Come inside to discover "History," fun "Job Play" activities, the "Work Zone," and watch "Real People" at work.
Interviews are from South Carolina ETV, the state's public educational broadcasting network.
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Kids Work! is a virtual community of workplaces designed to give students an interactive job exploration experience that connects school work to real work. South Carolina Standards Sub-series...
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We have come a long way and now, “The sky’s the limit.” We have regular television, known as terrestrial (land), cable which brings signals through underground cable, microwave signal transmission...
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Television is a way of sending and receiving moving images and sounds over wires or through the air by electrical impulses. The big breakthrough in technology was the ability to send sound and...
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The first American television broadcast was exhibited at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. The fair’s theme was “Worlds of Tomorrow” and RCA set up twelve televisions, which broadcast events...
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The next advancement in telecommunications was radio, the first wireless mode of communication. Radios send messages by radio waves instead of wires. German scientist Heinrich Hertz proved the...
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PICTURED ABOVE: Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the telephone The first reliable electronic telegraph machines were built in the 1830s when an American named Samuel Morse developed a telegraph...
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Telecommunications is the word we use for the science and technology of sending messages using electricity. This includes the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and computers. These instruments...
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ETV in South Carolina is one of the largest statewide public television networks in the country. The main network station is located in Columbia and there are three fully staffed regional ETV...
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Students will play the role of the Director who is responsible for achieving the creative, visual, and auditory effect of a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects...
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Students will play the role of the audio engineer who monitors and adjusts the audio levels for a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real work...
