KET RESOURCESWELCOME TO THE RABBIT HOLE OF INFORMATION FOR THE CLASSROOM

HTTP://WWW.KET.ORG/ENCYCLOMEDIA/

Provided by the school – Check with Jill or Susan

DISCOVERY EDUCATION

Access to full

videos,

segments,

images, songs,

and audio

clips.

Professional development tool to connect educators with each

other. Includes Virtual Conferences & Community Networks

BUILDER TOOLS

Build online activities and

web-based projects that

are stored on the

Discovery Education

streaming servers.

Create online assessments

that you can use to test

student comprehension or

survey prior knowledge.

You can search over 2,000

pre-made quizzes in the

Quiz Library, choose

individual questions from

the Quiz Builder databank

or write your own questions.

Stimulate the writing

process in your

classroom with

thousands of images

that are ready-

made for

declarative

persuasive, narrative,

and expository

writing exercises.

See next

slide for

details

BOARDBUILDER

• SIMILAR TO WEB TOOLS LIKE GLOGSTER©

OR PADLET©

• YOU CAN DRAG VIDEOS, IMAGES, AND

OTHER CONTENT TO THE BOARD FROM

YOUR QUICKLIST, ACCESS IT FROM YOUR

MY CONTENT FOLDERS, LINK TO OTHER

WEBSITES INDEPENDENT OF DISCOVERY,

AND EVEN UPLOAD ORIGINAL FILES OF

MANY FORMATS INCLUDING VIDEOS, POWERPOINTS, FLASH ANIMATIONS, ETC.

YOU CAN EVEN ATTACH FILES TO THE

BOARD FOR OTHERS TO DOWNLOAD.

• YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR BOARDS

CREATED BY OTHER USERS. EXAMPLE

• BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CAN USE.

CLASSROOM MANAGER

Create, modify, view and delete

classes and students all in one

place.

View all of your assigned

material and results by

class and students.

TEACHER CENTER

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Links to

helpful

resources

about how

to use

Discovery

Education

content.

See next slide

GETTING STARTED

Includes: video segments, interactives, self-

paced professional development modules, &

image collections

These are just a few of the over 87,000 resources

available at this site including offerings from American

Experience, Masterpiece, Nova, Nature, etc. !

No login required.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCESTHE FOLLOWING RESOURCES ARE "STAND- ALONE" RESOURCES MEANING, THEY ARE

NOT PART OF THE SERVICES FOUND IN KET ENCYCLOMEDIA

HTTP://WWW.KET.ORG/ARTSTOOLKIT/STATEDIVIDED/

• THIS COLLECTION OF IMAGES

OF CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS WITH

A CONNECTED TEACHER'S

GUIDE AND SUGGESTED

ACTIVITIES, IS A

COLLABORATION BETWEEN KET

AND THE KENTUCKY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

HTTP://VIRTUALLABS.KET.ORG/PHYSICS/

• 21 PIECES OF VIRTUAL APPARATUS ARE GREAT FOR

INTRODUCTORY EXPLORATION, CONCEPT

DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATION ACTIVITIES.

• THEY'RE ALWAYS "SET UP," YOU CAN EASILY DO

AUTHENTIC, "THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. LET'S GO

TO THE LAB AND SEE" INVESTIGATIONS.

• DESIGNED TO SIMULATE REAL PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT

AND, IN MOST CASES, TO EXTEND IT. SINCE IT'S ALL

AVAILABLE 365/24/7 ONLINE, YOUR STUDENTS CAN

USE THE LABS FOR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF NORMAL

CLASS TIME.

• THESE ACTIVITIES CAN EVEN BE EMBEDDED INTO

HOMEWORK.