Discovery Education Speakers Bureau

More than 50% of US schools have a digital media library.  If you are part of this majority, you may not be maximizing your resources.  Come learn how to build online quizzes with media clips for students on the net.  Learning about media for writing prompts and Web 2.0 applications SlideShare, VoiceThread, and TeacherTube and how they can be incorporated into media library tools.  Media is for much more than watching!  Arm yourself with knowledge and return to your classroom with new cyber tools for the 21st century.

Closed captioning is a powerful, underused tool for improving reading skills from pre-school students through high school.  Tying words and letters to the full context of images and sound provides a critical link for comprehension.  It is especially effective for second language learners.  With impact far beyond the original target of the hearing impaired, English language captions improve comprehension and fluency.  During the session will explore the many ways in which you can use Close Captioning in the classroom.  Captions can be simply turned on--or manipulated with technology for imaginative uses that will surprise you.   We’ll even create our own CC template so that we can make any video close captioned!