plays in their lives.
		When organizing a workshop, the presenter can adopt one that is found in the manual or can develop her own workshop suited to the needs and concerns of the participants.
	interact.uoregon.edu /medialit/MLR/review/primetime.html (1259 words)

	Press Release: Grover Comes to the Harvard Graduate School of Education!
		In the late 1960s, when Sesame Workshop (formerly Children’s Television Workshop) created Sesame Street, a number of HGSE faculty members played critical roles in shaping the series.
		In the mid 1970s, the Center for Research in Children’s Television was established, fostering collaboration between faculty members and students to create content for Children’s Television Workshop, including both The Electric Company and Sesame Street.
		HGSE and Sesame Workshop will collaborate on an action plan to create informal educational methods for children between the ages of six and nine, building on Sesame Workshop’s successful model for pre-schoolers.
	www.gse.harvard.edu /~news/features/sesame02082005.html (612 words)

	SESAME STREET FACTS AND INFORMATION
		''Sesame Street'' is produced in the United States by Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW).
		''Sesame Street'' is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in children's television shows.
		In 2005, Sesame Workshop had sent a Letter to the satirical website, I-Mockery, that was a response to their review of the pornographic ROM Hack, Ernie and the Muppets Take It All Off.
	www.witwib.com /Sesame_Street (4455 words)

	Television for Kids @ Morgan's Kids World- WebWorld-1000's of links-Fun For The Whole Family-Best Bet On The Net
		Children's Television Workshop - Children's Television Workshop is the nonprofit television show production company that has made Sesame Street, Ghostwriter, and Big Bag.
		television block includes shows created by some of America's finest children's book authors Maurice Sendak (Little Bear), Richard Scarry (The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry), and Dr. Seuss (The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss) as well as shows created by a new generation of children's media geniuses Blue's Clues, Gullah Gullah Island, and more.
		TV Free America - TVFree America is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages Americans to reduce, voluntarily and dramatically, the amount of television they watch in order to promote richer, healthier and more connected lives, families and communities.
	discover-net.net /~mlana/kidstv.html (1102 words)

	L-R News
		Noggin produces commercial-free children’s television programs in conjunction with Children’s Television Workshop, the same company that produces “Sesame Street.” Doiron’s work for Noggin includes production work that combines new online and television programming with well-known programs.
		Noggin is the “thinking channel” for children from Nickelodeon and the Children’s Television Network.
		Doiron’s life-long interest in children’s television coupled with her love for children evolved into a college major in communications.
	www.lrc.edu /news/Releases/2003/July-22/Noggin.htm (491 words)

	CPB Television Programming
		Plaza Sesamo, Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY and Televisa of Mexico—Funds will be used to pay for public television's rights to broadcast new episodes of Plaza Sesamo over the next three years and for the technical and promotional support for the series.
		Dragon Tales, and its accompanying parenting series, Show and Tell Me, Children's Television Workshop in conjunction with Columbia/Tri Star Television Distribution, New York, NY—Funds will be used to develop and produce 40 episodes of this daily, half-hour animated series for pre-school children, which is based on the dragon drawings of Ron Rodecker.
		ZOOM, Kate Taylor, executive producer, WGBH Boston, MA—An updated version of the popular children's show from the 1970s, Zoom will offer its new viewers—through television programming, print materials, museum outreach, and the Internet—content-based entertainment designed to build their learning skills.
	www.cpb.org /about/media/annualreports/1997/tv.html (491 words)

	The Education Innovator--March 31, 2003
		The Children's Television Workshop and Columbia Tri-Star Television received a grant to develop Dragon Tales through the Ready-to-Learn TV program administered by the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
		This daily animated preschool series of half-hour shows, produced by Children's Television Workshop and Columbia Tri-Star Television, seeks to develop problem-solving, cooperation, and other life skills in children ages 2 through 5.
		The television program, Dragon Tales, aims to educate children while they are being entertained.
	www.ed.gov /news/newsletters/innovator/2003/0331.html (491 words)

	Noggin (television) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noggin was originally created as a joint venture between Viacom's Nickelodeon and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), but CTW's interest was sold to Nickelodeon in 2002, though Sesame Workshop continues to develop content for the network, including Play With Me Sesame, an interactive show based on the original Sesame Street.
		Noggin is a cable television network in both the United States and United Kingdom.
		From January 30th 2006, Noggin launched a new strand for preschoolers on sister channel TMF, thus being the first Children's FTA commercial station available via Freeview.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noggin_(television) (670 words)

	NPBA - Children's Television Workshop: Subject Description, UM Libraries
		In 2000, Children's Television Workshop changed its name to Sesame Workshop which is inspired by two of its greatest strengths: Sesame Street and "Workshop" - "the embodiment of a creative, inventive environment where collaboration across disciplines brings children and families the best that media offers."
		Case Study of Joan Ganz Cooney and Her Involvement in the Development of the Children's Television Workshop.
		Getting to Sesame Street: Origins of the Children's Television Workshop.
	www.lib.umd.edu /NPBA/subinfo/ctw.html (700 words)

