Educational Technology at IU13

Welcome Back, Classroom Teachers and School Leaders! 

Discovery Education is your daily hub of resources for your classroom with digital media and ready-to-use learning activities. Take some time to check out the new content and educator supports from Discovery Education Experience.

Be sure to log into your district's single sign-on link for Discovery Education before clicking on the links in this post.

Back-to-School DE Updates

Personalized Educator Homepages

• Planning just got easier!  Your Personalized Homepage surfaces lessons, videos, and activities tailored to your grade and subject. Or use Search to explore thousands of standards-aligned resources across subjects.
• 🔗 Take a 3-Minute tour

Careers Hub

• Ready to spark student curiosity and connect classroom learning to real-world possibilities? The new Careers Hub makes it easier than ever to connect students to real-world opportunities, with resources designed to inspire every learner. 
• 🔗 Take a 3-Minute tour

Virtual Field Trips

• The Fall Virtual Field Trip Lineup is here! Take students to amazing places and introduce them to topics that give them remarkable experiences, without ever leaving the classroom. Explore what's coming up this September and October. 
• 🔗 Open the Fall Lineup the Fall Lineup
  

Content Spotlight

• Grades K-2
  
  • 🆕 Civics Lessons for K–2 - Teacher-led presentations that introduce young learners to key civic concepts through engaging, age-appropriate content. •
  • 🔗 Explore the new lessons and bring civics to life!

• Grades 3-5
  • 🆕 Jumpstart classroom conversations with Math Talks for 3-5! - These teacher-led slideshows offer five days of open-ended prompts paired with real-world images, from art supplies to animals, to spark student thinking, comparing, estimating, and defending ideas.
  • 🔗 Start your next Math Talk today! 
  
  
• Grades 6-12
  • 📚 Weekly Edit for Grades 6–12-Each teacher-led presentation includes a classic fix-it task plus four more engaging activities that build language skills through real-world applications, focused practice, and fun grammar puzzles, all using topics teens care about.
  • 🔗 Add it to your weekly routine and keep students engaged!
    
  
  

Instructional Strategies Center

• Explore DE's ready-to-use activities for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grade bands. These time-saving activities can be used as-is or modified to meet the needs of their classroom! From Background Builders to Daily Sentence Fix-Its to Choice Boards and more – teachers can find quick grab and go resources to use anytime in the Instructional Activities Channel.

Information compiled in this update was provided by our partners at Discovery Education