Arizona

Join us this weekend on April 28th at the Way Out West Conference on the ASU West campus. The theme this year is Redifining Literacy and the keynote speaker is Bernajean Porter.  Three members of the Arizona DEN Leadership Council will be presenting throughout the day.

Technology for Teachers

This presentation will demonstrate effective motivating ways to integrate the use of technology tools readily available in classrooms. Examples will include student and teacher interactive, and creative uses of PowerPoint including digital photos and video clips. In addition, ways to create a simple but effective class website will be shown. Carlene Shortz

Differentiating Curriculum Through Technology

Participants will learn ways to deliver instruction through technology. Demonstration will include: examples of teacher and student use of Internet sites, PowerPoint, teacher designed websites, voxproxy, and unitedstreaming. Carlene Shortz

Working with DEN (Discovery Educator Network)

This is a "shout out" to get more teachers into the Discovery Education fold! This site connects teachers to their most valuable resource each other! The Discovery Educator Network is a global community of educators excited by the power of digital media and want to collaborate and share resources with others.  Darcy White

Allowing students access to the web for publishing purposes not only improves the quality of the work, but the motivation to perform as well. Join me to learn about free and easy ways to have your students publishing ASAP.  Diana Laufenberg 

Please join us for a fabulous day that ends the three conference series sponsored by AzTEA.

Nobody will ever forget the horrible events that took place in Virginia on Monday.  In support of the families of the victims as well as the students and faculty of Virginia Tech, the DEN blogs will be participating in the "Orange and Maroon Effect".

The first ever DEN Arizona officially launches today.  Through digital and face to face interactions, the new AZ DEN Leadership Council is excited to share the immense opportunities with Web 2.0 tools including podcasting, blogging, wikis, etc.  Using the resources of the Discovery Education Network, it is our goal to provide statewide professional development activities, regular updates and a resourceful blog.

There will be more information soon about the DEN members presenting at the Way Out West (WOW) Conference at ASU-West on April 28th, 2007.  The keynote speaker is Bernajean Porter and the overall theme of the conference is Beyond Integration: Transforming Classrooms for 21st Century Skills.  Get registered TODAY!     

So, without further ado, here is the introduction of the Arizona Discovery Education Network!

• Alison Oswald-Keene - Chair
• Diana Laufenberg - Blog Chair
• Carlene Shortz - Events Co-Chair
• Darcy White - Events Co-Chair

Click here for the original slideshow file.