Author: Stephen Wakefield
Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education Experience is the classroom companion that facilitates engaging instruction in any environment.Experience contains over 200,000 videos, text-based passages, interactives, audio, podcasts, and images that span all grades, subjects, and topics. These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators nurture student curiosity.The latest updates to Discovery Education Experience include:Standards-aligned search improvements ensuring educators find the right resources to support high-quality instruction, now with a more intuitive user interface,…
IRMO – CrossRoads Intermediate School science teacher Tabitha Boyd Collins was among about 125 educators from across the United States selected to attend the 2025 Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute (DENSI) in Chicago, Illinois. DENSI is a unique, volunteer-driven professional learning experience that equips teachers with fresh ideas, digital tools, and a wider network of colleagues to help keep students engaged in learning. “It was a valuable opportunity to connect and collaborate with educators from across the United States, fostering a sense of community and shared purpose,” Boyd Collins said. “I’m especially excited to use Canva in my classroom. It’s…
New Jersey School District Taps Otus, Discovery Education for Data Insights West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (WWP) in Central New Jersey has partnered with assessment and data platform Otus and ed tech company Discovery Education to better utilize data to support student achievement. Its goal: to gain insights into student performance by enhancing the district’s ability to collect, read, and react to student assessment data, according to a news announcement. WWP will utilize the Otus platform, provided through Discovery Education, to: Centralize district assessment data for a holistic view of student learning; Utilize data to group students with similar needs…
0 As an educator who started their career in the mid 1990’s, I have seen lots of change. I spent six years teaching middle school in Davidson County North Carolina before taking a few years off to be a stay-at-home mom. During my time at home I wanted to keep my teaching license current so I registered for all of the technology PD I could find. I developed a passion for edtech and when I returned to education, I got a position in instructional technology. I have spent the last 20 years in the field of instructional technology and am…
Key points: Today’s workforce requires adaptable, skilled individuals with the confidence to creatively apply background knowledge to complex, real-world opportunities. However, many students receive inconsistent support needed to understand how the background knowledge they acquire during classroom instruction connects to the world beyond the classroom, including a future career. According to the Post Graduation Readiness Report, 83 percent of students cannot link the skills they learn in the classroom to future employment. Even more telling, recent research shows that while 88 percent of district leaders, teachers, parents, and students rate life skills as very important, only 57 percent of students…