United Streaming Rocks!

For those who don’t know I am huge United Streaming junkie.  United Streaming is a website that was created by Discovery Channel and basically hosts thousands of videos, lessons, pictures, and more across all subjects.  My county has a district license so I can log on from school and home which makes it very convenient to search when I want.

I teach math and use the videos almost daily.  Some would probably say I am overusing it, however, I find that my students like to hear an explanation of certain concepts from a different voice or person.  I am able to hook my computer to my TV and the students can view the video as if watching a DVD.  The way the site is set up you can choose multiple videos on a topic, save just a segment of the video, and place it in a folder of your own creation.   As you are searching, videos are sorted by content and grade level.  This way you know you are not showing a video that only high school students would understand to first graders. 

I have found lesson plans on the site as well that match my state content standards and demonstrate how to integrate the videos into a lesson.  My county has even gone one more step by bookmarking specific videos that go along with my curriculum.  So basically you can’t go wrong with this website.  You barely have to work at searching for the right video a lot of it is done for you.  As we know time is crucial and United Streaming makes things very convenient.