This document provides an overview of the Discovery Education digital learning platform. It describes the various resources available on Discovery Education including videos, audio, images, interactives, tools for creating assignments and assessments. It explains how to navigate the dashboard and search tools. It also discusses how teachers can use Discovery Education to differentiate instruction for students through assigning lessons at different levels and how it can transform the classroom into a more student-centered learning environment.

1. Discovering theWorld of

3. What we will cover:
• Overview:
 What is Discovery Education
 Navigating the resources
• Exploration
• Student perspectives-
Experiencing a lesson
• Classroom examples
• As a multimedia resource
• Tech Plan Alignment

4. What is Discovery Education?
• Videos andVideo Segments-More than 4,000 digital videos and 40,000
content-specific segments cover every core subject, and includes foreign-
language video content and more than 1,000 closed-captioned titles.
• Audio Library of Speeches, Sound Effects, and Songs
• Images and Clip Art
• EncyclopediaArticles
• Interactives
• Tools for building assignments, quizzes, writing prompts to differentiate
your instruction
• Professional Development and Networking tools

5. The Dashboard

6. SearchTools

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9. Publish

11. Explore
Find content for your classroom

12. The Student Experience
Number off by 2’s
1s
• username-= saberstudent1
• Password= 1234567
2s
username= saberstudent2
Password= 1234567

13. Perimeter
• Login to your assigned account
• Click on the Perimeter or Perimeter2 lesson
• Follow the directions in the assignment
• Raise your hand if you need help
• Click “Save for Later”

15. Discussion
What was different about the 2 assignment? Discuss with
your table group.Who had the more advanced lesson?
How could you use this tool to differentiate instruction in
your classroom?

16. DE Classroom Examples
 Ms. Little’s 5th grade Math
& Science

17. A tool for transformation

18. A tool for transformation

19. A tool for transformation

20. Tech Plan Alignment

21. Tech Plan Alignment

22. Discussion
How does the organization of Discovery Education help you
differentiate for various levels of learners, learning styles and
special needs?
How can Discovery Education make your classroom more
student- centered?
How can Discovery Education be used as a home learning
resource?
How can Discovery Education be used to provide
transformative experiences?

23. Can’t Get Enough DE?