| The use of technology in the classroom not only | | | | subject, blog headlines and other topics. To |
| helps to prepare students for the 21st century, it | | | | provide even further enhancement and |
| also enhances the lesson for the teacher, ensuring | | | | integration, the page provides quick links back to |
| the experience is beneficial for both. School videos | | | | the district, school and other saved media, |
| and educational videos play a large part in | | | | assignments, and quizzes across every Discovery |
| enhancing the technology offerings in today's | | | | Education service provided to the educator |
| educational systems. With resources such as | | | | through subscription. |
| Discovery Education streaming from Discovery | | | | The My DE page also provides for one central |
| Education, teachers can literally have the world at | | | | location where educators can view and register |
| their fingertips. | | | | for Discovery Education's Professional |
| Now with an enhanced landing page, Discovery | | | | Development opportunities. This team works with |
| Education streaming offers teachers access to | | | | tens of thousands of educators each year to help |
| the latest in school videos and education videos. | | | | improve student achievement with the latest |
| The new landing page is designed to allow | | | | educational technology resources. As a result, |
| teachers to access all services on the website, | | | | teachers and educators throughout the nation |
| preview new media library additions, customize | | | | have access to the latest school videos and |
| the learning experience and personalize technology | | | | education videos to enhance the overall learning |
| options. | | | | experience. |
| The new landing page, My Discovery Education, or | | | | Kelli Campbell, Discovery Education Senior Vice |
| My DE, provides access to more than one million | | | | President of Content and Product Development |
| users who seek to use Discovery Education | | | | said in a statement, "Instead of playing an entire |
| services. With the My DE page, teachers and | | | | film, usage data shows educators are increasingly |
| other educators can view the latest in the media | | | | using 2-3 minute key concept clips. Teacher |
| library to best identify and use the new content in | | | | feedback indicates clips are incorporated as core |
| their classroom. School videos and education | | | | lesson components to illustrate difficult concepts |
| videos are an important part of this media and | | | | and engage the student. The new features added |
| this site offers more than 5,000 videos and | | | | to Discovery Education save valuable preparation |
| 50,000 video clips. | | | | time and provide even greater flexibility for the |
| With the personalization element of the website, | | | | teacher to locate standards-correlated video clips |
| educators can use My DE according to their | | | | for individualized student assignments." |
| classroom needs and interests. The site will | | | | School videos and educational videos contribute |
| capture previous information and activities to | | | | significant enhancement to any lesson, as long as |
| personalize the experience each time a teacher | | | | the teacher or educator provides a quality lesson |
| uses the site. Educators also have the option of | | | | overall. |
| adding calendars that are customized according to | | | | |