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
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.
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.
Take a magical video tour of the video editing tools that come free with the Mac. Plug-ins for digital movie making enable laser beams, pointers, word balloons, and more! Download educational video clips from web into iMovie (etc.), then have students add their own narration, add visual highlights, and more. Talk about authentic assessment! Bonus: A passcode for hundreds of quality online videos!
The nation's oldest student festival collects media projects that tap deeply into student passions. Matching curriculum goals with technology tools taps this passion and their inner attitudes and enthusiasms motivate mastery. Watch examples from student work kindergarten through high school exhibiting humor, imagination, and expertise. Learn strategies to replicate these projects in your classroom.
Nothing moves from simple to complex better than video. Learn a classroom asset management process that allows students to build video (or multimedia) subject-area projects using "kits" ---web-based and preassembled with graphics, music, and video. Begin with sheltered, curriculum-based resources, both free and fee. Use free, dead-simple software to engage students through content creation. Not only does this build necessary skills like collaboration, mastery, and innovation, it taps deeper learning. This is a great strategy for technology reluctant teachers. No camcorders required! From this "scaffold", depth will follow.
More resources are available to support curricula than at any time in history. Putting them together into meaningful form is an exciting challenge. This overview demonstration for educators explores the hardware, software, and processes for content integration. Explore classroom friendly and economical educational applications that integrate digital video, graphics, writing, and music. A sampling of great student works blended with a nuts-and-bolts how-to session.