Engaging Learners with Digital Media Content

1. Engaging Learners with Digital Media Content a.k.a…Making Learning Fun

2. Welcome!Objectives: • Learn how to navigate the unitedstreaming website • Learn how to search for, stream, and download content • Learn ways to integrate digital media • Leave with at least 1 idea for classroom integration

3. For You Newbies • What is unitedstreaming? • A standards-based digital media library with over 5,000 full-length videos plus other cool stuff • Resource that has been scientifically proven to increase achievement • In other words…One Cool Tool!

4. Getting Started • Georgia Public Broadcasting makes unitedstreaming free to Georgia Schools • In order for them to keep funding, they must show usage • To get to unitedstreaming, go to www.gpb.org

5. TOTALLY REDESIGNED, A COOL TOOL IN ITSELF!!!!!! CLICK ON: GPB EDUCATION, THEN VIDEOSTREAMING

6. You Are Here 

7. Hopefully you have created a username and password • If not, the passcode is: • PUT PASSCODE HERE • If you have a username and password, let’s get going!

8. Customizing Your Homepage • There should be a welcome message to you in the upper left corner • Click on: My Account (top right) • Click on: My Homepage (top right) • Click on: Customized • When you are finished, Click on: DEstreamingat the very top

9. Teacher Center

10. Professional Development

11. Searching unitedstreaming • 4 Main Search Tools • Keyword Search PLUS “Within” • Full video, segments, audio, speeches, clipart & so much more! • You can use Boolean Operators (and, but, or & quotation marks) • Subject & Grade Search • Curriculum Standard Search • Advanced Search • Editable Titles (can use in movie software) • Classic Titles (made before 1990) • Many with Closed Captions

12. Searching unitedstreaming Advanced Search Search “Within” Keyword Search Subject & Grade Search Curriculum Search

13. Exploring Search Results -A screen shot of video -Ability to enable closed captioning -Ability to select view mode (Media Player or QuickTime) -Embed in Web Browser or open a new window

14. Exploring Search Results • You will see a screen like this • What information can you get? Tabs of info Length Description Number of segments Grade Level Age Play Download

15. Video Segments • Why Segment? • Target specific learning area • Hold’s student attention • Faster to download • Takes less storage space

16. Citations • Citations can be copied and pasted for projects & presentations

17. Related Materials • Curriculum Standards • Blackline Masters • Quizzes • Teacher Guides

18. Activity-Search Tools • Peruse the search tools yourself  Clipart from unitedstreaming

19. Found Cool Stuff…Now What? My Content

20. Activity- My Content • Add a cool tool you found to My Content

21. Hyperlinking & Embedding • Hyperlink – link to video in file • Benefit-can pause, stop, etc. • Downside-slower, must wait for download • Embed – clip shows directly in powerpoint (or other)

22. Examples • Diesel Mechanics ( a hyperlink) Quadratic Functions (embedded clip)

23. Activity- Hyperlinking & Embedding • Find a video clip you like and save it to the desktop • Open Powerpoint • Hyperlink your clip • Find another and embed • USE HANDOUTS & PEERS TO HELP • NOTE: When doing this “for real” be sure to save all clips & presentation in same folder

24. Integration • Simply show full video/clip • Put clips into powerpoint or other multimedia presentation • Download clips to a flashdrive for use in a learning center • And so much more!!!!!!

25. Integration Examples • Tic-Tac-Toe • Excellent way to differentiate • Could easily integrate video clips • Learning Centers & Independent Learning • Allows students to work at their own pace

26. Examples • Honors Cell transport tictacto.doc • Digestive System Learning Center • DNA Learning Center • Independent Learning • Applied Physics                                                        <>