1. Featuring Discovery Education’s Spotlight on Strategies
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3. Learning Targets
I can access research-based instructional strategies through Discovery Education’s Spotlight on Strategies series.
I can select an instructional strategy that meets the needs of my students and learning objectives.
I can build a repertoire of strategies for integrating digital media in my instruction.

4. What resources are available in Discovery Education?
Snowball Fight
What resources are available in Discovery Education?
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Standard: 4 minutes
Distribute pieces of scrap or recycled paper.
Ask participants to write a response to the prompt.
Have participants crumple paper and throw it into the air.
Participants should pick up a snowball and respond or elaborate on the idea in writing.
Repeat one more time, then have participants voluntarily share the ideas captured on their paper.
Participants could identify resources such as videos, images, audio files, etc., but many may not know about the collection of strategies and ideas for integrating these digital resources in their instruction.

5. SOS: Spotlight on Strategies
Over 80 creative, research-based instructional strategies in Arabic and English
Created and presented by teachers for teachers
Ideas for incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective, and practical ways
We’ll experience four SOS strategies today that you can easily apply in your classroom.

6. Six Word Story Tell their story in six words. Presenter Notes
Six Word Story is a teaching strategy that allows students to practice summarizing and selective word choice. Students use an image or an article as the basis for a story that conveys a big idea using only six words.
Standard: 3 minutes
Instruct participants to carefully look at the image
Give participants about one minute to write the story of this image, using only six words
At the end of time, ask participants to share their stories

7. Did You Hear That?
Students listen to 2-3 audio files and develop a story that expresses how they visualize the sounds relating to each other.
What’s the first line of your story?
Presenter Notes
Did You Hear That? encourages students to draw conclusions and create and describe mental images. Students listen to two sound clips and develop a story that expresses how they visualize the sounds relating to each other.
Standard: 3 minutes
Describe Did You Hear That? strategy
Play the three embedded sound effects
Ask participants to write the first line of their story

8. A-E-I-O-U A = Adjective E = Emotion I = Interesting O = Oh! U = Um?
Presenter Notes
A-E-I-O-U provides multiple paths for students to express what they see, know, and wonder about content being covered
Standard: 3 minutes
Ask participants to write down a reaction to the video in each of the following categories:
A = Adjective: A word or two that describes something they saw or learned
E = Emotion: Describe how a particular part of the segment made you feel
I = Interesting: Write something you found interesting about the content/topic
O = Oh!: Describe something that surprised you and caused you say, “Oh!”
U = Um?: Write a question about something you learned or want to learn more about

9. Next Steps Explore Discovery Education’s Community and:
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