Boom-de-ya-da
Here’s a little video that the NJ, NY, PA & ME LC’s put together on the 1st day of the 2008 Summer LC Institute.
Archives for July, 2008
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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
Found this press release on Twitter courtesy of wakey1971. (NEW YORK) – 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 [...]
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THE SIEMENS FOUNDATION, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS AND NSTA ANNOUNCE MAJOR PARTNERSHIP
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 (NEW YORK) – 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 [...]
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Sharks to SMARTboards – A Week of DEN in SL Events
Are you ready? It’s Shark Week!! Check your local TV Guide for times on the Discovery Channel this whole week to watch shark videos or check out the Discovery Channel on YouTube. Or who knows maybe we’ll watch videos at the DEN in SL HQ. Come join us for a week of fun from Sharks [...]
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Slowing Down
(Image from Nancy White‘s ZAAZ Social Media Event, July 2008) It is very hard to believe that a week has passed since the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council National Institute at Discovery Headquarters in Silver Springs, MD. Like all Discovery events, this one was a blockbuster with so much learning, so much fun. What really [...]
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Take a Bit Out of Shark Week in Second Life!
What do Whale Sharks, Hammerheads, Mako Sharks and teachers have in common? They can all be seen at the DEN in Second Life “Swim with Sharks Underwater Scuba Adventure” on Monday July 28th at 5 pm SLT (5pm PST, 7 pm CST and 8pm EST)! Everyone who pre-registers will receive a complete Scuba Diving outfit [...]
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CU D.C.
In what has become an annual summer event for me, I spent the last few days right outside of our nation’s capital at Discovery headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. As usual, it was a great opportunity to reconnect with my colleagues from both coasts, my neighbor Steve Dembo (who I almost only see when we’re [...]
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Google Earth – For the Ears
I had a great time at the Discovery Educator Network National Institutes. Mike Bryant did Google Earth for the Leadership Councils and I did it for the National Institute. The great “face of the globe” is from Mike’s presentation here. I’m hoping it’s his image, because I’m using it. I twitted I was doing this [...]
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2nd Annual Games in Education Symposium in Schenectady, NY
Save the date! The second annual Games in Education Symposium, free to middle and high school teachers, is scheduled for Tuesday & Wednesday, August 19-20th and will take place at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. The Symposium is honored to include speakers that are leaders nationwide in the area of using video games to [...]
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The Art Guy and the DENNIs
Thanks to “The Art Guy” Aaron Smith, a DEN Star, for sharing what the DENNIs have been up to at the Discovery Educator Network National Institute. Don’t you just wish you were there? Follow this link: http://academicaesthetic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/aa164_080724.mp4
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heasulli's daily diigo bookmarks 07/24/2008
Eco-Friendly Computing tags: edtech
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DEN National Institute Day 3
What a day! It was great and I am totally exhausted. So much happened that I can only give you the highlights otherwise this post would be way too long. We started the day with a keynote by Steve Dembo. As usual he said what I’ve been noticing, but of course I had yet to [...]
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It's a Wrap: Making Your Second Life Easier Part I
The new DEN HQ tower was home to tonight’s workshop featuring QAvimator, the free app that allows you to create animations for your avatar. Around 30 avatars sat around the circle as Celestia Cazalet (cough, cough – ME) walked them through the very basics of using the program. Celestia warned everyone that working with this [...]
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ICE knows you have something to offer…
ICE CALL FOR PROPOSALS Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) needs you to share your talents at the ICE conference “Connecting to the Wolrd of Tomorrow” February 24- 27, 2009 to be held at Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center in St. Charles. Workshop acceptances will be notified in Sept, 2008, General Session and Poster Sessions acceptances [...]
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Wii Remote Hack
This post was actually just an example of how to embed objects into the DEN blogs, but since some people enjoyed it, I’ll leave it up!
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Discovery Educator Network – National Institute
WOW!! The National Institute for DEN STAR educators is this week in Silver Springs, MD at Discovery’s Headquarters! The Institute is PHENOMINAL!! What a treat – from Hall Davidson’s amazing tips for adding media/streaming into Google Earth to Steve Dembo’s animated keynote on the wonderful, free social networking, video broadcasting, & web 2.0 resources (such [...]
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heasulli's daily diigo bookmarks 07/23/2008
Ping.fm / Your Dashboard tags: edtech, microblogging
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Register Now for the Annual NJAET Conference
Registration is now open for the Annual NJAET EdTech Conference. Click here to register & Click here for workshop session descriptions. New Jersey Association for Educational Technology 21st NJAET Annual Conference 21 Years of Growing Up Digitally Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Georgian Court University Lakewood, NJ Earn 5 Hours of Professional Development Conference Fee Registration [...]
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Learn to Speak Native w/ Steve Dembo
If you’re not attending the DEN National Institute, you can always watch from home. Video chat rooms at Ustream
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Day 2 of the DEN National Institute
After Day 2 of the DEN National Institute, I can only second the excitement and AWE you read in Dani’s blog! Today THE Hall Davidson started us out with a presentation on using cell phones in education and he shared so many websites and information, I was pumped from that first hour! Then the rest [...]
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Den-De-Ya-Da
It’s week two of the DEN National Institutes! There are five lucky people from Michigan there. They worked with teachers from Illinois and also did the Boom-de-Ya-Da video, modeled after the Discovery Commercial. Enjoy!
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Current Grant Opportunities
GrantsAlert.com is a Bi-Weeekly Recap of the most current K-12 Funding and Grants Alerts. For more complete information on all of the grant opportunities below and more funding and grant opportunities go to: www.grantsalert.com. And if you are looking for quick fundraising ideas, please click here and you’ll find some excellent ideas from their partner [...]
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Free PD Event and Discovery Channel Sneak Preview: New York Tri-State Area Educators
Attention New York Tri-State Area Educators! Free Resource & PD Event! Day of Discovery In Partnership with Cablevision’s Power to Learn August 12, 2008 Join us for an engaging technology-infused full day professional development event focused on creative ways to use digital media in the classroom. Learn techniques to inspire your students and maximize [...]
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Regional Event at SMU
For all those who will be attending the DEN Regional Event at SMU August 1 and 2, the Texas DEN has started a wiki which includes a place to complete information if you are attending the regional conference. It is a good idea if educators from other states who will be attending the conference participate [...]
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A Week of Learning and Fun at the DEN National Institute!
This is a cross-post from Yes Tech! I was fortunate to be able to go to the Discovery Educator Network National Institute last week. It was fantastic to be able to network and learn with like-minded technology enthusiasts! The photo above was taken in Georgetown. (Lisa, Pam, Cheryl, and Gina – members of the Michigan [...]
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