Classroom Connect Workshops
In-person PD sessions led by one of our Professional Development Specialists, who will tailor the session to suit your school. These can be delivered after school or as part of one of your INSET days.
Supporting Teachers, Championing Learning
Classroom Connect
Classroom Connect is Discovery Education’s Professional Development support. We believe that by connecting teachers to our team of Professional Development Specialists and to one another, we can provide real, practical, classroom tested support that will enhance teaching and learning for you and your colleagues. Please contact your School Success Advisor to discuss any of these Classroom Connect services or to see what sessions may be available to your school as part of your contract. Alternatively email us at classroomconnect@discoveryed.com or simply register your interest using the form below.
Classroom Connect Offerings for UK Schools
Classroom Connect Live
We will host an event in your school or a venue of your choice designed to connect real teachers to one another where they can share their best ideas and advice on what really works in their classrooms. Our team will provide Keynote speaker/s and support you and your colleagues to share their own best practice ideas.
Classroom Connect Immersion
Hosted in your school, these in-person events enable you to experience new ideas and resources first hand. Experts from our team will showcase and explore how innovative resources could benefit your classroom by delivering hands on activities for children.
Classroom Connect Parent Workshop
One of our PD specialists will deliver an interactive workshop for parents to help them understand the value and impact of the DE products and services you subscribe to.
Classroom Connect Assembly
One of our PD specialists will deliver an interactive assembly for your children to motivate and engage them to get the most out of the DE services you subscribe to.
Classroom Connect Conference
Our PD Specialists will curate a day of professional learning for your school, MAT or local school groups. This will be designed with you but will include providing keynote speakers, hands on workshops and interactive immersive experiences.
Classroom Connect Offerings for International Schools
Classroom Connect Virtual Workshops
Remote PD webinars led by one of our Professional Development
Specialists, who will tailor the session to suit your school. These
can be delivered after school or as part of one of your school
professional development days.
Classroom Connect Virtual Assembly
One of our PD specialists will deliver an interactive virtual
assembly for your children to motivate and engage them to get
the most put of the DE services you subscribe to.
Classroom Connect Virtual Parent Workshop
One of our PD specialists will deliver an interactive virtual
workshop for parents to help them understand the value and
impact of the DE products and services you subscribe to.
Classroom Connect Podcast
Our ‘Why to’ podcast is hosted by our Director of Professional Development Andrew Tidswell and Ian Rockey, School Success Advisor and former headteacher. These lively discussions cover a range of relevant classroom topics, some of which feature expert guest contributors. Each episode is no longer than a school break time so can be listened to easily at any time of the day.
Full Catalogue
Our Classroom Connect offerings cover everything from specific-product deep dives to workshops on the broader challenges in today’s classroom. If there is a specific topic you’d like to cover in yours, they’re also entirely flexible and can be tailored to the needs of each school.
Doodle Learning
Doodle Introductory PD session – 60 to 90 minutes
- Tour of key features and their purpose – with hands on time
- Introduction to Doodle Data analysis – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
- Introduction to Doodle Data analysis – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
Doodle Learning
Next steps with Doodle – 60 to 90 minutes
Intervene – Consolidate – Extend
- Exploring how Doodle provides an actionable equitable solution to challenge and support all children
- Linking to your SDP – how can Doodle support your goals?
- School specific scenarios and action planning
- Exploring how Doodle provides an actionable equitable solution to challenge and support all children
- Linking to your SDP – how can Doodle support your goals?
- School specific scenarios and action planning
Doodle Learning
Parent Engagement session – 30 to 40 minutes in person
- Context and background to Doodle – what is adaptive software?
- Overview of how children use Doodle – with emphasis on little and often and purposeful screen time
- How to support your child with the Parent Dashboard
- Overview of how children use Doodle – with emphasis on little and often and purposeful screen time
- How to support your child with the Parent Dashboard
Doodle Learning
Children's Assembly – 20 to 30 minutes in person
Designed to engage children – looking at how Doddle supports their learning, with tips, advice and prizes!
Espresso
Espresso Introductory PD session – 60 to 90 minutes
- Tour of key features and their purpose – with hands on time
- Introduction to platform tools and data – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
- Introduction to platform tools and data – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
Espresso
Next steps with Espresso – 60 to 90 minutes
Personalise – adapt – create
- Exploring how the tools built into Espresso can be used to challenge and support all children
- Linking to your SDP – how can Espresso support your goals?
- School specific scenarios and action planning
- Exploring how the tools built into Espresso can be used to challenge and support all children
- Linking to your SDP – how can Espresso support your goals?
- School specific scenarios and action planning
Coding
Coding Introductory PD session – 60 to 90 minutes
- Tour of Coding lesson structure and purpose – with hands on time
- Introduction to the Create free code area tools and data – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
- Introduction to the Create free code area tools and data – with examples and hands on time
- Action planning – set targets for now, next, after.
Coding
Next steps with Coding – 60 to 90 minutes
Personalise – adapt – create
- Exploring how Coding can be used to challenge and support all children
-Linking free coding challenges to your curriculum to deepen understanding and application beyond the computing curriculum
- School specific examples scenarios and action planning
- Exploring how Coding can be used to challenge and support all children
-Linking free coding challenges to your curriculum to deepen understanding and application beyond the computing curriculum
- School specific examples scenarios and action planning
Workshop
Teaching Maths in a Digital World
Digital tools can enable us to create rich learning experiences in maths - helping to make concepts more relatable and concrete which in turn helps children to have a deeper more secure understanding. Adapted to suit the resources you have access to this course focuses on how digital can have a real impact on progress, confidence and understanding.
Workshop
Teaching English in a Digital World
Explore ways that digital tools and resources can open a whole new world of learning in English. Adapted to suit the resources you have access to and the specific needs of your children this course explore creative approaches to classroom practice which will inspire deep learning and confidence in your children.
Workshop
Immersive Content
Learn how to use Augmented Reality to enhance learning in your classroom. Moving beyond the initial 'wow' of immersive technology this course provides the why and the what next. We will explore how to use Sandbox AR in school to build powerful and impactful learning experiences. Build environments to explore, record these experiences and use them to develop rich content that can, for example, inspire powerful written work.
Workshop
Bringing STEM to Life
Creating solutions to real world issues builds children's skills and extends their understanding across the curriculum. This course explores ways you can build STEM based projects that use and apply understanding from all subjects whilst giving them the opportunity to recognise, use and develop essential skills such as the 4Cs. (Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Critical Thinking)
Workshop
Getting Creative with Coding, AR and Digital
Building authentic, shareable apps can have a lasting impact on children's learning across the curriculum. This course focuses on ways you can use Coding, Augmented Reality and Digital tools to develop children's ability to design and build apps and Augmented environments or media with a purpose to meet creative briefs to enhance their learning across the curriculum.
Success Webinars
Each term we present several webinars focused on helping you to get the best out of the Discovery Education services you use. Whether you want a broad refresher of a product or a more focused look at a specific resource, asset or topic, these 40-minute live sessions provide a wealth of practical advice and guidance.
