Beyond the Stream Justin Karkow Discovery Education (with special thanks to Discovery Educators!) blog.discoveryeducation.com/justin_karkow Build Interest with Video Segments 1 Stuff Happens with Bill Nye: Bathroom. Planet Green Discovery Education. 17 August 2009 Listen Up 2 DE streaming Audio - Song DE Streaming has close to 466 elementary school songs on the site. To find them click inside the search box, choose songs within the Media box, and click on the Search button Download and save the song onto your PC and insert it into your PowerPoint Then add in DE streaming Images or create your own and add! Want to see an example?example Songs that help teach the English language Learning Our Long Vowels (02:56) Long vowels say their names. 2005 Twin Sisters Learning Our Short Vowels (01:47) Learn about short vowel sounds. 2005 Twin Sisters Letters c and g Have Two Sounds (04:48) In words the consonants C and G are sometimes hard and sometimes soft. Q and U Are Friends (01:13) A song about words that start with QU 2005 Twin Sisters Rhyming Word Rule (02:30) Rhyming words stay the same at the end. You only change the beginning. 2005 Twin Sisters Silly Sallys Sister (00:29) A tongue twister with the letter S 2005 Twin Sisters Singing the Consonant Sounds (04:36) A song about words that start with B,C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, and Z 2005 Twin Sisters The Alphabet Swing (01:21) Sing the letters of the alphabet. 2 And if you have DE streaming Plus You have a multitude of games to choose from including one on Homophones Lets check it outout 3 And if you have DE streaming Plus And Math Manipulatives Lets check it outout 4 Get the picture? 5 Federal Troops at Rest (Image library) One of 20,866 images 5 Multimedia Presentations 6 Now for something really cool Embedding with all the bells and whistles! PC ONLY 1. Go to your tool bar and click on the word View 2. Click on Toolbars and then Control Tool Box This will bring up a box that looks like this: 6 Really Embedding Continued 3. Click on the Hammer And Wrench Icon 4. Scroll down and choose Windows Media Player This will change your cursor to a + symbol Giving you the ability to draw a box 6 Really Embedding Continued 5. Draw a box and then right-click on the box and choose Properties 6 Almost there 6. Click inside the blank box next to the box titled (Custom) and then click on the three little dots 6 Finding the video 7. Click on the Browse button to find the video that you want to embed, then check the Stretch to fit button and then click on the OK button 6 Voila! You have now embedded a video with controls like fast forward, rewind, pause, etc play your PPT to see the video 6 With Office Click on the Microsoft Tab (upper left-hand corner of the screen) 2.Click on PowerPoint Options 3.Check the box next to Show Developer Tab in ribbon 4.Click on the word Developer in your tool bar area 5.Click on the Hammer and Arrow 6.Follow the same steps listed before 7 Today is Your Birthday 7 Lets check out the Calendar (found inside the Teacher Center) 7 Writing Prompt Builder 8 Lets check it outout 8 Reading Support 9 Why should we use Close Captioning? To help students who are hearing impaired To help ELL students To reach multiple modalities To help struggling readers To emphasize a grammar or vocabulary lesson To use in combination with a writing exercise To reinforce a concept 9 Finding CC files 9 Downloading a Closed Captioned Movie First right-click on the blue download icon, choose Save Target As and then place it in a folder on your computer Then repeat the process, this time right-clicking on the CC icon Adjust the CC settings within your Windows Media Player CC settingsCC settings 9 Closed Captioning Trick Font Size Open the CC file in a text editing program like Wordpad or Notepad Locate the line of code that indicates font size Increase the font size from 10 to 30 (or whatever you prefer) Save the CC file 9 CC 10 pt 30 pt 9 CC 8 (for Macs)9 Digital Storytelling 10 Quiz Builder Bonus Lets check it outout Bonus Green Screen One more Assignment Builder I lied Lets check one out - Atlas Interactive Map Seriously 1 more Lets check out the Atlas (found inside the Teacher Center) Seriously 1 more Virtual Field Trips Anywhere Lied Again DE streaming + Google Earth It is nice to share Lied Again It is nice to share Lied Again Professional Development PD DEN Thank you! blog.discoveryeducation.com/justin_karkow