After I attended the DEN Leadership Conference this summer I realized how vital peer to peer connections are in the realm of growing technological “toys.” I would consider myself pretty knowledgable with up to date “toys” and software but in one week I realized how much I didn’t know. I then became more enthusiastic about [...]
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Here’s the video that NJ, NY, ME, and PA LCs put together on the first day of the DEN LC National Institute. A special thanks to Heather Sullivan for posting the video on the New Jersey blog. Having some “free” time on my hands, I decided to troll the state blogs and aggregate some resources [...]
A great new initiative has been started as a result of a partnership between Discovery Communications, NSTA, and the Siemens Foundation. It is called the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. The initial launch of the challenge begins with middle school students competing in an environmental challenge – students identify a problem, research solutions, and [...]
Tonight over 30 people were dazzled by presenter Lyndsay Rhiano (SL), Lynn Reedy (RL), an Exemplar SMARTboard trainer, as she shared ways to integrate DE streaming with the SMARTboard to engage student learning. After a just in time tutorial on how to set preferences to view video in SL, we watched a video [...]
Woo Hoo #1! Hall Davidson will be coming to Kansas to be the Keynote speaker at the March MACE Conference in Manhattan on March 5th, 2009. Mark your calendars for this conference and be sure to sign up early as this conference usually reaches maximum attendance. Woo Hoo #2! Justin Karkow, our regional account manager, [...]
Emma Haygood was among the lucky folks from Michigan who had the opportunity to attend the second week of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) National Institute. She was there the week after I was there and sent me some comments to post on this blog. Below are her comments. Thanks, Emma! I am on my way [...]
As always it was a thrill to work with all of the wonderful individuals at SCETV and share with the wonderful educators from across South Carolina. I am always energized by the passion of today’s educators and their willingness to continue to learn for the betterment of their students. For those in attendance please feel [...]
With the No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman helped millions of readers see and understand globalization in a new way. Now you can have it for free. From now until August 4th, you can download the audiobook version of The World Is Flat and receive an exclusive audio preview excerpt of [...]
It was the last day of a week-long amazing experience with Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council members from across the country. Working with 60 DEN STARS who had added state leadership into already hectic schedules hallmarks the personality of the group. Often I felt overwhelmed; there was so much to learn and I often felt [...]
Classes all around the world are trying to find ways to “go green.” Discovery Education, Siemens and the NSTA are partnering up to help you and your students take it to the next level! The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is the first and only national K-12 sustainability education initiative aligned to [...]
Wired News tags: edtech News about cultural happenings and technological innovations – post by kirbinator35 its good on the web and in print – post by boyerdm very interesting and informative for those who want to keep up to date on technology and its relationship with global culture – post by duskandsummer Wired popular news [...]
I just wanted to let you know that we are having a Day of Discovery here at our Headquarters on August 13, 2008! A number of you – Frederick County I’m looking in your direction -have already registered. The new school year is fast approaching and we’re gearing up to provide you with all sorts [...]
The Great Minds Foundation has named it’s cash prize winners and then some. Inspired by submissions that weren’t quite what was called for, they created a whole new category “Most Powerful Video – Any Inspirational Topic” to go with this year’s healthy living challenge. Looks like that open category will remain as part of future [...]
THE SIEMENS FOUNDATION, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS AND NSTA ANNOUNCE MAJOR PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH FIRST EVER K-12 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION INITIATIVE, SIEMENS WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD CHALLENGE. Click here for more information about this amazing opportunity. More information to follow very shortly.
I returned home from the National Institute in Silver Spring MD three days ago and I am still exhausted! It took me five straight days of networking with over eighty of the most amazing teachers in the DEN before I gave in and admitted that I am hopelessly stricken with FMS (fear of missing something). [...]
Okay, if you were lucky (or unlucky) enough to see the brief post from a day or so, you know that the “Latest Webinar in the Known World” refers to a little webinar malfunction we had in the DEN series. It was a perfect conspiracy of time zone changes, a dead computer, and vanished codes. [...]
We have quite a bit going on for Shark Week. Our raffle ball is back! This time it is loaded with stuff. We have 5 different tshirts specially designed for the DEN in SL Shark Week event. Collect all 5. Remember the raffle ball goes off every 11 minutes and awards a random prize to [...]
Man how fast did this summer go by? I swear I closed my eyes on June 1 and when I opened them it was almost August! What happened to the slow lazy hazy days of summer? Since the new school year is once again rapidly approaching we have set up a number of Back to [...]
Man how fast did this summer go by? I swear I closed my eyes on June 1 and when I opened them it was almost August! What happened to the slow lazy hazy days of summer? Since the new school year is once again rapidly approaching we have set up a number of Back to [...]
The first ever Discovery Educator Network Shark Week Dive was a huge success! We had up to 60 avatars take diving tours through PADI Dive World. The folks at PADI had done a terrific job stocking their ocean with a variety of shark species and had lots of information to give us about each one. [...]
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(NEW YORK- July 28th) – The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Communications and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire student achievement in sustainability through a comprehensive education initiative, the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. Announced today, the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is an unprecedented [...]
July 14 – 18, 2008, Lee Kolbert (Palm Beach) and Cheryl Woolwine (Palatka) Florida DEN Stars, attended the DEN Leadership Council Institute, in Silver Spring MD. It was held in the Headquarters for Discovery Education. Once again Discovery out did itself. They treated us like royalty for 5 days. Food was awesome, lodging great, and [...]
Hello my fellow geekybirders – does that make multiple readers a geeky flock? This is coming to you hot off the presses! The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Communications and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire student achievement in sustainability through a comprehensive education initiative, the Siemens We Can Change the World [...]
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