Scottsdale Schools Partner with Discovery Education

No doubt, if you've purchased one of beautiful luxury Scottsdale homes for sale or currently looking at real estate in Scottsdale, Arizona, you?re interested in the quality of education your children will receive from the local public school district. Fortunately, integrating technology and 21st Century learning into all classrooms is a high priority for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD). That is why the Scottsdale Unified School District is now partnering with Discovery Education to bring dynamic digital content to educators and students district-wide. Discovery Education is a division of Discovery Communications, whose networks include the Discovery Channel, the Science Channel and Animal Planet.

Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, students and teachers in Scottsdale Unified School District schools will enjoy access to Discovery Education streaming Plus. Offering more than 150,000 digital learning objects, including videos, interactive, images and articles, Discovery Education streaming plus integrates seamlessly into any curriculum. Aligned to Arizona?s state educational standards and assessment criteria, and searchable by keyword, content area and grade level, the program?s rich video content and other digital assets from Discovery Education are designed to engage today?s media-savvy student in learning.

In addition, elementary and middle school teachers in the Scottsdale Unified School District will now be able to incorporate Discovery Education Science into the classroom. Discovery Education Science is an online instructional service that supports science inquiry with content developed for and tied to Arizona?s educational standards related to science. The service provides core science content through multiple learning modalities, and coupled with a real-time assessment component that measures students' progress, it recommends individualized resources that reinforce classroom instruction.

Discovery Education is also partnering with the Scottsdale Unified School District to provide consistent professional development for educators to help them integrate Discovery Education streaming Plus, Discovery Education Science and other educational technologies into existing curriculum.