Discovery Education Streaming includes tons of resources that can be used by teachers and students for projects and presentations. In addition to editable videos, there are images, clipart, and songs, sound effects and other audio clips. To make a presentation get noticed and stand out, there are some basic methodologies you should think about. COLORS
METC14 Resources & Presentations
I had the good fortune of visiting St. Louis, Missouri last week for their Midwest Education Technology Conference (#METC14). Below are the presentations and resources I shared in my sessions. Thanks for sharing them with your colleagues! Spelunking for Resources – Free Tools from Discovery Education Shared Intelligence – Building your PLN with
Who Am I?
Who Am I is a great activity for students. This activity requires students to synthesize their learning into several concise statements which build upon one another. The result is an activity for one of their peers to solve too. Try this creative way for students to demonstrate what they have learned. How? Decide how many clues the students
Ever wish you could rewind time?
If you’ve missed a DEN webinar, you don’t have to! We’ve recently added an Archived Webinars page that will let you view our full webinar calendar and find events by day, week, or month. You can even sign up for one of our featured programs. Now you can always go back and find out
Tech Tip of the Week:How to embed DE videos in PowerPoint!
Did you know that you can download Discovery Education videos for use in your classroom PowerPoint presentations? In recent years, embedding DE videos in PowerPoint has become one of the most popular uses of our content for student users. It’s quick and easy to do! First, locate the video you want to use, and verify
Join Me on the ECHO Series
I am so excited to let you know that I have been invited to present on the K12 Online Conference Echo series. My Skype buddy, Jan Wells(from Kansas), and I rolled out our K12 Online Conference presentation on October 27. Shortly after our session went “live” we were invited to be the first presenters for
2010 Reform Symposium – Second Life ™ in Education
If you don’t already know about the 2010 Reform Symposium which begins tonight and runs through Sunday then please do yourself a favor and check out their website. A detailed schedule of events can be found by clicking on ‘Schedule’ along the top menu. I hope you’ll stop in for Kevin Jarrett’s presentation, ‘Second Life
It's a Wrap! Student Access to DE Streaming
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 30, we had an in-depth look at the how-to’s of making Discovery Streaming accessible to our students. Smellslike Magic (rl Mike Bryant) went through the steps of setting up classes and adding students to those classes, whether you do a mass upload as an admin or add students individually. He also
It's a Wrap! Pack your Curiosity and Go!
This past Wednesday night Demb Oh ( aka Steve Dembo) shared his Discovery Student Adventure to South Africa. The trip sounded so exciting! Listening to Demb Oh, his passion and excitement were clear on how meaningful this experience was to him, the other educators and the students who traveled with him. The teachers and students
It's a Wrap – "Discover the Undiscovered"
Technology is great, when it works. And when it doesn’t… flexibility and teamwork are key. Last night’s presentation by Geekybird Fanbridge (Matt Monjan, RL) in the 2 DP auditorium showed that where there’s a will, there’s a way. He delivered “Discover the Undiscovered” via the voice of Amadeo Writer (Joe Brennan RL) without missing a
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