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====**Project description**: I have chosen to do my presentation on Discovery Education, formally known as United Streaming. This tool has been available to me in my district for several years, and I really haven't found the time to sit down and explore what it has to offer. Part of the tool can only be accessed with a subscription, but there are also a ton of other free resources that you can take advantage of, such as videos, lesson plans, as well as interactive games. Discovery Education allows you to access hundreds of videos, video clips, as well as provide a resource for you to create assignments, quizzes or writing prompts. In Discovery Education you are able to create lessons based off of the academic content standards in almost every different content area. On Discovery Education there are not only resources for teachers, but for students, parents, and administrators as well. There are so many different resources to take a look at and explore on Discovery Education and I hope that you can find some ways to incorporate it into your classroom.====

Click on the YouTube video below to view my presentation on Discovery Education. I hope you enjoy!
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**Additional resources**:
[|About Discovery Education] : Find more information about Discovery Education and the people who created it. [|Free K-5 Resources from Discovery Education]: Click on the tabs on the right hand side to see free resources for grades 6-8 and 9-12. [|Puzzlemaker from Discovery Education]: Create cross words, word finds, and many more! [|Free lesson plans from Discovery Education] : Search for lesson plans in arts and literature, business, technology, social studies, math, science and health. [|Free homework help from Discovery Education] : Parents and students can take advantage of free homework help through the use of interactive games, tutorials and videos. [|Discovery Education help] : Search FAQ's as well as other questions that you may have using and navigating Discovery Education.

====**Content uses of this technology**: One of the many great things about Discovery Education is that it covers almost any content area that you can think of; math, science, social studies, reading, language arts, health, and even technology. There are resources for all of these subject areas such as lesson plans, videos, video clips, worksheets, homework help, and so much more! You can also perform a search within Discovery Education to find specific academic content standards or benchmarks and it even has the common core standards that our state will be transitioning over to in the next few years.====

====**Pedagogical considerations for this technology**: Using Discovery Education in the classroom is a great way to bring the outside world to the students. By using the tools and resources found on Discovery Education as part of your everyday lessons, students are gaining insight on some real-world ideas without ever leaving their seats. We must remember that we need to use technology as a way to enhance the student's learning, not just to use it because it is cool. With Discovery Education, many of the tools and resources bring real-life images into the classroom in order for the students to gain a better understanding. Using Discovery Education, teachers are also able to assess their student's understanding by creating assignments, quizzes, as well as writing prompts.====

====**Where to purchase or acquire**: For all of the free resources that you saw, in any web browser, type in [|www.discoveryeducation.com] or [|www.unitedstreaming.com] and you will be able to access the free resources. To purchase a subscription, the first step I would take after speaking with a principal or administrator would be to contact Discovery Education and request literature about pricing and special offers. Our subscription was purchased as a district so you would definitely want to check out the pricing and compare it for an entire district or maybe just a building. I did not find any specific pricing on the website. You can contact Discovery Education by clicking [|here].====

"Discovery Education supports teachers in accelerating student achievement, bringing the world of discovery into classrooms to ignite students' natural curiosity. "