Discovery Education/United Streaming

Tips and Tricks

Donna RodriquezACSI 2008

Digital Media

• Have you used video or other digital Media? United Streaming, YouTube, etc iMovie, Windows Media Player podcasting

• What has been your experience?• How have your students reacted to

it?

Getting Familiar

TeacherResources

Classroom Resources

The WoohooTeacher Stuff

TeacherResources

A.K.A.DEN

Access materials shared

by teachers, for teachers

Share or find outWhat events are going

In your state.

Introduce yourself to other educators and get

answers and/or help

Classroom Resources Great Media

NOT JUST VIDEOS!!

Clip ArtImage

s

Speeches

Lesson Plans

Articles

Quizzes

And more!!

Sound Effects

Subject

By Grade

By State Standards

The WoohooTeacher Stuff

Assignment Builder

Calendar

Atlas Interactive Map

D.E.N. Professional Resources

Lesson Plans!!

Quiz Builder

Writing Prompts

Cool….So, What Do I Do NOW??

• Make a PowerPoint and embed a video

• Design a lesson with Assignment Builder

• Start your class with a clip from Calendar

• Explore a culture with Atlas• Start a class with a video

Tips and Tricks

Embed a Video

• Download the video and save• In PowerPoint -

Choose slide > Insert > Movies and Sounds > Movie from file > Select movie click “choose”- Decide weather you want to play automatically

or on click. ( I prefer on click so I choose “NO”)

Assignment Builder

Design a Lesson with Assignment Builder

• Add Info about assignments• Create assignment instructions• Save into My Content

Assignment Builder

• Add Materials Video segments Audio files Quiz Writing prompts Links to websites

Assignment Builder

• Preview and make changes• Check the Summary• Provide assignment codes

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