Interwrite Schoolpad and TurningPoint Training

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unitedstreaming From Superintendent To Student
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unitedstreaming

• The largest and most current K-12 digital
  video/video clip library available today
• The only standards-based video-on-demand
  application shown to increase student achievement
  
• Practical teacher and student learning resources
• Unparalleled options for customization and local
  control
• New content and features continuously added
  throughout the year

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Videos for all Areas

• Core subjects
• Connections
• Foreign Language
• Counseling
• Professional Development

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Videos Variety of Producers

• Discovery Channel
• Animal Planet
• Scholastic
• NASA
• Library of Congress
• Math Mastery
• National Archives
• And many more.

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Other Features

• Student Center
• Teacher Center Assignment BuilderQuiz
  BuilderWriting Prompt Builder
• Teachers can access from home

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Planet Earth Videos now online!
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History of rollout in Paulding County - GA

• Read articles on Los Angeles County School System
  raised test scores 3 to 5 by using
  unitedstreaming videos in math classes
• Contacted Discovery Georgia Public Broadcasting
  pays for a site license for all
  public/private/home schools in the state of
  Georgia. Also - videos can be loaded on local
  file server at no charge!
• Shared information with Superintendent to include
  a student project using MovieMaker and
  unitedstreaming

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Rollout

• Step 1 Local Hosting of Videos
• 1 TB of Server space allocated - Videos loaded
  on a file server on our network teachers can
  stream videos anytime of the day! (no
  cost - covered by GPB Contract)

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Rollout

• Step 2
• Presentation of unitedstreaming to Lead Teachers
• Step 3
• County-wide training Discovery Trainer(cost
  for trainer was covered by license)4 people
  attended from each school and they redelivered to
  their school(March 2006 August 2006)
• Step 4
• School-based Trainings as requested

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Training Model
Handouts on Common Drive
Online Training Webinars
School Workshops
District Training
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Teacher Feedback

• Revolutionary and the impactit makes is
  dynamic
• Learning becomes multi-dimensional by using the
  videos and helps students develop critical
  thinking skills.
• Louise DeSantis Dobbins Middle School - Teacher

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Unitedstreaming - State-Wide Licenses

• Alabama (Alabama Public Television) - Discovery
  Education unitedstreaming Plus, APTPLUS
• Arizona (ASSET) - Discovery Education
  unitedstreaming
• Arkansas (Arkansas Educational Television
  Network) Discovery Education unitedstreaming,
  AETN Video Streaming
• Georgia (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
  Discovery Education unitedstreaming
• Iowa (Iowa Educators Consortium) Discovery
  Education unitedstreaming Plus, Iowa AEA Online
• Kentucky (Kentucky Educational Television) -
  Discovery Education unitedstreaming, KET
  Encyclopedia
• Louisiana (Louisiana Public Broadcasting)
  Discovery Education unitedstreaming, LPB
  CyberChannel
• Mississippi (Mississippi Public Broadcasting)
  Discovery Education unitedstreaming, MPB Express
• Nebraska (Cooperative Organization of Nebraska
  Educational Service Units) - PowerMedia Plus
• New York (New York Public Broadcasting)
  PowerMedia Plus EdVideo Online
• South Carolina (South Carolina Educational
  Television) Discovery Education
  unitedstreaming, ETV's StreamlineSCAll
  Educators in the above states call 800-323-9084
  to get your passcode. License is paid for by
  organization in parenthesis and covers all Public
  K-12 schools in above states.

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State Wide Licenses

• Public Broadcasting Stations (and other
  organizations) pay for a state-wide license for
  all K-12 schools to use unitedstreaming. Some
  licenses cover home/private schools, colleges,
  universities check with Discovery.
• Same organization may offer training - contact
  them to see what resources they offerEx
  Georgia Public Broadcasting offers training for
  educators to include training on
  unitedstreaming at no cost!

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Great Resource Discovery Educator Network

• DEN website resources lesson plans
• DEN Events, Contests, Trainings
• STAR DEN Member free access to resources (i.e.
  PBS videos for 2007-2008)http//www.discoveryedu
  catornetwork.com/Blog http//discoveryeducatio
  n.typepad.com/

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Questions?

• Contact
• Helen MaddoxTechnology Support
  SpecialistPaulding County School System
  GAwww.paulding.k12.ga.ushmaddox_at_paulding.k12.ga.
  us
• Georgia Educators contact
• Katherine Aiken GPBkaiken_at_gpb.org
• Discovery - 800-323-9084