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1 Discovery Education Powered by Discovery Communications, the # 1 non-fiction media brand in the world. Global content from 170 countries makes possible the highest-quality, up-to-date, educational-media library available todayeducational-media library

2 Are Your Classrooms Ready? Who are 21st century students and what are their needs? Do your students have the resources to make their presentations and projects interactive? Are you serving the needs of students that require remediation? Are you preparing future teachers with the resources that they will be using in the future?

3 96% of all students engage in social networking Young people (18 & under) today, spend an average of 6 ½ hours a day with media 57% of teenagers online create content (approximately 2 million teens) If MySpace were a country, it would be larger than Germany, France and the United Kingdom 21 st Century Students Entering College Snapshot of Young Adults & Media Facebook, the social-networking site, has reached 200 million members

4  43% of students at public two- year institutions have enrolled in a remedial course*  29% of students at public four-year institutions have enrolled in a remedial course* *Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. (2008). Strong American Schools. Retrieved April 9, 2009, from http://www.EDin08.com. 21st Century Students Remediation Needs at the College Level

5 General Student Use Engage technologically-savvy students through a medium that is familiar and comfortable. Students can research a broad array of subjects and use various online multimedia to enhance their projects, labs, and speeches. Remediation Help bring all students up to the collegiate level by providing resources for remediation in needed subject areas with thousands of digital resources. Engage and Inspire Students Build and Reinforce the Skills Students Have

6 Prepare Education Leaders Colleges of Education Prepare future educators with the digital tools and resources that are being used in today’s schools. Teach students to how to build 21st century classrooms. Discovery Education in Today’s K-12 classrooms 1 million educators are already using Discovery Education digital services Discovery Education streaming is accessed by more than half of U.S. schools

7 Chaptered video clips: Provides instructors with flexibility to target learning points and reinforce concepts Editable video clips: Selected videos can be shortened or lengthened, re- narrated, combined with clips from other editable movies, or used for student multimedia projects Enhance course content with high-quality video clips. Videos are designed to work easily into a lecture or outside assignment. Discovery Education streaming University

8 Algebra Geometry Statistics Calculus Economics Psychology Child Development American Studies European History Ancient History World History Physics Chemistry Biology Life Sciences Over 20,000 content-specific clips for university-level students covering a variety of subject areas: Composition Grammar Literature Reading Music Dance Theater World Languages Documentation Preparation Study Skills Career/Work Place Skills

9 150+ Publishers Contribute Content to Discovery Education streaming  Scholastic  NASA  PBS®  BBC America  Library of Congress  Math Mastery  Discovery Channel  Science Channel Discovery Education streaming University

10 Asset TypesNumber of Assets Encyclopedia Articles 23,000 Images20,000 Sound Effects3,000 Events2,500 Songs400 Speeches40 More than Just Videos

11 Guided Navigation by Subject User-Friendly Navigation Facilitates Quick Access to Desired Content Keyword Search Advanced Search Search with media types

12 Email a Colleague Add to Folders, Assignment and Quizzes Video Ratings Media Settings Video Segments Multiple Settings & Options Allow Professors to Use Video to Fit Their Student’s Needs

13 Quickly access your My Content Access “On This Day” resources for all subjects Recommended resources and featured content Straightforward Access to Resources


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