Now, unitedstreaming
is better than ever!
New ways to teach:
Assignment Builder -- create assignments
that students can access and complete through the new Student Center.
Quiz Center has been expanded -- with
quizzes for 200 unitedstreaming videos, and more to come each month. Plus
a new quiz question databank, so you can select and build your own custom
quizzes.
Lesson plans -- browse via grade level
or in five core subject areas, for lesson plans correlated to unitedstreaming
videos.
Calendar -- look month by month to see
important dates in five core curriculum areas, plus biographies, health and
guidance, and commemorations.
New content:
Hundreds of new videos -- with more to
come in October.
Closed captioned videos -- for the hearing
impaired and students learning English as a second language, we've added closed
captioning to our 600 most popular videos, for a total of 1000 closed captioned
videos.
Encyclopedia articles -- 27,000 articles
from Funk & Wagnall's.
Geography images -- 2,000 new geography
images have been added to the Image library.
Dynamic citations -- videos and images
now display bibliographic citations in APA, MLA and Chicago formats.
New enhancements to manage unitedstreaming:
Server/Upload manager -- Enhancements
will allow more effective management of server space and will allow you to
prioritize content to help you save time.
New ways to learn:
Discovery Educator Network -- share ideas
and best practices with other teachers, via a Blog and other tools.
Teacher Center -- all your training options
in one place. Get information about Webinars, school-based workshops, or ideas
for integrating video into your classroom.
Check out our new, comprehensive site based on the TV documentary "Arctic Mission." With lesson plans, video clips, games, quizzes, tools and much more, we are testing Arctic Mission for six months. Please try it out and let us know your thoughts!