Videostreaming News/Events
Videostreaming in Region XI
Region XI's Instructional Video Streaming Library is a collection web-accessible curriculum-based videos in a digital format, provided through Discovery's UnitedStreaming and PowerMediaPlus resources. These services provide access to thousands of digital videos, video clips, audio clips, supporting classroom materials, and instructional tools for teachers and students on-demand throughout the region.
What's New??
Discovery released a fully redesigned Discovery Streaming site this summer with many changes, enhancements, and new features. The most significant new change was the release of their new Student Management Center and the fully-integrated Student Center for student users. The following two webinar recordings provide a great overview to those new features and enhancements. Simply click the link below, enter your email address and name, and click PLAY (on the far right) to view.
OnePlace
OnePlace is a new single online interface that links its users to all of their online subscription resources by providing single sign-on and single federated search capabilities for all Region XI-provided classroom resources, including Discovery streaming, PowerMediaPlus, and Facts on File.
Discovery streaming™
Discovery streaming™ is an online video download and streaming program from Discovery Education that delivers on-demand over 4,000 video titles, over 40,000 video clips, over 20,000 digital images, thousands of printable resources, and much more to the user's desktop.
Beginning January 2003, ESC Region XI's Technology and Media Services Cooperative has provided each of its districts with a UnitedStreaming subscription to every campus, teacher, and student.
Discovery Add-On Products
Discovery also offers a wide variety of additional media and curriculum resource products that campuses or districts may purchase to suit local educational needs. Region XI offers its districts the best prices in the state as a benefit to membership in our Educational Technology Cooperative.
Discovery Local Host Options
Discovery offers several different options for districts/campuses to host their content on local network servers and ESC Region XI staff is available to assist with installing and maintaining whatever solution you choose to suit your own local needs.
Why Host Locally?
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Greatly reduces videostreaming drain on your Internet bandwidth
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Makes streaming feasible in many areas where it has not been in the past, since users are really“streaming” across the network only
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Allows faster download from local network servers to the desktop
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Allows High Resoultion video to be a practical option for many districts/campus (depending on your district’s network bandwidth)
