training file

1. Engage. Transform.
Achieve.

2. Diagnostic Assessment
How do you use
Discovery Education
STREAMING to
reach the 21st
century learner?

3. Source:
Kaiser Family Foundation. Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, 2009.

4. http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

5. http://wordle.net http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

6. Leverage Media Assets from
Discovery Education STREAMING
to help speak their language
Audio
(speeches,
Videos Images
interviews, sound
effects, songs)
Encyclopedia Builder Tools
Theme Pages
Articles and (Writing Prompts,
and Lesson
Reading Quizzes,
Plans
Passages Assignments)
...and much, much more!

7. My DE – your landing page

8. Hook your students with
Video Segments!

9. Discovery Education. (1998).
Citations The Ultimate Guide: Sharks [Full Video].
made easy Available from
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

11. Use Closed Captioning to
Reach ALL Learners

12.  To help students who are hearing
Closed Captioning
impaired
 To help ELL students
 To reach multiple modalities
 To help struggling readers
 To emphasize a grammar or
vocabulary lesson
 To use in combination with a writing
exercise
 To reinforce a concept

13. Filter for Closed Captioned Titles

14. How to Download
Media Assets with Closed Captioning
1. Create a folder on your desktop.
2. Right-click on the blue download icon and
select “Save Link As.”
1. Save the video in the folder you just created.
3. Right-click on the “CC” icon and repeat the
same process.
4. Adjust the CC settings within your Windows
Media Player.
1. Click here for step by step instructions.
2. Click here to read more about Closed Captioning on
Mac computers.

15. Listen Up

16. Three Sources for MP3 Assets
Audio 
Historic
readings,
speeches,
Sound
music Effects
Rain, door
shutting,
animal noises
Songs 
Thematic
educational
songs

17. DE STREAMING Library of Songs
• DE Streaming has close to 466
elementary school songs on the
site.
• To find them, click inside the
Search box, select “songs”
within the Media box, and click
“search.”
• Download and save the song on
your computer, and insert it into
PowerPoint.
• Top it off with DE streaming
images OR create your own!
Example!

18. Build Literacy and Analysis Skills
with Wordle.net

19. WordSift.com
Another tool for visualizing text

20. Great White
Shark Opens
Mouth
One of 21,000
Images

21. If sharks could talk…

22. DE STREAMING images come
alive with Blabberize.com
+
Other educational uses?

23. Assess Student Learning with
DE Builder Tools

24. Writing Prompt Builder

25. Quiz Builder

26. Assignment Builder

27. Your students can become
DE STREAMING groupies, too!
Students can search for DE media assets (for the
products your school subscribes to), and they can
save their assets in “My Content.”
You can assign writing prompts, quizzes, and
assignments to your students and designate specific
media assets for them to interact with.
You can also differentiate for individual students.

28. Exploring the Teacher Center

29. ReadyZone: Continuity of Learning

32. STEM Connect

35. On This Day…
Use the calendar to help students connect the past and
present with videos tied to historical events.

36. Discovery Atlas
A Virtual Field Trip Around the World

38. Notable web 2.0 platforms for to
engage them in the process
• An engaging alternative to PowerPoint.
VoiceThread • Students, parents, and education partners can view
the VoiceThreads and leave comments.
• Create image and video mash-ups in seconds.
Animoto • Teachers can apply for Animoto for Educators.
• Web-based platform for developing interactive,
Prezi non-linguistic and non-linear presentations.
Photo • Web-based digital storytelling platform very
Peach similar to PhotoStory3 for Windows.
Discovery Education STREAMING images, video segments, and
audio can be added to any of these platforms.

39. Question?
Modified by Teresa Henley
from the presentation by
Cynthia_M_Brown@discovery.com