The Louisiana Leadership Council is STAR-Struck by the activities for our DEN members!. We recently hosted two face-to-face Virtual Conference sessions in North and South Louisiana, presented at Regional & State Conferences, and will be teaming up at LACUE (Dec. 2-4). We are planning more exciting activities, so for more STAR Scoop, keep checking our [...]
This week we turn our eyes southward to feature the members of the Louisiana Leadership Council! They recently hosted successful events in both northern LA and southern LA for the Virtual Conference, and I have to admit they just might have locked up the best dressed category. But that’s in the past, looking forward there’s [...]
Cross-posted on the DEN blog. On Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm EST, we’re thrilled to feature Gary Stager as our EdTechConnect speaker! There are few speakers that are more passionate, dedicated and devoted to bringing about change in education. If you’ve never had a chance to see him present before, you won’t want to miss [...]
We had a great time at Gresham Middle School this past Saturday morning. Five of our LC members were in attendance with just under 20 participants, so there was plenty of time for personal connections and one-on-one help as we worked through the DE Streaming site. Many of the teachers were on the site for [...]
*Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge* – The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (http://wecanchange.com ) is open to K-8 this year and next year it will be K-12. Since this is a program that the vast majority (and next year everyone) of the community can participate in I wanted to truly enroll [...]
In my current position, or should I say positions(I wear many hats) I get to see a lot of exciting activities. In addition to being the Director of Technology Integration for Propel Schools, I am the science coordinator. I am the SOS or Specialist on Site. I believe that this was due to my knowledge [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for November 13, 2009.
Calling All STARS! It is up to you to help spread the word…and find new recruits! The Louisiana Leadership Council is heading to Baton Rouge December 2-4 for the state LACUE Conference. If you have not registered for the conference yet, click here. If you are planning on attending the conference, please join us for [...]
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity for DEN Educators! Presenting Leonardo DaVinci’s Workshop A Free Premiere for DEN Educators. Discovery Times Square Exposition 226 West 44th Street Monday, Nov. 30th from 4 – 10p for a Free Preview of this World Premier Exhibit! Plus, book your class field trip and receive: • Discounted student tickets just [...]
With apologies for the late notice and geographical remoteness, the upcoming Discovery EdTechConnect Webinar with Gary Stager on Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 7:00PM has gotten a bit of a buzz in my school district. Most folks will be connecting from home but a few of us will be gathering to watch it together at one of [...]
Please welcome Doug Mann and Courtney Schwanke to the Kansas DE STAR family. Congrats and best wishes to the two of you!
The LCs around the country just received an email from Lance Rougeux explaining the prizes available to STAR Discovery Educators and State Leadership Councils. The Siemens’ “We Can Change The World” Challenge is open to K-8 teachers this year. (Don’t worry, it will be K-12 next year). Since this is a program that the vast [...]
We have a lot of programs that teachers and their students can participate in for free. One of my personal favorites is the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. The Challenge is designed to help your students work together to solve an environmental problem in their… Classroom (K-2) School (3-5) Community (6-8) Participating is [...]
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If you attended the Sea World Day of Discovery, you received a trial version of Nettrekker, compliments of Danielle Abernethy and Nettrekker. This is a valuable resource and our own DEN LC Member Tom Turner will be presenting a session on how to use Geocaching and Nettrekker at FETC this year. If you would like [...]
PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 , with support from Elluminate, are partnering on a series of free monthly webinars designed to help preK-12 educators learn new ways to integrate online instructional resources in the classroom and engage students in curriculum lessons. Join them on Tuesday, November 17th at 8pm Eastern to share information about a currently [...]
A day of learning, creating, and sharing is scheduled for Tuesday November 17th at the EDCO Seefurth Center in Waltham. Highlights of the day will include learning about the digital resources available through Discovery, creating a Glogster, and discovering how to share and collaborate with others. The Day of Discovery is jointly sponsored by Discovery [...]
On our last Day of Discovery in Bradley County, Discovery Education sent a video team in to shoot lots of footage and get interviews from DE Streaming users. We have all waited in great anticipation to see what the final video looked like. Well, we are waiting no more! Thanks to the video crew, Discovery [...]
Here’s your chance to share your views and ideas on 21st century education and technology. The Speak Up National Research Project collects and reports on the views and opinions of students, parents and educators on critical 21st century education issues. Speak Up is facilitated by a non-profit organization – Project Tomorrow®. Data findings are shared [...]
A very cool thing happens on Twitter on Tuesdays. It is called #edchat which is an outgrowth of #teachertuesdays. The syntax of #edchat and #teachertuesdays is called a hashtag in Twitter. Hashtags are used to mark or label a tweet so that a conversation on a particular topic can be followed. In this case #teachertuesday [...]
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Did you do your homework? Join us for part 2 of our discussion on Tony Wagner’s book, The Global Achievement Gap”. Bring a notecard with your favorite PBL sims and sites and your imagination! We’ll be doing a little building and exploring along with our discussing.. SLT TIME: 5 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CST, [...]
In case you have noticed, we have recently added a new feature to Discovery Education Science for both Elementary and Middle School. If you go to the “Teacher Center” section of Discovery Education Science and click on “Process Skills Library” you will find a new tab for “Hands-on Labs”. All of these labs utilize everyday [...]
Do you subscribe to Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day? Or follow his generous tweets @Larryferlazzo on Twitter? I have found that Larry is a steady stream of interesting educational links. Larry is starting to post his annual end of the year round up starting with this recent post – The “Best Articles (and Blog [...]
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