Sunday, November 21, 2010

Education Discovery Video Streaming

Within the classroom, teacher try to provide a molti-modal environment for learning. Because of this, teachers are constantly looking for safe ways to incorporate educational materials into lessons. With Discover Education Video Streaming, teachers can search for videos pertaining to any criteria and are able to view the video in segments pertinent to the lesson. Understanding that Discovery Education is a reliable source, Teacher Tube cannot provide the same educational implementations nor can it be guaranteed correct as the videos are personal creations. With DVES, the video segments allow for teachers to show the educational portions of the video separate from the story portions. Saving time and efforts within the classroom, this allows for multiple videos to be implemented providing multiple perspectives to the same material. Enhancing the learning through multiple technologies, DVES is an extremely easy to navigate and incorporate teaching tool.

Monday, November 1, 2010

SmartBoard Editing Tools

Along with the easy to follow templates provided within the SmartBoard software, SmartBoard also enhances instruction through the many different uses of the editing tools. With magic pens that disappear after a few seconds of highlighting and a screen that allows the teacher to reveal information slowly or in portions, the SmartBoard application has many different editing tools that will help engage the students in the lesson as they become active in the lesson. Simultaneously, any combination of the tools and incorporation of pictures or videos, then the teacher's creativity can help express core concepts and critical skills. SmartBoard, with appropriate planning, can truly enhance any lesson through its interactive nature, engaging the students through hands-on learning.