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I will never figure why I am surprised with the innovation that defines Discovery. Just when I think there’s nothing new under the DE umbrella (pardon the rain allusion, but that’s been Northeast PAs forecast for most of this summer), they amp up your notion of premiere professional deveolpment. That’s why you do not want [...]
For your convenience, your PA DEN Leadership Council has created a Discovery Education Events Calendar. On it you will find all things DEN, whether it is a national virtual conference, a new program premiere, special promotional galas, a live WebEx event, an EdTechConnect special keynote series, or a regional or state event. Here’s your one-place [...]
Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 3:00 PM eastern time, you have the opportunity to attend a Webinar on Explore Africa Today Register today! Take a virtual expedition to Africa and join fellow teachers and students in a one-of-a-kind live web event! Explore the Republic of Benin, one of the most diverse areas of West Africa, with [...]
It is a never ending list of the things we continue to learn about. Some of us learn when things are first introduced and others of us find them later. Either way, learning is taking place and if we share it….someone else will find it! ( I heard a movie saying in my head> something [...]
Tuesday, July 28 at 3:00 PM ET Register today! Take a virtual expedition to Africa and join fellow teachers and students in a one-of-a-kind live web event! Explore the Republic of Benin, one of the most diverse areas of West Africa, with special guest His Excellency Cyrille Segbe Oguin, Ambassador to the U.S. from Benin, [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for July 24, 2009.
Coming up on Wednesday, July 29, the DEN in SL will have special guest speakers, Dr. Bryan Setser, Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Virtual Public School, and Jennifer Nobles, who is the Modular Learning Specialist and Virtual Worlds Coordinator for the school. They will be presenting a workshop entitled: A Blended Virtual Ecosytem: [...]
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I know everyone has seen or logged onto a wiki at some time. I’ve always relied on someone else to design and direct me to their wiki. After a long needed vacation , I returned to summer workshops, to learn how to create my very own wiki space. It is still in the making so [...]
Getting to an event in Maine can be an experience in itself……..but WELL WORTH it! Teachers from central Maine gather to learn more about DEN. The group was almost 1 to 1 with Star members and new members. All participants reviewed the new website interface and were introduced to the many tools that they have [...]
Image by krossbow via Flickr Last night we gave an introduction to hunts in Second Life. These hunts are great for several reasons: Gives you a reason to explore more of the creative sims and builds in Second Life. You get free things from different designers. These can include clothing, hair, shapes, skin, furniture and [...]
Well, we held our first meeting in-world tonight. We were delighted to have Matt (Geekybird) Monjan join us. Plans are in the works for our first MD DEN event, probably in early September. Location TBA, but you won’t want to miss it. Let’s just say bocce will be included in the activities! capisce? We are [...]
Greetings Blogosphere! If you’ve been around the DEN any at all, you’ve probably seen that Discovery Education and Wilkes University launched an online master’s degree program in instructional media last year. Well, not only am I an assessment nerd, I happen to be a bit of a geek (which explains why I am blogging!) So, [...]
More than seventy DEN Star educators were excited to meet at the Headlands Institute in San Francsico for a week of collaboration using Web 2.0 tools. We bunked in single bed dorms (60 beds), ate exquisite food and plumped up our complexions in the foggy air. We were able to integrate the best of the best [...]
NEFEC (North East Florida Educational Consortium) recently purchased Discovery Education Streaming Plus and Discovery Media Share for all 15 member districts in North East Florida. The Discovery team held train the trainer sessions in Lake City for NEFEC members responsible for training in their home counties on July 20 & 21, 2009. Welcome to teachers/staff [...]
It is time to encourage good use of phones in the classroom. This link talks about the research about using the phones and how they will use them in Math and Science (linear equations specifically). Home school (illness) kids can still communicate with other students. Teacher can always see what the kids are doing with [...]
I saw this come across Twitter today. It looks like Discovery’s new service will embed digital media into the curriculum. Check out the article – looks to be pretty good information. The link below will take you to an article from THE Journal. This journal, in itself, is a great resource. Discovery Launches Service To [...]
Or maybe this should have been entitled “Full Sail ’09.2/DENNI ’09.1.” I thought I had posted a few thoughts while trying to switch gears a week ago after taking three planes from the Apple Institute in Orlando to the DEN National Institute near San Francisco (literally in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge). Except [...]
Wow…what a wonderful day was had by all at the Virginia DEN’s Day of Discovery! The event, held on Friday, July 17th at Best Buy in Newport News, had a packed agenda of cool digital photography sessions led by STAR DEN members and Best Buy personnel.. If you were not there, you missed some really [...]
I’m finally getting a chance to catch up with my role on the PA Leadership Council. As a Blog team member, you’ll be seeing more posts from me… so I’ll take this time to introduce myself. My name is Traci Blazosky (Ktitraci), and I am a first grade teacher at Clarion Area Elementary school in [...]
Image via Wikipedia You become the predator, the hunter/huntress. You’re goal is to stalk your prey by using your eyes and your wits. You follow your prey clue after clue with each one comes a little reward but you want more. Team up to make it easier and more fun or go the hunt alone [...]
Unfortunately this workshop will need to be rescheduled. Please watch for it being offered at a date coming up soon. Please join us for Predator/Prey The Hunt for Freebies at the same time. Join us as we ‘Get Our Ogs On!’ as Clio Jacobus (Jennifer Dorman – RL) shares about blogs, glogs and vlogs. And [...]
It’s time for a new year with the New York DEN. Please welcome the members of the 2009-2010 Leadership Council Leadership Chair: Jeannine Shields Blog Coordinator: Lisa Parisi Events Coordinator: Christine Southard Blog Team: Tracy Standhart, Nancy Sharoff Events Team: Dawn Huston
Thanks to everyone who participated in the DEN National Institute (face to face AND virtually). The NI was a tremendous success and everyone learned so much. You might say that we built bridges to connect ourselves with other members of the DEN as well as to best practices with digital media and instructional technology. (pardon [...]
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