Alice Mercer SCUSD Fall 2007my content is Creative Commons (NC/SSA/Attribute)

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Discovery Education StreamingIn the Elementary Classroom

What is Discovery Education Streaming?

1. A source of educational videos2. A way to manage media3. An online quiz system4. A source of video clips to use in

multimedia lessons5. One Place

Our Agenda

1. Videos on Discovery Education Streaming (15 minutes)

2. Managing your media (10 minutes)3. The online quiz system (5 minutes)4. How to use video clips in multimedia

lessons (10 minutes)5. One Place (10 minutes)6. Break (10 minutes)7. Do a (short) project (60 minutes)

A source of educational videos

• What’s there• How to find it

– by Subject or Grade– by Standard– Search strings

• How can you use it – Part 1– The ineffective way to show a video– The effective way to show a video

• Intro, highlight, check for understanding

A way to manage media

• Make “My Content” your friend• Downloading videos for Windows

An online quiz system

• Create a quiz• Connect with video• Connect with My Content• Sending kids there

A source of video clips to use in multimedia lessons

• How can you use it – Part 2?– PowerPoint– Inspiration (download for Mac, *.mov)

• Copyright caveats– It’s the law, so don’t post it– Fair use, but don’t abuse