January: Spotlight on Strategies Discovery Education’s Spotlight on Strategies (SOS) series supports educators as they create engaging learning opportunities that help students connect with content. SOS provide easy-to-implement, highly engaging strategies that can be paired with Discovery Education’s digital resources to maximize student engagement in the classroom. Join us as we explore research-based, community-inspired strategies to support teaching and learning. Many of these strategies help teachers integrate Discovery Education’s digital resources in meaningful, effective, and practical ways. January 11 | 4:00 PM MT
February: Designing Lessons with Studio Studio is a space where teachers can design and assign highly engaging lesson activities. Additionally, students can create boards to demonstrate what they know, showcase digital skills, engage in academic discourse, and develop digital citizenship. During this session, participants will explore studio and learn how to combine digital content with effective teaching strategies to create multimedia studio boards. February 8 | 4:00 PM MT
March: Preparing for Assessments with Discovery Education Quiz Discovery Education Quiz allows teachers to create formative assessments to check for understanding in the classroom. Educators can embed questions in a video or create a standard quiz and launch anytime—all from the same learning platform. Additionally, Quiz Library, which contains 400+ subject-specific, assessment-style quizzes, can help you regain your planning time with premade, high-quality assessments and activities. Join us to explore all the ways you can use Quiz to prepare students for assessments. March 14 | 5:00 PM MT
April: Ready to Use Lesson Activities Why re-invent the wheel? With Discovery Education, you have access to over 1,000 ready-to-use lesson activities that combine Discovery Education content with the strategies you love. These lessons are available in a flexible format for modification or can be used as-is. Join us as we explore ready-made learning activities that provide students with opportunities to explore their curiosity around a variety of topics. These grade level, turnkey resources can be seamlessly implemented and save you lots of time. April 11 | 5:00 PM MT
May: Resources for a Summer of Learning Discovery Education offers resources for students and parents to extend learning at home during the summer break. Continuing to learn and grow during the summer can make a big difference in a student's academic performance, and Discovery Education’s digital resources can help facilitate that process. Give students an opportunity to explore interests, sharpen skills, and have fun on their own Join us as we explore the high interest, engaging resources to keep students absorbed at home this summer. May 9 | 5:00 PM MT