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TCEA: Discovery Upgrades PowerMediaPlus

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2/6/2007—Today at the annual convention of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), Discovery Education announced upgrades to PowerMediaPlus.com, the company's curriculum-oriented media on demand system. According to Discovery, the new features add enhancements to the site's usability.

PowerMediaPlus.com is a media on demand system Discovery acquired when it purchased media company Clearvue & SVE in June 2006. Designed for K-12 schools, the service offers 50,000 multimedia components, including videos, concept clips, audio files, podcasts, still images, and print resources, as well as curriculum integration tools.

Some of the new features on PowerMediaPlus.com include:

  • A new content evaluation system that allows users to rate videos so that the service can provide recommendations based on user preferences;
  • Tags that allow users to search keyword content;
  • New content added, including more than 100 new video titles, with several titles available in both English and Spanish; and
  • Hundreds of new podcast episodes covering a wide range of subjects, including technology, nature and basic elementary skills.

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About the author: Dave Nagel is the executive editor for 1105 Media's educational technology online publications and electronic newsletters. He can be reached at [email protected].

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David Nagel is the former editorial director of 1105 Media's Education Group and editor-in-chief of THE Journal, STEAM Universe, and Spaces4Learning. A 30-year publishing veteran, Nagel has led or contributed to dozens of technology, art, marketing, media, and business publications.

He can be reached at [email protected]. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrnagel/ .


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