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Why use Discovery Education?
Why use Discovery Education?
Discovery Education is a digital learning platform that provides high-quality, standards-aligned content across grade levels and subjects. Its multimedia resources and interactive tools help educators create engaging, real-world learning experiences while fostering student curiosity and independence. Students can explore a robust, student-friendly library for research, interact with content, and demonstrate understanding through tools like Studio boards. Teachers can design customizable activities, enhance videos with pause-point questions, and incorporate virtual field trips, current events, and multilingual media.
🎯MD Digital Learning Standards for Students:
🎯MD Digital Learning Standards for Students:
Knowledge Constructor
Knowledge Constructor
Students curate (select and evaluate) a variety of digital resources to constrict knowledge, produce creative artifacts to make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Creative Communicator
Creative Communicator
Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate for their goals.
Global Collaborator
Global Collaborator
Students use digital toolsto broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
⭐Application Highlights
⭐Application Highlights
What Discovery Education is good for:
What Discovery Education is good for:
Research
Interactive video quizzes
Multimedia rich activities
Curation of materials
Choice boards
Simulations
Timelines
Virtual Guest Speakers
Key features:
Key features:
Video library
Sound clip library
Podcasts
Image library
Templates
Student creation tools
Video Quizzes
Virtual Field Trips
Simulations
Current event resources
Career Connect
Lesson/Activities
Accessibility features:
Accessibility features:
Alt Text
Closed Captioning (available in multiple languages)- Select the CC in the lower right of the video.
Transcripts- If available, find below the video
OpenDyslexic font (for reading passages)
🛠️How to Use
🛠️How to Use
Teachers: Access from Classlink or from within a Canvas course.
Teachers: Access from Classlink or from within a Canvas course.
💻How to Use with Students
💻How to Use with Students
Students: Access from Classlink or from within a Canvas course.
Students: Access from Classlink or from within a Canvas course.
Navigating the Student Experience (English & Spanish)
Student Guide: Studio Scavenger Hunt (must be assigned by a teacher)
Looking for a more in-depth tutorial on Discovery Education? The AACPS Instructional Technology Office offers a self-paced course where you can earn Professional Development Points (PDPs) toward your licensure.
Looking for a more in-depth tutorial on Discovery Education? The AACPS Instructional Technology Office offers a self-paced course where you can earn Professional Development Points (PDPs) toward your licensure.
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