Have you ever used sound effects in your classroom? There are so many different sites you can use to locate specific sounds to enhance a lesson. Below are two fantastic examples. One from http://www.naturesoundmap.com/ and the other is of course from the DiscoveryEducation media library. Use these sounds: -when students enter your room to get their attention
Register Today for Rock Your Socks Off in KC, MO!
Join the Kansas City area DEN as we explore and experience the audio side of Discovery Education. We will start the morning with breakfast as we do an online tour of DE’s Media search options with a focus on media you can “listen to”. Following breakfast we will take an onsite tour of the Grammy
Rockin’ with Cardboard and Foamboard
Hall Davidson can really “rock it”. At Sunday’s DEN Pre-con before PETE&C he shared some cool ways to go digital with some very non-digital items. In his first session, Build a Digital Classroom from a Cardboard Box, Hall demonstrated how a Rock-It portable vibrating speaker can amplify the audio on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad
Rework Video
Projects are an excellent way for students to demonstrate learning. They can also be introduced/framed with an essential question and provide for a variety of collateral learning as students dive into the curriculum. Unfortunately projects can be a time hog if students aren’t given specific time limitations. For that reason it is nice
Listen to history with Discovery Education!
When you think of what DE streaming offers, the first thing that comes to mind is probably videos, right? While we do have a vast library of video content, there’s much more to DE! One of DE’s “hidden gems” is our collection of original audio recordings of historic speeches. If you’re not already familiar with
Playing With Media Session by Wes Fryer
Attendees at the Tech or Treat virtual conference were treated to Wes Fryer’s session on Playing with Media. Just as children learn through play, Wes urged educators to “play” with digital text, images, audio, and video as a way to become comfortable with these technologies. His book, Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,