From Discovery Education, 1-800-323-9084, http://www.discoveryeducation.com/  uses.pdf

1. Multimedia Presentations 

   • Embed clips into PowerPoint presentations to make your lessons come alive. 

2. Supporting Resource 

   • Watch full-length videos to support or provide context for a lesson. 

3. Journaling 

   • Use Writing Prompts and the Image Library to inspire creativity. 

4. Reading Support 

   • Use closed-captioning to assist struggling readers. 

5. Current Events 

   • Students research news events and present their findings to the class. 

6. Today Is Your Birthday 

   • Use the Calendar to highlight events that happened in students' birthdays. 

7. Morning Work 

   • Play a video for students to watch and respond to while you take attendance. 

8. Activator 

   • Show a video clip to motivate students at the beginning of the unit. 

9. KWL Charts 

   • Use video clips to help complete KWL charts and reinforce concepts. 

10. Graphic Organizers 

    • Use with graphic organizer software to help students make valuable connections. 

11. Teachable Moments 

    • Show video clips to take advantage of impromptu learning opportunities. 

12. Career Night 

    • Build community with a career night by watching the Careers For the 21st Century videos with students and parents. 

13. Scavenger Hunt 

    • Challenge students to answer essential questions by searching preselected clips. 

14. Encyclopedia 

    • Use the video library as the classroom encyclopedia. 

15. All About Me 

    • Let students create a personal video library that reflects their personality and present it to the class. 

16. Show What You Know 

    • Challenge students to create a multimedia presentation of something they learned in class that week. 

17. Mediation 

    • Show videos as a context for discussing respect, bullying, and behavior. 

18. The First Six Weeks 

    • Set the course for the year with videos on teamwork, cooperation, and conflict resolution. 

19. The Week Ahead 

    • Show a montage of clips and images from topics you'll be covering. 

20. Assignment Builder 

    • Encourage autonomy by creating individualized assignments that students can access on their own. 

21. Quiz Challenge 

    • Let students stump each other by creating their own quizzes in Quiz Center. 

22. Cross-Curricular Reinforcement 

    • Create interdisciplinary units using historical clips to provide context for literature assignments. 

23. Hands-On Math 

    • Combine math videos with relevant manipulatives. 

24. Rainy-Day Lessons 

    • Create a set of "rainy-day" video lessons to keep students engaged during indoor recess. 

25. Extra Credit 

    • Let students earn extra credit by completing video challenges. 

26. Rewards 

    • Award united streaming video-viewing time for good behavior. 

27. Book Club 

    • Assign students a book from the Great Books series and watch the video as reinforcement. 

28. Bulletin Board 

    • Use the Image Library and Clip Art Gallery to add dimension to your bulletin boards. 

29. Discussion Guides 

    • Use discussion guide materials and blackline masters to supplement your lesson plans. 

30. Quick Holiday Lessons 

    • Use videos and blackline masters from Holiday Facts and Fun. 

31. Alphabet Line 

    • Print out the alphabet from the Image Library to create a unique alphabet line. 

32. Make-Up Work 

    • Create a CD of clips to send home for make-up work. 

33. Parent Night 

    • Select clips to show parents at back-to-school night. 

34. Editable Clips 

    • Create unique lessons by adding voiceover and splicing clips. 

35. Learning Stations 

    • Create self-directed "learning cards" for students to complete on their own. 

36. Multimedia Newspaper 

    • Assign teams different paper sections and create a multimedia "Classroom Tribune". 

37. Daily News Broadcasts 

    • Use video clips as factoids on your morning news broadcast. 

38. Professional Development 

    • Show clips from the "Teacher to Teacher" series during in-service days. 

39. Virtual Field Trips 

    • Create a "lunch and learn" where students eat lunch with you while watching a video about another part of the world. 

40. Science Projects 

    • Create hypotheses based on experiments from the science videos. Conduct the experiment in class and compare results. 

41. The Great Debate 

    • Give teams a topic and have them defend their argument using videos and research as evidence. 

42. Get Moving 

    • Reinforce nutrition and fitness by showing physical education clips during lunch. 

43. Timelines 

    • Create a timeline of events by integrating clips into Inspiration or Timeliner software. 

44. Film Festival 

    • Have students produce their own videos by editing clips and adding voiceovers. Host a "premiere party" and let the filmmakers field questions from the audience. 

45. Geography Game 

    • Show clips about different geographical locations and have students guess where they are. 

46. Flyers and Backpack Notes 

    • Use an image from the Clip Art Gallery to liven up your announcements. 

47. Mini-Units 

    • Use the teacher feature materials as a short lesson to fill unexpected gaps in the day. 

48. Game Show Quiz Review 

    • Make assessment fun by creating a 'quiz show' format using video clips. 

49. Freeze Frame 

    • Stop videos mid-clip for deeper investigation of details and concepts. 

50. Culture Club 

    • Have student groups research an area of the world and create a presentation that highlights the people, economy, and traditions.