[Bridging_the_digital_divide] Free Discovery.com VOD subscription

[Jason Barkeloo]

> Discovery.com has intitiated a unique program to help school leaders 
> and teachers to become aware of the power of the Internet to deliver 
> resources to the teachers and students to use in their teaching and 
> learning practices.  This initiative allows a district to apply for, 
> at no cost, a one-year VOD (video on demand) subscription from 
> unitedstreaming.com for one school building to allow teachers to learn 
> and share more about these digital resources.  This particular 
> resource has over 2,000 video's and 22,000 clips as well as clipart 
> repositories, perfect for student projects and teacher demonstration.  
> The offer is only for districts/schools who are not current 
> subscribers.
>  
> If you are not currently a unitedstreaming school, you can go to 
> http://vod.unitedstreaming.com.  Many of you have recieved letters or 
> e-mails that had a passcode for this offer.  If you don't have it, 
> there is a place to request one.
>  
> If you are not sure it is value, Discovery.com has provided SIGTC 
> members with the following to signup for a free 14-day trial.  Please 
> use the passcode below if you are asking for a 14-day trial so 
> Discovery will know you are a member of our SIGTC community.  The code 
> below is NOT a valid VOD code, it is just for a short trial to get a 
> taste of this resource and whether you wish to investigate the VOD 
> offer further.
>  
> 1.  Go to http://www.unitedstreaming.com
> 2.  In the middle of the screen you will see a section for "Passcode". 
>  Enter 2935-F416 in the two boxes.
> 3.  The system will prompt you to set up you own username & password.
>     3.a.  A confirming e-mail will be sent to activate your trial 
> account.
> 4.  Once you have successfully set up you username & password, you 
> access http://www.unitedstreaming.com.  On the far left side is a 
> section for "username" & "password".  Key in your personal data you've 
> just set up.
> 5.  You are now live on the site.
>  
> From their web-site, the limitations are:
>
> Discovery Education, the leader in digital video and multimedia-based 
> learning, is proud to introduce the unitedstreaming VOD Pass – a 
> comprehensive new program to bring standards-based digital 
> video-on-demand to every school district in the United States. Through 
> this promotion, one school building in each district not currently 
> subscribing to unitedstreaming will have access to this award winning 
> service from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
>
> To find out if your district qualifies for this free trial offer, 
> visit http://vod.unitedstreaming.com and select a school. If you are 
> eligible, a Discovery Education implementation representative will 
> coordinate initial telephone and online training for the instructional 
> technology coordinators and teachers at the selected school. 
> Throughout the trial period, training is available to ensure that 
> teachers and students get the maximum benefits from the service.
>
>  unitedstreaming is currently in use in over 26,000 schools across the 
> country, giving access to more than 2,200 videos and 22,000 video 
> clips correlated with your individual state’s standards. The service 
> also gives teachers access to a high-resolution image library, 
> interactive quiz center, black line masters and teachers’ guides, and 
> a calendar of events that ties video and image content to important 
> dates in history. unitedstreaming has shown significant improvement in 
> student achievement in science, math, and history through two 
> independent scientific evaluations.
>
>  Disclaimer
> Free subscription is valid July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 and is 
> only available to U.S. public school districts. May not be combined 
> with any other offer. The unitedstreaming VOD Pass is available only 
> to school districts that are not currently covered under a 
> unitedstreaming license at the district, regional or state level. Void 
> where prohibited. You will not be billed for this promotion. 
> http://vod.unitedstreaming.com/promoDetail.cfm
>  
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Jason Barkeloo
President
TouchSmart Publishing
http://www.touchsmart.net
tele 513.225.8765


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