V2.1

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V2.1
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V2.1 Arrives in May!

• New Videos
• New Features
• New Online Training

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New Videos

• Over 170 new titles!
• Assignment Discovery (25 titles)
• TLC Elementary School (16 titles)
• 100 Educational Videos (30 titles)
• Elementary Video Adventures from
• Discovery Elem. CD-ROMs (30 titles)
• Weston Woods (73 titles)

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Enhanced Curriculum Standards

• All unitedstreaming video titles re-correlated to
  state standards
• AIMS Media Package in process of being
  re-correlated

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Updated Image Library

• IMAGES
• History Images
• Licensed from IRC/History Pictures
• 8,600 images in American History,
• World History, Western Civilization
• Discovery Proprietary Images
• 5,000 wholly-owned images
• Across science and history subject areas
• Featuring exclusive images from renown
• photographers

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New Online Training
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Interactive Training

• What is it?
• Four online lessons (30 minutes each)
• Mix of narrated animations, graphics, static
  text, practice activities
• Designed to help users get started and become
  proficient with unitedstreaming

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Lessons

• Lesson 1 Features and Navigation
• Find out about the various unitedstreaming
  features and access
• resources that correlate to your curriculum,
  subject area, and
• grade level.
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• Lesson 2 Integration Strategies (coming August
  2005)
• Learn how to use a variety of unitedstreaming
  digital media to create
• multimedia lesson plans.
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• Lesson 3 Differentiated Instruction (coming
  August 2005)
• Explore the multitude of ways in which
  unitedstreaming digital media can be
• used to meet the learning needs of students.
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• Lesson 4 Teacher Training and Technical
  Considerations (coming August 2005)
• Examine strategies, support materials, and
  technical considerations for training
• other teachers.

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Continuing Education Credit

• To pursue continuing education
• credit, participants must
• Complete all four lessons
• Complete optional assignment for each lesson
• Score 90 on end of course assessment to download
  Disc Ed Certificate of Accomplishment
• Submit certificate, along with four lesson
  assignments, to school district to apply for
  equivalent credit option

• 4 lessons x 30 minutes 2 hours
• 4 assignments x 2 hours 8 hours
• 2 hours 8 hours 10 hours
• Many school districts award one
• continuing education credit for
• equivalence of 10 hours staff
• development work.

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Certificate
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Training Opportunities

• Administrative Training
• WebEx overviews provided by your Discovery
  Partner me!
• Weekly Webinars provided by Discovery
  Educations training staff

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Training Opportunities (cont.)

• Teacher (End-User) Training
• WebEx Overviews provided by your Discovery
  Partner me!
• Weekly Webinars provided by Discovery
  Educations training staff
• Self-Directed Training via the Help menu
• unitedstreaming e-Learning Tutorial (first
  module launching May 2005)

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Training Opportunities (cont.)

• The benefits of WebEx training opportunities
• Complimentary training opportunities
• Access to a Discovery Partner or Training
  Associate to answer any questions as they arise
• Participants can join from any location even
  from home!
• Participants can join from multiple locations
  with the use of a bridge phone line compliments
  of Discovery Education
• Your IU staff can use Discoverys WebEx meeting
  center environment to host IU-led training
  sessions

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Marketing Materials

• Product Support Documentation
• Train-the-trainer User Guide
• Administrative Site User Guide
• Network Manager Installation Guide
• Network Manager Overview Documents

• Network Strategies Technologies Information
  Document
• System Requirements For Third Party Media
  Players Document
• Interactive Training Document
• Local Host Overview Document

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Marketing Materials (Cont.)

• School Kit Materials
• Teacher Lounge Full-Size Poster
• Teacher Mailbox Flyer
• Quickstart Guide
• Scientific Evaluations Overview Document
• 50 Ideas To Integrate unitedstreaming Into The
  Classroom Document
• Rollout Checklist

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Marketing Materials (Cont.)
Teacher Lounge Poster
Teacher Mailbox Flyer
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Marketing Materials (Cont.)
Quickstart Guide
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Marketing Materials (Cont.)
Scientific Evaluations Overview Document
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Marketing Materials (Cont.)
50 Ideas To Integrate unitedstreaming Into The
Classroom Document
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Dedicated Partner
Mary Kaler Account Implementation Discovery
Education [phone] Mary_Kaler_at_discovery.com
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Dedicated Partner (Cont.)

• I can assist you with
• Arranging Coordinating Training Sessions
• Product Documentation
• Marketing Materials
• Problem-Solving
• Best Practices
• Brainstorming

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Questions? Thoughts?