	Sesame Street Cartoon Character information: Sesame Street history, movies, games and more from Character Products
		Sesame Street is currently produced by Sesame Workshop (formerly called Children’s Television Workshop), and the year 2000-2001 is its 31st season on PBS.
		Her disappointment in the lack of educational shows for children led to the formation of the Children’s Television Workshop and the production of Sesame Street.
		A Sesame Street 12 month subscription magazine is available for kids 2-5 years.
	www.characterproducts.com /info/character_histories/sesame_st_doorway.htm (558 words)

	PBS About PBS BIG BIRD, BARNEY AND BOB THE BUILDER COME TOGETHER IN A WHOLE NEW WAY AS PBS KIDS SPROUT LAUNCHES ON COMCAST
		Today, the Workshop continues to innovate on behalf of children in 120 countries, using its proprietary research methodology to ensure its programs and products are engaging and enriching.
		"Dragon Tales" and its logo are trademarks of Sesame Workshop and Columbia Tristar Television Distribution.
		Founded in 1968, the Workshop changed television forever with the legendary Sesame Street.
	www.pbs.org /aboutpbs/news/20050404_sprout.html (558 words)

	DVD series for babies, parents fuels TV debate - The Boston Globe
		The outrage is directed at Zero to Three, which trains professionals to work with parents, and not at Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit that has produced children's television for three decades.
		''Sesame Beginnings" is intended to be viewed by parent and baby together for no more than 30 minutes a day, although Zero to Three child development specialist Claire Lerner acknowledged that parents sometimes leave their children unattended in front of a television.
		The baby video market is a billion-dollar-a-year industry; the best-known line of videos for children under 2, the ''Baby Einstein" series, has more than 20 titles and has generated sales of $500 million.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2006/03/22/dvd_series_for_babies_parents_fuels_tv_debate?mode=PF (890 words)

	The Rockefeller Archive Center - The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation Records, 1884-(1960-1994)
		Morrisett's role in the founding of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), which produced Sesame Street, Electric Company and other educational television programs, as well as his active participation in committees such as finance, investment, and nomination are documented.
		Among the most notable are Children's Television Workshop, Oberlin College, RAND Corporation, Systems Development Corporation, Media Commentary Council, Haskins Laboratories, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
		74-75 - Children and television, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1974, 1977-1980
	archive.rockefeller.edu /collections/nonrockorgs/markle2.2.php (3243 words)

	AllRefer.com - Joan Ganz Cooney (Film, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		There she developed the concepts for children's programming that led to the incorporation (1968) of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW; since 2000, Sesame Workshop); Cooney has been president since 1970.
		Through Sesame Street, Electric Company, and other innovative programs, CTW transformed children's television and learning.
		Phoenix, Ariz. After graduating (1951) from the Univ. of Arizona, Cooney worked as a newspaper reporter and television publicist for ten years before becoming a producer at WNET, a public television station in New York City.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Cooney-J.html (212 words)

	Children's Television Workshop
		Evelyn P. Davis - Evelyn P. Davis television executive As vice president of the Children's Television Workshop, Davis...
		Liberate and Children's Television Workshop Online partner to create first demonstration of Interactive Sesame Street; Ernie and Elmo get ready for broadband.
		Amy Tan's Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat' Produced By CineGroupe in Association with Children's Television Workshop and If/X Productions, is Coming Daily To PBS Kids.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0911767.html (246 words)

	Children's Television Workshop
		Children's Television Workshop (CTW) is a nonprofit organization created in 1967 for the purpose of producing the educational program Sesame Street.
		Sesame Street, designed to promote the intellectual and cultural growth of preschoolers, particularly disadvantaged preschoolers, revolutionized children's educational television when it premiered in 1969 and established the Workshop's model for program development and research regarding children and television.
		See also Children and Television; Cooney, Joan Ganz
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/childrenste/childrenste.htm (246 words)

	University Satellite Seminar Series Panelist Biographies
		She was an award-winning public-affairs producer for WNET Thirteen before conducting the 1966 study for Carnegie Corporation that led to the founding of Children's Television Workshop.
		Joan Ganz Cooney, cofounder in 1968 of Children's Television Workshop (renamed Sesame Workshop in 2000) and originator of the preschool series Sesame Street, served as president and chief executive officer of the company until 1990.
		He holds the same title at the government's soon-to-be-launched Arabic-language Middle East television network.
	www.mtr.org /seminars/satellite/amimage/amimagebio2.htm (566 words)

	3/26/2002, 2002 Sketches of the Honoary Degree Recipients - Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 27
		Cooney co-founded the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) and launched the first episode of Sesame Street in 1969.
		Among her awards are a Daytime Emmy for Lifetime Achievement, induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, a Founders Award from the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Annenberg Public Policy Center's award for Distinguished Contribution to Children and Television.
		Jim Lehrer is one of the most respected television journalists in the U.S., having moderated nine presidential debates in the last four elections and serving as the sole moderator for all presidential debates in both 1996 and 2000.
	www.upenn.edu /almanac/v48/n27/2002sketches.html (1675 words)

