Three trips, nine teachers, 36 students, and the adventure of a lifetime! Two of the three pilot trips for Discovery Student Adventures have now concluded, and have we got some stories to tell! From the Australian outback to the African bush, come see what happened to STAR Discovery Educators as they journeyed around the world [...]
On Friday August 21st the Wisoconsin DEN will be Friday’s Front Row from 2:30-5:00 at TGI Friday’s inside Miller Park. This is an excellent opportunity for you to have fun meeting members of the DEN community. There will be presentations given by DEN members and information about the DEN, drinks, appetizers and prizes! Illinois DEN members [...]
The Kansas Discovery Education Leadership Council has started to develop a wiki to be used for Day of Discovery events. On June 5, 2009 a Day of Discovery was hosted in Hutchinson, Kansas. The event took place at the Kansas Cosmosphere. Participants were given a tour of the facility and time to tour the museum. [...]
Discovery Education streaming PLUS was recently reviewed by Multimedia and Internet @ Schools and imagine our surprise when we received an absolutely perfect rating: 5/5 stars! Of course, to those of you using DE streaming PLUS, this won’t be much of a surprise, but the review is well worth reading and sharing. A quick highlight [...]
Scott Kinney on the Future of Learning Today, the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing to examine how technology, innovative education tools, and digital content are transforming and improving education in America. The DEN’s very own Scott Kinney, Vice President of Outreach and Professional Development for Discovery Education, served as one of seven [...]
Keep your STAR status! Don’t forget!! In order to maintain your STAR status, you must report at least two of your events for the 2008-2009 school year by August 31, 2009. We don’t want anybody to lose their STAR status, so be sure you take the time to let us know about all the times [...]
Our DEN Event at Miller Park has been rescheduled. Join fellow educators at Friday’s Front Row inside Miller Park on Friday, August 21st from 2:30 to 5:00, for an afternoon of learning. Meet members of the Wisconsin DEN Leadership Council, enjoy a little food, a few refreshments, some learning, and have some fun. We will [...]
Discovery Education streaming PLUS was recently reviewed by Multimedia and Internet @ Schools and imagine our surprise when we received an absolutely perfect rating: 5/5 stars! Of course, to those of you using DE streaming PLUS, this won’t be much of a surprise, but the review is well worth reading and sharing. A quick highlight [...]
Greetings ! On July 8th the new website went live. There are many exciting new features that will enhance your teaching. As with many websites when changes of this magnitude occur somethings do slip by. The discovery technicians are welcoming comments and constantly working to fix any of the bugs that occurred. Please don’t [...]
In June Mauri Dufour, Carol Miller and Lori Twiss attended the National conference at Discovery Communications. The days were packed with exciting news on upcoming features and the new website. We met our new regional manager, Michael Hakkarinen, he is very energetic, is looking forward to working with us and coming to Maine. Keep posted [...]
Are you new to wikis? Looking to collaborate more effectively with your community? Register below for an Introduction to Wikispaces online training session. Learn how to edit pages, add images and media, manage permissions and settings for your wiki, and more. The session will be today, July 9th, at 2pm EST. The event will be [...]
I love being able to bookmark content on the Internet to make it easier for me to access anywhere, anytime (especially, when I really need to find that great video segment I used last year for tomorrow’s lesson . . .) Discovery Education streaming and Science used to have a product-specific My Content that allowed [...]
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