[M3] Using Discovery Education

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1.  Go to our Padlet Wall at: http://padlet.com/scampo/thinking Links to an external site. and add a sticky note (double-click anywhere on the screen) with your response to prompt at the top of the screen

2. Are you Part of the Group ~ DEN? Check out WHY you might want to expand your personal learning community (JOIN Links to an external site.)

User Guide for Discovery Education Links to an external site.

3. How can the  Download SAMR Model 

and  Download Mathew Needleman's Technology Taxonomy inform our work?

4. To use videos purposefully consider the strategies presented in this excellent resource from Download  KQED: Using Video Effectively and Using Video with English Language Learners

 

5. Let's Get Started!  Your current login for Discovery Education is: 

https://powayusd.discoveryeducation.com Links to an external site.

    TEACHER  Login: your normal Novell login

     Password: your normal district password

    STUDENT logins are now their normal district logins:

     Student login: student id#
     Student password: birthday  mmddyy  (Jan. 5, 1998 would be: 010598  ; Oct. 5, 1998 would be: 100598 

 6.  To tour all the new features in Discovery Education, complete the following Download Digital Treasure Hunt

     Freebies: 

Download Overview to share with Your Site

Download IMPORTANT Download Information

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To find excellent Digital Scavenger Hunts with video instructions in Discovery:  Search for "Digital Challenge."  When the list of challenges appears, do them in this order: 

       1. My DE

       2. Integration

       3. Student Experience

       4. Builder Tools

7.   Examine 5 or more sample boards from the Download "50 Ways to Use Board Builder"

and be prepared to share your best discoveries! Now it's your turn  to create a Board Builder Assignment.

  • It can be an assignment for your students, or...
  • You can start with an essential question, or...
  • It can be a board that will scaffold or build schema for a concept or unit of study, or...
  • You can simply post a video, graphic organizer, and one KQED strategy to help your students process an important concept.

8.  Go to our Padlet Wall at: http://padlet.com/scampo/thinkin Links to an external site.g and edit your  sticky note to share what are two new learnings you had AFTER completing the tasks above.