Discovery Education Speakers Bureau
Supporting the most effective use of technology in classrooms and schools
Supporting the most effective use of technology in classrooms and schools
If you use technology with students, and you have Discovery Educationstreaming, there is a level you haven’t explored. Matt Monjan, the acknowledged Master of the Builders (Assignment, Quiz, and Writing Prompt Builder), will show you ways to use the Web, video, the computer, and your own imagination to take curriculum assessments to the next technology level.Master the tools your school provides with the master builder! If you don’t have DE streaming, leave with a passcode that will let you explore a new realm of instruction.
In this session, we'll explore how we can use video, imagery, sound, and closed-captioning to reach different learning styles and deliver a teachable moment for every student. Examine tools that build interactive lessons with video, sound, and web-based tools and assignments. Build resources that are accessible from school, labs, learning centers, and home! Build for individual students or entire districts. That's power to teach!
Whether you teach in one of the states where every school has Discovery Education streaming or if your school has a license of its own, there are instructional strategies that will surprise you! Finding and playing video segments are just one of many ways you can use the media library. Did you know you have an Interactive Atlas, dynamic Calendar, thousand of quiz question and tens of thousands of images, speeches, and sound effects? Come and learn how to integrate the DES tools in new and exciting ways that are perfect for reaching the 21st century student.
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!
The world of Web2.0 isn't just transforming middle and secondary schools, it's also having a profound impact on early childhood and early elementary classrooms! Instead of showcasing your students work on a bulletin board, use it to connect and collaborate with a global audience. See how innovative classroom teachers are are using free technologies to improve communication, impact student learning, and above all... make learning exciting!
An in-depth overview of the digital media available in Discovery Education Streaming and 50 different ways to tell digital stories using it. DE Streaming provides your classroom access to thousands of videos, images and audio clips. Learn how to integrate them into cutting edge Web 2.0 sites to make your students' digital stories come alive!
Learn to incorporate digital storytelling as an important instructional tool. Teachers can capitalize on all the digital assets available to them through unitedstreaming to create simple, yet powerful stories using free programs like Photostory 3.
Move megadoses of media into the video iPod. Free and fee curriculum media downloads work seamlessly in iPods. Store and display student media projects, PowerPoints, video podcasts, animations, and PhotoStories! Create scavenger hunts, curriculum contact lists, . A media library in your pocket, including photos, audiobooks, tours and field trips, and your own imagination. Play iPods through mounted TVs or projectors for easy media access! The basics of how and wow!
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Presentations and handouts:
NECC 2008, MacWorld, FETC, Howard County, TCEA.
Presentations: Downloaded PowerPoints may have trouble opening on some machines because the videos are not attached. The pdf's are safer.
NECC 2008
Cellphones in Education (pdf)
Man Behind the Curtain: Simple Copy and Paste Codes (pdf)
Codes for Google Earth (doc)
Codes Document for iPod (doc)
Preference.txt (place in Notes folder)
Sample Notes document (doc)
Sample Notes document2 (doc)
Sample Notes document3 (doc)
Sample Notes document4 (doc)
Man Behind the Curtain ppt
Revenge of the Digital Immigrants pdf of PowerPoint
Thinking Bigger as the World Gets Smaller - AIMS
BOCES Presentation, May, 2008, pdf of PowerPoint
Man Behind the Curtain pdf of PowerPoint
TCEA TECSIG Luncheon presentation pdf of PowerPoint
iPod as MegaVCR (MACUL)pdf
GoogleEarth Codes(MACUL)Word document
GoogleEarth pdf (MACUL) broken link fixed!
Building Media Projects on the Dark Side (CUE) pdf
Google Earth pdf of PowerPoint is here (from the Gifted Conference) Scroll through the blog for all the files.
Building Projects: Digital Video for Every Classroom ppt
Master Code List (iPod&Media) - Word doc (Fixed broken link)
Museum Mode handout pdf (Fixed broken link)
iPod Powerpoint presentation as pdf (from Georgia state conference)
Codes to Copy and Paste for Blogs, Google Earth, etc.
Example Floating Head Code to Copy and Paste (open in Word, then paste)
Download the handout (iPod as MegaVCR) pdf
Notes files- Watch for download (modify and drag into Notes folder on iPod)
Codes to Copy and Paste for iPod - Watch for download (the Notes folder)
How to convert unitedstreaming videos to iPod format
Man Behind the Curtain PowerPoint
Revenge of the Digital Immigrants PowerPoint
If there are problems with the downloads, email hall_davidson@discovery.com or leave a comment at the blog.
When it comes to integrating digital media into your classroom, the possibilities are endless. In this session, you will learn powerful ways to integrate all of the resources available in unitedstreaming into your instruction. Embed video into PowerPoint or Inspiration. Build an online assignment. Use the Calendar to highlight a student’s birthday. You will see great examples of how teachers across the country are being creative with unitedstreaming.