Teachers use Discovery Streaming to provide access to video streaming content for learning purposes. From the student center, students are able to access Assignments, Quizzes and Writing Prompts that the teacher has created for the class. Teachers have a variety of options for making assignments available to students. provides engaging digital
resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more
effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and
families to a world of learning.
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Best
Practice Tips for Student Usage from the DEN's Cynthia Brown:
- As a first step,
admins and teachers import students into Discovery Education's system so that
classes can create and share media and lessons.
- Get
started here
with
tips on importing student rosters for your teachers to use in our Classroom
Manager. It makes sharing Discovery Education STREAMING assets through the
Student
Center easy!
- Regardless of
subject, leverage
My
Builder Tools to
customize instruction with students. Use the Assignment, Quiz, and Writing
Prompt builders to create multi-media infused diagnostic, formative, and
summative assessments.
Social
Studies
Use the Discovery
Atlas Interactive Map , located in the Teacher
Center, as a tool for virtual field trips- Assign for homework
and have students activate prior knowledge by exploring a new country
- Great interactive
instructions tool for white boards
Math and
Science
Use STEM
Connect, located in
the Teacher Center, to help students make real-world connections- Demonstrate how
science and math play a practical part in everyday life with content from
Mythbusters
, Build
it Bigger, Bill Nye,
and more!
Language
Arts
Utilize dozens of books from
the Great Books series- Keyword search:
Great Books
- Pre-built quizzes
for students and teacher guides are found with each within Related Materials
- Author Profile
segments from the series provide students with critical background into the
author's life and how it may have impacted his/her writing
Sound Effects
for Story Creation- Choose from
thousands of sound
effects - select
media type "Sound Effects" from search box
- Play five sound
effects and challenge your students to write a story or book analysis
incorporating all five
- Take it to the next
level! Have students use a free desktop publishing platform like
Audacity to read and record their
story, adding in the sound effects where relevant
Calendar
Overview of Site
- Search and Advanced Search - Use a variety of search tools to
quickly locate video segments, images, encyclopedia articles, audio
files, quizzes, events, lesson plans, animations, clip art, and more.
- Streaming
vs. Downloading - You can view a video segment “live” or stream it
“real-time” by clicking on the Play button. The quality of the video
streaming experience will depend on many factors including the speed of
your Internet connection and the number of people at your school who are
online at the time you choose to stream video content. When you
download a video segment, you save a copy of the file on your computer
or network for future access.
- My Content - This feature allows
you to collect, organize, share and retrieve DE streaming media
resources, assignments, quizzes and writing prompts from any service in
one convenient place.
- Editable Titles - Best Practice
Lesson Samples
Integration Strategies
Embedding Videos
When you embed a downloaded file, you insert it right into your
document much as you would a picture or clip art file. Embedding makes
use of the multimedia capabilities in software such as PowerPoint,
AppleWorks, and Keynote and allows teachers to create presentations that
do not rely on separate media players. Embedding is an effective way to
add video content to existing presentations, create interactive
learning projects with menus and text prompts, or develop slide shows in
which video files play automatically. Learn more.
Builders
- Writing Prompt - Give students writing practice with these
images that include composition prompts. Stimulate the writing process
in your classroom with thousands of pieces of content that are
ready-made for persuasive, narrative, and expository writing exercises.
Use a pre-made writing prompt or create your own!
- Assignments - Build and store assignments for your students that use Discovery Education™ curriculum content.
- Quiz - Incorporate video clips into interactive quizzes with Discovery Education™ Quiz Builder!
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Learn more here.
Resources & Tips
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