	Sesame Workshop
		The Sesame Workshop is a non-profit educational association that began in 1968 and founded the Children's Television Workshop.
		The mission of the organization is to educate and prepare children for the future, “The workshop is committed to the principle that all children deserve a chance to learn and grow; to be prepared for school; to better understand the world and each other; to think, dream and discover; to reach their highest potential.” (http://www.sesameworkshop.org).
		Most widely known for its educational show Sesame Street, the Sesame Workshop has since created several educational outlets for children including T.V. shows, books and other media sources.
	pat.ai /j350/wiki.cgi?SesameWorkshop (254 words)

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		The National Captioning Institute (NCI), a nonprofit company with headquarters in Vienna, Virginia, in cooperation with the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and Nickelodeon, proposes to complete closed captioning of 600 hours of educational programming for airing on NOGGIN, CTW and Nickelodeon's newly formed 24-hour noncommercial educational cable television channel.
		This channel has resulted from the unprecedented partnership of two children's television powerhouses.
		From showcasing these solid program favorites to producing new original programming, the goal of NOGGIN is to "plug into children's natural curiosity, enthusiasm, and desire to learn." The primary goal of the proposed project is to increase the availability close captioned, noncommercial educational programming for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
	www.tgcigrantproposals.com /cgi-bin/fullResult.asp?purchNum=EDU-98-084 (315 words)

	Steve Burns Rocks!!! - Articles
		New Noggin: Host of Nickelodeon TV 'Blues Clues,' Steve Burns, gives a thumbs-up to Children's Television Workshop's (CTW) Sesame Street puppet Oscar-The-Grouch during a press conference in New York, Tuesday April 28, 1998.
		One expert on children's television said she was enthusiastic about the pairing of two well-known names in the industry.
		Noggin will be aimed more at preschool children at first and will mix in programming for older children later, he said.
	www.steveburnsrocks.us /articles/Articles_AthensDailyNews.htm (446 words)

	Sesame Workshop
		Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop, is the nonprofit educational organization behind the television program Sesame Street, now shown and translated in 120 countries.
		The Workshop launched a learning revolution when it created Sesame Street 33 seasons ago, and continues to break new ground with children's media such as Dragon Tales and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat that are as engaging as educational.
		Sesame Workshop is primarily a Novell shop for internal operations file and print as well as desktop management through ZenWorks.
	www.netvision.com /new/us_sesameworkshop.html (810 words)

	Advertising & Promoting to Kids - Tony Caio
		Noggin is a new joint venture of Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop).
		Tony Caio is currently developing a children's animated television series, slated for production in September 2001, and aimed at sending a positive message to kids by encouraging sports activities and involving the most celebrated athletes from the sports world.
		Phred on Your Head is the host character of the new Noggin-TV channel and the www.noggin.com website, most recently rated among the top ten TV websites.
	www.kidscreen.com /apk/2001/speakers/caio.html (436 words)

	BBC - Open Encyclopedia
		In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to July 14) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC One) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite.
		BBC Radio 5 was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and children's programming, and was later renamed BBC Radio Five Live when it became a dedicated news and sport network.
		BBC News is based at the News Centre at Television Centre but operates regional centres across the UK and bureaux around the world.
	open-encyclopedia.com /BBC (4008 words)

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		Let's be friends [videorecording] / Children's Television Workshop ; Columbia TriStar Television.
		Do the right thing [videorecording] / Children's Television Workshop ; Columbia TriStar Television.
		Death on the Nile / [videorecording] / EMI Films ; produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin ; directed by John Guillermin.
	catalog.rhpl.org /NewItems/Vcr(04JUL02).html (593 words)

	TELE.html
		1973 The Workshop and the World: Toward an Assessment of the Children's Television Workshop R-1400
		1976 Research and the Constructive Aspects of Television in Children's Lives: A Forecast P-5622
		CHICAGO, IL 1969 Television and Ghetto Education: The Chicago Schools Approach P-4108
	www.rand.org /publications/bib/archive/TELE.html (6372 words)

	Harvard Gazette: At the corner of 'Sesame Street and Appian Way, HGSE, Sesame Workshop announce collaboration
		Citing the partnership between the HGSE and Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit organization behind "Sesame Street," formerly Children Television's Workshop) that began with the creation of "Sesame Street" more than 30 years ago, Lagemann called this relationship "rekindled."
		Instead, she and Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell - with help from "Professor" Grover- announced a new collaboration that will focus on how electronic media can create powerful educational methods for children between the ages of 6 and 9.
		At its core is a new course "Informal Learning for Children," taught by lecturer in education Joseph Blatt - with frequent lectures by visiting Sesame Workshop executives, and a Web-based bulletin board that aims to link HGSE students with research projects at Sesame Workshop.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2005/02.10/16-sesame.html (704 words)

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