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Archives for June, 2010
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Webinars for Next Year
Did you know that we provide hundreds of webinars each year for free through the DEN? This year has been a landmark year as we hosted some of our biggest and best online events to date. Over 87,000 students were online for the Spotlight on the Gulf webinar with Philippe Cousteau! We are in the process [...]
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Are You ISTE Bound?
Passing this along from ISTE: Are you a veteran of ISTE Conferences and willing to share? Are you a newbie to ISTE 2010? Do you have questions? Do you want hints and tips from the vets of ISTE Conferences? If the answer is YES to any of these questions please join us at Red Rocks [...]
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King Tut New York Exhibit Special Offer for Teachers
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Teacher Tuesday
Check out this GREAT deal from the King Tut Exhibit at Discovery Time Square Expo!
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WI DEN Update
The 2010-2011 Wisconsin DEN Leadership Council has been finalized. It looks very similar to last year’s team. Look for more information soon about the team members and the roles they will be playing to help spread the word about technology use in education.
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Gettingthingsdone
Forget printing on the iPad. And forget file sharing too, for the moment. What you really want is to retrieve your files and get to work on your iPad. Until today the only way to do this was to e-mail them to myself or transfer them through iTunes. And then you’re in format Hell, because [...]
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Check it out!
If you are looking for an excellent way to spend your summer while also enhancing your professional teaching and learning, look no further. Jeff Utecht has completed his first book, Reach, and is offering it as a free download. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn about building communities and networks for professional development. [...]
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Reminder: Deadline to Submit Hands-On CUE Workshop is Tonight
Greetings, DENners – A last-minute reminder that tonight at midnight is the deadline to submit a Hands-On Workshop for the CUE 2011 Conference, “Ignite, Inspire & Innovate Learning”, March 17-19, in Palm Springs: http://www.cue.org/conference/present As a primary Workshop presenter you receive a complimentary conference registration and a stipend. In an uncertain budget year, presenting is [...]
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Hey, There’s an App for That!
Yesterday, Discovery Education hit the iTunes App store with U.S. Geography by Discovery Education. The app is intended for 5th grade students studying U.S. Geography in the classroom, but is enjoyable and informative for people of all ages. Available through the App Store, the U.S. Geography by Discovery Education app offers educators and students videos, [...]
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Introducing our Canadian DEN Star Sarah Thompson
Hello! My name is Sarah Thompson and I am a Grade 5/6 teacher at Chief Poundmaker School in central Saskatchewan. I am teaching through my first year in a wonderful community that is very supportive and welcoming. I am very excited that the school is registered with Discovery Education.I became a DEN member after attending [...]
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Dynamic Duo in San Antonio
Welcome to San Antonio, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson! On behalf of the Texas DEN LC, San Antonio would like to extend a hearty welcome to the Dynamic DEN Duo, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson. Steve and Hall will be speaking to the management and supervisory school district personnel for the North East Independent School [...]
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Countdown to ISTE 2010
Is anyone from Michigan headed out to Denver for ISTE 2010? I would love to meet everyone out there, and perhaps share a few stories and ideas. If you are interested, fill out this form and I will contact you with meet up info.
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Wall Wisher- What's On Your Wall?
I am currently in a workshop with Steve Dembo and we are using Wall Wisher. What is Wall Wisher? It is a place where you can create virtual sticky notes and invite others to participate by providing them the URL. They then can add their own comments to your post. How could you use this [...]
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Games in the Classroom-Come on Down!
Looking for games to use in your classroom? Games are a great way to teach collaboration, teamwork, “quick-thinking” skills and more. Instead of you creating the games, let your students do it. You will find links to edit PowerPoint games along with links to create board games and more! It’s time to Come on Down [...]
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Congratulations to 2010-2011 LC Members
The new members of the Leadership Councils have been announced. Congratulations to everybody and let’s make this 25th anniversary year one to remember. You can view all the Leadership Council members on this document. I’d like to welcome back Susan Tompkins as the chair for our LC here in Louisiana. I’d also like to warmly welcome [...]
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DEN Leadership Council Members 2010-2011
The Discovery Educator Network Leadership Councils (DEN LC) play a critical role in supporting the state-level DEN communities through consistent and varied communications as well as organization and support of local activities and events. Meet the DEN LC Members for 2010-2011 *updated June 30, 2010 DEN LC roster 2010 2011v 3
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LC DEN: Plans for 2010-11
On Saturday, members of Discovery Ed’s New England LCs (Leadership Councils) met to lay some terrific plans for the upcoming school year. And from where I was sitting, it looks like we did. Lance set the stage with an impressive virtual appearance where he clearly framed the LC’s role: the link for teachers to [...]
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Repost: It's Party Time!
Why not send those end of the year and summer party invitations in style. We are all familiar with Evite, but below are a few other options guaranteed to make your party planning go smoothly. http://www.doodle.com/main.html Doodle is a great online date decider. It eliminates all of those back and forth emails when you are [...]
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SL'ip#2 An Introduction to Viewer 2
Time for another Second Life Tip and this time we take a general look at Viewer 2 in preparation for our upcoming orientation session on June 16 at the DEN.If you are fairly new to SL (maybe you decided to jump in after the “getting started” post) you have already installed Viewer 2. For some of you [...]
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Summer Learning Opportunities for Educators
It’s summer, but that doesn’t mean learning has to end. For a lot of educators, this is a great time to attend workshops without the added stress of classroom or office work hanging overhead. Whether you are online or in-person, there are a lot of opportunities to learn and grow as a professional in education [...]
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NE DEN LC Retreat
Sitting here at the retreat learning A LOT and psyched to get working!!
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Northeast Regional DEN LC and the New Year
This weekend, the NY DEN LC joined with other regional LCs to plan a great year ahead. We worked hard, with, of course, lots of laughs in between. Jeanine Shields, LC Chair, Lisa Parisi, Blog Coordinator, Christine Southard, Events Coordinator, Nancy Sharoff, Shannon Mulqueen, and Dawn Huston planned some fantastic events for around the NY [...]
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Cablevision Day of Discovery
Save the Date: Cablevision and Discovery are teaming up to present an amazing Day of Discovery on August 24th in Bethpage, on Long Island. Our very own Steve Dembo will be the keynote speaker. Sign up quickly. Spaces are filling fast. cablevisiondodinvite.pdf
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DEN Weekly Update: 6-11-10
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for June 11, 2010.
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