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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