50 Ways to Integrate Discovery Education streaming Kim Randall Discovery Educator Network

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Multimedia Presentations 1

PowerPoint and Multi-Media Presentations A few key terms Hyperlinking = linking to a website, video, document or slide that is different or outside of your current presentation Advantage – fast forward/rewind control Disadvantage – opens a different window, you leave your presentation Embedding = placing a document, video, sound, image, etc within the framework of your slide Advantage – looks pretty, you stay within your presentation Disadvantage – lose ability to fast forward and rewind

Instructions for Hyperlinking and Embedding Hyperlinking to a Video Embedding a Video Really Embedding a Video Images + Songs

Steps for Hyperlinking 1.Log into streaming 2.Download a video, segment, image, song, etc. 3.Type some text 4.Highlight the text “Some Text”Some Text 5.Go to Insert (located in your tool bar) 6.Go to bottom and select Hyperlink 7.Find the file that you downloaded and select it (note it can be within the same Power Point!)

Steps for Embedding 1.Go up to Insert 2.Go to Movies and Sounds 3.Select Movie from File 4.Navigate to the file that you downloaded

Example of Video + Power Point Hyperlinked video Embedded video

Now for something really cool Embedding with all the bells and whistles! PC ONLY 1. Go to your tool bar and click on the word “View” 2. Click on Toolbars and then Control Tool Box This will bring up a box that looks like this:

Really Embedding Continued 3. Click on the Hammer And Wrench Icon 4. Scroll down and choose Windows Media Player This will change your cursor to a + symbol – Giving you the ability to draw a box

Really Embedding Continued 5. Draw a box and then right-click on the box and choose Properties

Almost there… 6. Click inside the blank box next to the box titled (Custom) and then click on the three little dots

Finding the video 7. Click on the Browse button to find the video that you want to embed, then check the Stretch to fit button and then click on the OK button

Voila! You have now embedded a video with controls like fast forward, rewind, pause, etc – play your PPT to see the video

streaming Audio – Song + Power Point DE Streaming has close to 400 elementary school songs on the site. To find them change the Within Drop Down box to Songs and click on the “Go” button Download the song (right- click, “save target as” on PC or ctl + click on Mac) and insert it into your Powerpoint Then add in DE streaming Images or create your own and add! Want to see an example?example?

Songs that help teach the English language Learning Our Long Vowels (02:56)Long vowels say their names.© 2005 Twin SistersLearning Our Long Vowels Learning Our Short Vowels (01:47) Learn about short vowel sounds. © 2005 Twin SistersLearning Our Short Vowels Letters “c” and “g” Have Two Sounds (04:48) In words the consonants C and G are sometimes hard and sometimes soft.Letters “c” and “g” Have Two Sounds Q and U Are Friends (01:13) A song about words that start with QU © 2005 Twin SistersQ and U Are Friends Rhyming Word Rule (02:30)Rhyming Word Rule Rhyming words stay the same at the end. You only change the beginning. © 2005 Twin Sisters Silly Sally’s Sister (00:29) A tongue twister with the letter S © 2005 Twin SistersSilly Sally’s Sister Singing the Consonant Sounds (04:36) A song about words that start with B,C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z © 2005 Twin SistersSinging the Consonant Sounds The Alphabet Swing (01:21) Sing the letters of the alphabet.The Alphabet Swing

Journaling Writing Prompt Builder (located in the Teacher Center) Writing Prompt Builder 3

transl8it.com Have some fun with your writing prompts by typing the question (prompt) in IM lingo Journal writing via the Writing Prompt Builder in the Teacher Center

Reading Support (Close Captioning) 4

Why use Close Captioning in the classroom? To help students who are hearing impaired To help ELL students To help struggling readers To emphasize a grammar or vocabulary lesson To use in combination with a writing exercise To reinforce a concept

Finding CC files Log into streaming and click on the Advanced Search link Scroll down and click in the box next to “Include only Closed Captioned Titles”

Downloading a Closed Captioned Movie First right-click on the blue download icon, choose “Save Target As” and then place it in a folder on your computer Then repeat the process, this time right-clicking on the “CC” icon Adjust the CC settings within your Windows Media Player – CC settingsCC settings

CC Closed Captioning Trick Font Size –Open the CC file in a text editing program like Wordpad or Notepad –Locate the line of code that indicates “font size” –Increase the font size from 10 to 30 (or whatever you prefer) –Save the CC file

CC 10 pt 30 pt

CC

Today is Your Birthday Today is Your Birthday (Calendar) Located in the Teacher Center 6

Calendar Teacher Center > Calendar

Calendar Birthday PowerPoint –Introduce yourself –One thing you did this summer –One thing you’ll accomplish that will make you famous enough to have your own video in streaming

Build Interest with Short Video Segments 8

Assignment Builder (located in the Teacher CenterAssignment Builder (located in the Teacher Center) 9

Create an Assignment, Quiz or Writing Prompt and Embed the voicethread in the Builder Tool 1.Go to and create a voicethreadwww.voicethread.com 2.Click on the right-arrow to copy the Embed Code 3.Log into DE streaming and the click on Teacher Center 4.Create a new assignment 5.Enter instruction into the instruction boxes 6.Paste the Embed Code from voicethread into an instruction box 7.Give the assignment code to your students

Graphic Organizers (Tools like Inspiration) 10

Embed Discovery Education streaming videos, sounds, songs and more in Inspiration 8

Concept Mapping Inspiration –DE streaming images, audio and video Hyperlinking Highlight text > Tools > Hyperlink > Select the file Embedding (Inspiration 8) Tools > Insert Video or Sound > Select the file

Other graphic organizers – For Free!

Concept Mapping Gliffy – Bubbl – Mindmeister – Mindomo –

Concept Mapping Mindomo –DE streaming images –Videos –Websites –Articles DE streaming Images Search > Select a size to preview > Copy the URL

Encyclopedia Choose Articles from Within Box 14

Choose Articles from the Within Box and click on the Go box. Now ready for another cool trick with PPT?

Recording Sound with PPT 1.Click on the word Insert in your Tool Bar 2.Click on Movies and Sounds 3.Click on Record Sound 4.Click on the red dot and record your students narrating the encyclopedia article that you round in DE Streaming

Quiz Builder Quiz Builder (located in the Teacher Center) 25

Mini-Movies (iMovie, MovieMaker, etc) 30

The Two Minute Digital Story

Green Screen 34

Adobe Premiere Elements –Chroma Key Special Effect

Learning Stations 35

Professional Development 38

Google Earth and DE streaming 39

AFI: Lights, Camera, Education 44

Great resource to get your students started with Movie Making in a format that ties the writing process directly to filmmaking

Mini-Units 47

Mega VCR 50

Mega VCR Media on your Video iPod –Videos –PowerPoints –Music –Photos –Animations

Interactive Map 1 more

Customized Homepage Ok, one other idea

Standard Custom

Engage Your Students What will you use it for?.99

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