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PlusTip #1 – United Streaming |
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Have
you been using your United Streaming account?
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
United Streaming is online educational video streaming to which the
district subscribes. Videos are set up in segments, so after you
have found a suitable video through searching, you can determine
which segments to view in your classroom - a great time saver
especially when you don't have a full 30 minutes to an hour to view
a video! Video segments can be as short as 2 minutes and as long as
the entire video if you choose to play the whole thing.
When viewing United Streaming videos, it's probably best just to
stream the video. This can be done by clicking the play button once
you have searched and found a video. If you are downloading to save
for a later date, remember to always download videos to your My
Documents - not your H Drive.
Haven't been using United Streaming? Or didn't know we had access to
this?
Email Colleen
to set up an account. The videos can truly enhance your classroom
curriculum.
Already using United Streaming? Consider doing this - use the
controls in media player to pause the video on your SMART Board,
have students summarize segments, answer essential or comprehension
questions, or give students a guideline of what to listen/watch for
during the video. In addition, most videos have a Related Materials
tab with graphic organizers, handout and discussion ideas. One last
tip -
leave
the lights on
when viewing the video. This will help the classroom atmosphere
maintain an educational feel rather than an entertainment feel with
the lights off. |
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APT
PlusTip #2 – My Content (United Streaming) |
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Did you
know you can organize your United Streaming videos into a My Content
category? This organization feature is part of United Streaming, so
there is no need to download videos (unless you are wanting it for
annotations). The other benefit to this feature is you can access it
from any computer attached to the Internet.
Here's how to put videos into My Content:
1. Log into United Streaming as yourself.
2. Search for your video.
3. Select a video from your search results. You'll notice you have
the option of the full video or video segments.
4.
If you want to add the entire video
to your My Content, with the full video tab selected, click the Add
button. The window that opens will prompt you to add it to a folder.
You can either create a new folder at this point or add the video to
an existing folder.
5. Once your folder is created or selected, click Add.
6.
If
you want to add a segment of the video
to your My Content, click the Video Segment tab and check the box of
the video segments to add. Click the Add button. The window that
opens will prompt you to add it to a folder. You can either create a
new folder at this point or add the video to an existing folder.
To access your My Content, click the link in the banner at the top
of the page that says My Content. This will take you to a screen
where you can see all your folders and organized videos.
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APT
PlusTip #3 – Images (United Streaming) |
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United Streaming offers an entire library devoted to images. These
can be great for illustrating cultures, dress, historical eras,
cross sections, and other features our students may not see
regularly. An image placed on the SMART Board can be annotated,
labeled or even studied in enhancing curriculum content.
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Here's how to search for images in United Streaming |
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Log in to United Streaming as yourself. |
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To search for an image, type the image description in the
Search box then use the drop down menu to select "image" in
the Within box. Keep in mind your image description will be
return results even from within the image description so be
as descriptive as possible. ("Pioneers" will return westward
travelers as well as leaders in science. However,
"emigrants" will return mostly westward travelers.) |
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Once a search has been conducted, a page with your image
choices will appear. Select your desired image. |
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Now you have two choices of how to use the image - download
it or save it to your My Content. |
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So, to download, click the size you want to use - small,
medium or large. Select Save and navigate to the location to
where you will save. This will be the only way you will be
able to use the images in a document. |
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To save to your United Streaming My Content, click the Add
button. You will be prompted to save to an existing folder
or make a new folder. Click the Add button after selecting
or making a folder. To access your My Content, click the
link in the banner at the top of the page that says My
Content. This will take you to a screen where you can see
all your folders and organized videos from last week and
images from this week. |
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APT
PlusTip #4– Quizzes and Blackline Masters (United Streaming) |
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As
the tips for United Streaming continue, I wanted to point out where
you can find pre-developed quizzes and activities for United
Streaming Videos.
Quizzes
Some United Streaming videos have pre-developed quizzes for certain
videos. These can be found under the Related Materials tab after
selecting a video from the search results. Notice that each has a
link for a "printer friendly" version of the quiz. However, there
are not many quizzes. So your other option is to look at the
Blackline Masters.
Blackline Masters
The
Blackline Masters are also found under the searched video's Related
Materials tab. These blacklines materials have various activities
ranging from KWLs, pretest, posttests and worksheets. These all open
in .pdf files and are easily printable. |
