Unitedstreaming is an online video platform that provides educational video content to support classroom instruction. Research studies have found that using Unitedstreaming in science, social studies, and math lessons resulted in test score improvements of 12.6% for third and eighth grade students in Virginia and 3-5% for sixth and eighth grade students in Los Angeles compared to control groups not using the videos. The platform allows teachers to play clips for classes, insert videos into PowerPoint, and access teacher tools and images, while students can preview clips, insert videos into projects, and use images from clips to support voice-overs and other work.

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2. What is unitedstreaming ?

3. Why use unitedstreaming ? Benefits teachers: On-demand Targeted, all content areas Educational, copyright clear Benefits students: Learning styles Background knowledge

4. Research 2002 Virginia: An independent evaluation examined third and eighth grade students in science and social studies . Improvement among experimental group students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 12.6% average increase in achievement over control group students.

5. Research 2004 Los Angeles: Independent study conducted in the Los Angeles Unified School District, examined math performance among 6th and 8th grade students. Students who received instruction aided by unitedstreaming showed a 3% to 5% average increase in achievement in math scores over the control group.

6. Teacher Use Play clip for your class (use SMART Video Player) Insert video clips into PowerPoint Use teacher tools and images The philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras.. IRC. 2005. unitedstreaming. 9 March 2008 <http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

7. Student Use Use their own login to preview and select clips Students insert video into PowerPoint Use images in projects Students can the clips in Movie Maker Example: Voice-over

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