Makin’ Movies in Oz Here’s a great learning opportunity from Apple, whether you’re a Mac user or not. Follow Baz Luhrman’s (Moulin Rouge!) production team through the summer as they discuss filming “Australia” in Australia. The Set to Screen Series offers podcasts, lesson plans, challenges, and prizes for high school and college students. The current [...]
Calling all PA Discovery Educators . . . The Mid-Atlantic had been totally rocking the Spring Training Challenge until THIS WEEK! The South region has just passed us. We need your help to regain our #1 ranking. What can you do to help? Report your events (click here to be reminded of what is considered an [...]
The Virginia Leadership Council has coordinated a Day of Discovery that PA educators can attend in person or virtually. Here are the details. Virginia Day of Discovery! Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: Linkhorn Park Elementary School, 977 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 No more pencils, no [...]
Google would like to invite you to celebrate and learn with them at the next Google Teacher Academy, scheduled to take place at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA on June 25th, 2008. The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12 educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each [...]
In 1953, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded the 81st Congress to recognize teachers with a celebratory day all their own. Since then, the date of National Teacher Day has bounced around a bit until 1985, when the National Education Association declared the first week of May National Teacher Appreciation Week and the first Tuesday of that month [...]
Everyone loves educational games. Learn and have fun. What a treat! I love Jeopardy! There, I’ve said it; I’m one of them. I even tried out for the show in Hollywood once (didn’t make it ). Perhaps you’ve heard of the Jeopardy PowerPoint that has been floating around the internet for along time now. It’s [...]
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I know it seems like the year has flown by, but it’s time to announce our last EdTechConnect of the year! Stephanie Throne and Grace Smith (STAR Discovery Educator) are authors of a book published by ISTE, Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms. The two of them will be presenting “Using Discovery Education Streaming [...]
A special thank you from our friends at Tech4Learning in honor of National Teacher Day… Thank you for all of your hard work as a teacher. As a small token of our thanks, Tech4Learning would like to give you, as a STAR Discovery Educator, a personal copy of Frames. Frames is the perfect stop-motion animation [...]
No more pencils, no more books…summer is right around the corner. Attend the Day of Discovery in-person or virtually! Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: Linkhorn Park Elementary School 977 First Colonial Road Virginia Beach, VA 23454 Join fellow educators and begin “Packing Your Virtual Suitcase” with great breakout [...]
It’s time for a spring training Day of Discovery hosted by members of the PA Leadership Council! Join us at the Frank Lloyd Wright house at Fallingwater (http://www.paconserve.org/index-fw1.asp) for a few hours on Saturday, May 17th. It promises to be a day full of learning, networking and fun!Here are the details: Who: You and any [...]
A special thank you from our friends at Tech4Learning in honor of National Teacher Day… Thank you for all of your hard work as a teacher. As a small token of our thanks, Tech4Learning would like to give you, as a STAR Discovery Educator, a personal copy of Frames. Frames is the perfect stop-motion animation [...]
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