Last Saturday, I was given a great opportunity by the Discovery Educator Network to attend a Discovery Film premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. I joined my fellow DEN members, Jennifer Dorman, Marti McGrath & Beverly Plein for the premier of Doubletime, an amazingly inspirational documentary about competitive jump roping (yes that sport actually exists- [...]
I’ll let you in on a little secret- I can never pass up an opportunity to rhyme! So, I hope you’ll learn to live with many of my post titles The NJ DEN has arranged a great opportunity for you to get together with other teachers around the state who are also motivated & excited [...]
So have you signed up for your PLUS with being a STAR DE? If you don’t know what I am talking about check out the National blog post and sign up today…. Oh! the wonders never cease! Don’t let this opportunity slip by! Also check the April 20 Weekly update.
Here is some great information from SCeTV! Join us we will be planning a DEN event as well… ETV is happy to announce that registration for our first Summer Technology Workshop (July 31-August 2) will open on Wednesday, May 2. Over the three days, ETV will offer 66 sessions covering many topics related to technology [...]
Are you blogging? Are you podcasting? Are you interested in doing more collaborating online with your fellow STAR’s? We want to know the answers to these questions and more! We have a short survey that we’d like you to take. We want to know what sorts of online activities you’re currently engaging in, and to [...]
Happy May! Spring is here! Auburn teachers have been exploring the idea of creating podcasts. Discovery Network did a workshop for us using the program Audacity. The presentation went very well and stirred up excitement. As always in technology and in our multiple platform world there are somethings to think about for us Mainers, [...]
Not only has the warm weather arrived, but so has SOL time. I’ve received emails from teachers who are looking for fun innovative ways to review for SOL’s. Luckily this was a topic on the ITRT (Instructional Technology Resource Teacher) message board. Chris Wyatt, ITRT for Hampton City Schools in Hampton,VA has created a wiki [...]
Okay, I am probably the last STAR DEN member to see Freedom Writers. I finally broke down and rented it last night. Freedom Writers with Hillary Swank is one of the best "teacher" movies I’ve ever seen. Let’s just set the record straight. I do not cry at movies. I’ve learned the technique of looking [...]
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