Michelle

**5 ways that you could utilize Discovery Education as a teacher:**
**1. Builder tools** will help a teacher build and store assignments within the site for their students. The assignment builder is a tool that can help you to create assignments that will be saved in your personalized My Content area. You can also search an assignment library to see a list of existing assignments. A **Writing Prompt Builder** will give students writing practice with images that include composition prompts. This is a tool to help you create Writing Prompts for your students. You can also search see a list of existing Writing Prompts. **Quiz Builder** can incorporate video clips into interactive quizzes and also a tool to help you create Quizzes for your students. 2. The **Classroom Manager** is a tool to help you build and manage your classrooms and assignments. There are only 3 steps to set this up. Select the class name; from there you can add your students in the roster through the administrative roster. Once the class has been set up you will be able to store assignments in each class. 3. The **Teacher Center** has tools and resources such as curriculum resources and a Teacher Community. The **Curriculum Resources** includes a calendar to help students connect the past and present with videos tied to historical events. I personally wish I would have had that when I was in school!! There are many media resources in each subject to incorporate into your lessons. The **Lesson Plan Library** has more than 200 lesson plans designed for Discovery Education streaming videos or you could find a **Thematic Focus** with weekly teaching topics that include video segments, lesson plans, and student activities. The **Discovery Education Atlas** streaming gives you a unique video guide to our world. All the resources available will engage students and possibly inspire. 4. The **Teacher Community** has a Discovery Educator Network in which you can explore resources and community tools for educators. There is also a **Discovery Education Streaming Newsletter** which will inform you each month about Discovery Education streaming events and activities. Teachers always need to be informed and this tool provides you with Webinar information, product demonstrations and special events. 5. The **Professional Development** has resources such as teaching tips on technology such as hyper linking to movie making. Utilizing the **Discovery Educator Network**, you can explore resources and community tools for educators. The **Digital Media Integration** has short video segments that profile science teachers and give strategies for inquiry-based instruction. The **Interactive Training** will help you to learn how to use **Discovery Education Science** with the self-paced, easy-to-use lessons. Project Demonstrations include lesson plans, projects, and tutorials that show you how to integrate Discovery Education streaming content with popular software applications. As I went through the site I actually set up some folders and a quiz. The instructions were very simple. There are so many ways to use the resources in your classroom, and for so subjects. I would definitely use DE in my classroom.

I could have probably spent all night on this site. It really had an amazing amount of resources for teachers. The Builder tools are important for teachers to utilize since organization is a key to great lessons. I went through My Content and could see myself utilizing it. I could have DE media resources in one folder and quick links in another. It is very easy to set up. The directions are step by step. Both the Writing Prompt Builder and the Quiz builder can be a useful tool. I would definitely utilize the writing prompt builder. I believe incorporating video clips in quizzes would accommodate the visual learners, which could lead to better understanding and better grades. The classroom manager is another useful tool for organization within the site. The access to lesson plans, the media clips, and many other resources makes this a invaluable site!

Cartoon - Combining Dewey and Technology

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According to Dewey teachers have to consider the distinctive differences between each student. Each person is different and has had different past experiences. Each student will have a different quality of educational experience even when a regular set of courses is presented using traditional teaching methods. Teaching should be done in ways that allow for individual differences. Dewey argued that we learn something from every experience, whether positive or negative and your accumulated learning experience influences the makeup of your future experiences. So every experience in some way influences all potential future experiences for an individual. Continuity refers to the idea that each experience is accumulated and carried on into the future, whether one likes it or not.

Bloom's Analysis with Explanation
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Most of my teachers taught by giving lectures and tests. I really wish there could have been more analysis, application and creativity. I was memorizing terms or some sort of information.


 * What I think about technology.**