Samantha

 1. Author Biographies  a.  Discovery Education has a comprehensive library of famous author video biographies. These can be used as an alternative to making students read dry, written biographies  2. Historical Background of Literature  a.  Students should always know the historical background of a piece of literature, whether it is the time period of the author or the time period being written about. Discover education has an extensive collection of historical videos for this purpose.  3. Grammar  a.  Grammar education is almost always boring, so if I can use a fun, interactive video as a tool to get kids interested, I’m all for it! Discovery education has grammar videos for all levels.  4. Writing  a.  Discover Education provides videos not only for writing techniques, but also topics as well.  5. Vocabulary  a.  Discovery Education has many video segments dealing with vocabulary. Hearing vocabulary used in speech is important to student learning, and that is what the videos do.
 * Ways I can use Discovery Education:**

Technology In Education

media type="custom" key="4415995" __Explanation__ This comic illustrates how technology can be used to pass societal information from the older generation to the younger one, as Dewey states needs to happen for society to continue existing and evolving. It also shows the halt in the transmission of information that can occur when the younger members of a particular society do not see the value in receiving the information that the older members are attempting to convey.

Chart media type="custom" key="4416235" __Explanation__ In my education I remember spending most time on remembering and understanding information. I believe this is true because it is impossible to reach the higher tiers of the taxonomy without first building the foundation. Remembering and understanding information needs to happen before the information can be utilized in any meaningful way.