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Discovery Education Powered by Discovery Communications, the # 1 non-fiction media brand in the world. Global content from 170 countries makes possible the highest-quality, up- to-date, educational-media library available today

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Discovery EducationPowered by Discovery Communications, the #1 non-fiction media brand in the world.

Global content from 170 countries makes possible the highest-quality, up-to-date, educational-media library available today

Are Your Classrooms Ready?

• Who are 21st century students and what are their needs?

• Do your students have the resources to make their presentations and projects interactive?

• Are you serving the needs of students that require remediation?

• Are you preparing future teachers with the resources that they will be using in the future?

96% of all students engage in social networking

Young people (18 & under) today, spend an average of 6 ½ hours a day with media

57% of teenagers online create content (approximately 2 million teens)

If MySpace were a country, it would be larger than Germany, France and the United Kingdom

21st Century Students Entering CollegeSnapshot of Young Adults & Media

Facebook, the social-networking site, has reached 200 million members

43% of students at public two-year institutions have enrolled in a remedial course*

29% of students at public four-year institutions have enrolled in a remedial course*

*Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. (2008). Strong American Schools. Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www.EDin08.com.

21st Century Students Remediation Needs at the College Level

General Student UseEngage technologically-savvy students through a medium that is familiar and comfortable. Students can research a broad array of subjects and use various online multimedia to enhance their projects, labs, and speeches.

Remediation Help bring all students up to the collegiate level by providing resources for remediation in needed subject areas with thousands of digital resources.

Engage and Inspire Students Build and Reinforce the Skills Students Have

Prepare Education Leaders

Colleges of Education Prepare future educators with the digital tools and resources that are being used in today’s schools. Teach students to how to build 21st century classrooms.

Discovery Education in Today’s K-12 classrooms • 1 million educators are already using Discovery

Education digital services

• Discovery Education streaming is accessed by more than half of U.S. schools

Chaptered video clips: Provides instructors with flexibility to target learning points and reinforce concepts

Editable video clips: Selected videos can be shortened or lengthened, re-narrated, combined with clips from other editable movies, or used for student multimedia projects

Enhance course content with high-quality video clips. Videos are designed to work easily into a lecture or outside assignment.

Discovery Education streaming University

Discovery Education streaming University

• Algebra• Geometry• Statistics• Calculus• Economics

• Psychology• Child Development • American Studies• European History• Ancient History• World History

• Physics• Chemistry• Biology• Life Sciences

Over 20,000 content-specific clips for university-level students covering a variety of subject areas:

• Composition• Grammar• Literature• Reading

• Music• Dance • Theater

• World Languages

• Documentation• Preparation• Study Skills

• Career/Work Place Skills

150+ Publishers Contribute Content to Discovery Education streaming

Scholastic NASA PBS® BBC America Library of Congress Math Mastery Discovery Channel Science Channel

Discovery Education streaming University

Discovery Education streaming University

Asset Types Number of Assets

Encyclopedia Articles

23,000

Images 20,000

Sound Effects 3,000

Events 2,500

Songs 400

Speeches 40

More than Just Videos

Guided Navigation by Subject

User-Friendly Navigation Facilitates Quick Access to Desired Content

• Keyword Search

• Advanced Search

• Search with media types

Email a Colleague

Add to Folders, Assignment and Quizzes

Video Ratings

Media Settings

Video Segments

Multiple Settings & OptionsAllow Professors to Use Video to Fit Their Student’s Needs

Quickly access your My Content

Access “On This Day” resources for all subjects

Recommended resources and featured content

Straightforward Access to Resources