discovery and the i pad
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DISCOVERY on the iPad
WAYS TO VIEW VIDEOSBy using the Mobile App
You can get this web-link app by going to http://
mobile.discoveryeducation.com on your iPad and then adding
a bookmark to home screen.
By saving the videos in iTunes and then Syncing
On your laptop, download the appropriate videos and put
them in your iTunes library. Sync your iPad and you will find
them in your Videos App on the iPad.
STUDENT LOGINS
Each student has their own
username and password as
created by the district allowing
them 24/7 access to Discovery
Videos, Assignments and
more. Take a look and see all of
the possibilities.
VIDEOS
Download the movie
or
have students login to DE
using the Mobile App and their login
DE MOBILE APP SEARCH
When using the Mobile App to
search, you can put your original
search terms in the top search bar
and then narrow it down. You can
do this by categories above the
results window or on the left in
“type”. Narrow the search until you
find the video you want to watch.
All are viewable on the iPad
IPAD ONLY ACTIVITIES
PICTURES
If your class loves to create, consider borrowing royalty free
pictures from a Discovery Images search. If you hold your
finger on the image it will prompt you to save it in your
photos. You can then add that photo to apps like:
iMovie
FotoBabble
Strip Design
Puppet Pals
Story Robe
COMBINE ACTIVITIES
Apps
Discovery Songs
Three Pigs Rap
iBooks
Retell
the
Story
ITUNES
Using iTunes to sync videos, pictures and
more for project based learning
EDIT FLASH IN QUICKTIME
Download
The first time you open a flash movie it will prompt you to run
Perian. Do it. The movie will open and then you can export it as
a QuickTime video and put it in iTunes to sync to your device.
Apple Moment
MOVIE ACTIVITIES
The Tortoise and the Hare
Order of Events Activity
In preparation, watch the movie
and take screen shots throughout of
events. Sync the movie and the
pictures to the device. Have the
students watch the movie.
Afterwards, have them open iMovie
or Storyrobe, import the pictures
from the movie, organize and retell
it in their own words.
Watch the
movie and...
ACT IT OUT
Use the Camera to take videos of students
acting out the story they just watched.
Watch the
movie and then
SCREEN SHOT FUN
Watch the
movie and...Have the student take screen shots
throughout so (s)he can retell the story in:
Storyrobe
iMovie
Comic Design
Puppet Pals
StoryKit
Keynote
NOTES APP
Watch the
movie and...
Have the student also read a similar
book and compare and contrast the
two within the notes app or on
Dragon Dictation
CONTACTS APP
Watch the
movie and...Have the students pick one or multiple
main characters and create a cantact
profile for the character
FACETIME FUN
Facetime or Skype with an actor,
or a specialist in the field, or a
parent, or another class to ask
questions, share comments and to
think deeper about the subject.
For in-school fun, have one
student skype to another for
reading/math buddies.
Watch the movie and then