Fort Worth ISD Offers Classroom Instruction on District TV Station

NOW WATCH ‘Sofa Studies’ LIVE ON YOUR COMPUTER 

Fort Worth ISD teachers are offering instruction this week, on TV! And you can watch LIVE! 

Since all Fort Worth ISD campuses will remain closed until at least May 11, EdTV-- the District’s television station-- will broadcast individual teacher instruction in selected curricula on Charter Cable Channel 30 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.  You can also watch the LIVE version of the sessions from your desktop or laptop computer. Simply go to www.fwisd.org and click on watch live TV on your computer. 

Called “Sofa Studies,” the virtual classroom will be on the air between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day, with repeat broadcasts in the evening, starting at 7 p.m. 

Students will even be able to call in or e-mail questions to their teachers at 817-922-3554, or EdTV@fwisd.org 

“This is an unusual set of circumstances, but it also presents an opportunity for parents and kids to work together and for parents to build on their understanding of what’s taking place in their child’s classroom,” says Chief Academic Officer Michael Sorum. 

Instruction will be offered in elementary literacy (reading and grammar,) mathematics, science, physical education and health, calculus, psychology, statistics, U.S. government, and U.S. history.

The Fort Worth ISD Web site – www.fwisd.org – will keep a broadcast schedule. 

The Tarrant County Public Health Department has urged parents to keep children at home, away from public gatherings, to help control spread of the disease. 

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