Join the DEN online or in-person for the Spring Virtual Conference! This event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 30th. Think Outside the Book with thousands of educators from all over the world as we connect during this unique professional development experience where you can attend in-person, online or both! Learn powerful ways [...]
In a White House event this morning, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden launched a national initiative to support and honor America’s service members and their families. Heeding the challenge, Discovery Education announces a national campaign to support education for children of military families. Discovery Education has pledged the following in support of [...]
Here’s another installment of the Wisconsin DEN Blog feature – Things I Think You Should Read. The state tech conference season is pretty much over, but ISTE will be here sooner than you think. Here are 5 tips to enhance your next conference experience from Angela Maiers. Looking to share your Twitter experience with others? [...]
Imagine that the world had no middleman, no publishers, no bosses, HR folks, no one telling you what you couldn’t do. If you lived in that world, what would you do? Go. Do that. In China, there’s a factory that can make the same widgets your company makes – for a tenth of the price. [...]
Take a Cyber Walk in Stockton Take a “cyber” walk with Christa McAuliffe Middle School DEN members! From the comfort of the school’s climate controlled computer lab, you’ll learn powerful ways to integrate digital media and Web 2.0 tools into your instruction. You’ll discover an abundance of resources to expand your own personal learning network. [...]
Wow! What an exceptional group of talented educators we have in the DEN. Thanks to those of you who applied to be part of the 2011 class of DEN Gurus. This was a very exciting, and difficult, process. All of the applications were phenomenal! We set out to choose 10 finalists and couldn’t do it. [...]
Scratch Educator Meetup Open to All Boston-Area Educators Saturday, April 16 10AM – 1PM MIT Media Lab Create and Share Your Own Interactive Stories, Games, Music and Art Come learn about Scratch, a free programming environment created by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. With Scratch, young people can create interactive stories, [...]
Science Teachers! Classroom Teachers! Wouldn’t your students love this! 4 Minute Video Demonstration with AnnMarie Thomas From TED In a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different kinds of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties — by lighting up LEDs, spinning motors, and turning little kids into [...]
I recently saw Ben Franklin’s daily schedule and planner on Larry Ferlazzo’s website (which is an awesome resource for educators). I was a long time user of Franklin Quest (now Franklin Covey) paper planners and used their planning software and methods on my first PDA and had heard that they had gotten some of their [...]
It’s serious crunch time in regards to education budgets. Budgets are staying flat or shrinking as costs go up. So, how do we cut costs to get the most bang for our buck? Here are some tips: 1. DIY Whiteboards – a regular whiteboard can cost hundreds of dollars. If you go to a home improvement [...]
Qwiki is a pretty cool site I learned about this past March at TeachMeetNJ. Qwicki works differently than regular search. Instead of coming back with links, it creates a multimedia presentation for your search term. The result is a story, told with images, text, and audio about the subject you searched for. If you search for [...]
Windows comes with some utilities that allow you to perform different maintenance on the system, but the included versions are not always the best. Piriform has a variety of free utilities for Windows that I use and that I recommend to others. CCleaner – cleans out your temporary files, internet history, cookies, form history, recycle bin, and [...]
We will be further updating you with reactions, exciting finds, and wonderful happenings from the AZ K12 Center Mobile Learning Conference through the week, but you can easily explore what was going on by visiting the Mobile Learning experience Posterous or Twitter pages. Tony Vincent created an easy blogging platform for all attendees to contribute [...]
You are cordially invited to join us at NC State for MEGA’s annual Technology Showcase … Critical Thinking in 21st Century Classrooms: 12th Annual MEGA Showcase http://www.ncsu.edu/mega/events.htm Wednesday, May 4, 2011 – 3:30 – 5:30 PM The Friday Institute, Raleigh, NC Exhibits, demos, door prizes & more at this networking extravaganza! Exhibits from K-12 schools [...]
“Engage, Enrich, and Instruct using Technology in the Middle School Classroom” was the topic presented by Massachusetts DEN Stars, Rachel Leblanc and Robin Talkowski, along with their colleague Alison Breaux at the recent Massachusetts Reading Association Conference, “Setting Sail for New Horizons in Literacy.” Storybird, Glogster, TweenTribune, Flocabulary, and Voki along with the AFI Curriculum [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for April 8, 2011.
The next NC State Astronomy open house will be Friday night, April 22nd, at our Reedy Creek Observatory. All are invited for an evening of stargazing, constellation finding, telescope viewing of deep sky objects, and refreshments. The evening will get underway around 8:30 pm, which is approximately 30 minutes after sunset. Please see the website, [...]
Back in the fall I was given the assignment to learn as much as I could about the iPad in order to support the agency I work for, and our member districts, as they begin various pilot programs. When I was first presented with this project, I was overwhelemed with the amount of information I was [...]
Check out the story from the Lewiston Sun Journal. Former Governor Angus King attended the meeting to support the initiative. Maine Discovery Star Educator Mauri Dufour also presented the work she has been doing with her students using the iPad to the school committee.
The AmeriDEN Idol event on March 30th was incredibly entertaining and informative. South Carolina STARs came together to share some innovative and creative gadgets and tools for the classroom. Steven Tyler thought all the presentations were “beautiful man”, Randy “was down with it Dawg”, and Ellen just loved everybody. Checkout the list of things shared. [...]
Tuesday night, Learning.com graciously sponsored “The Needed Virus” webinar featuring our very own, self-proclaimed DEN Princess, Porter Palmer. In case you missed it live, here it is. But first… the enticing description! The rapidly changing needs of the business world demand rapid changes in the way we teach students. Restructuring of teacher workdays and budget [...]
This is a Discovery Educator Network (DEN) member exclusive event brought to you by the Massachusetts DEN Leadership Council. Come enjoy a night of networking with other Discovery Educators alongside Mr. Peter Reynolds himself, author and founder of Fablevision. This will be an intimate gathering to learn more about Peter’s passion for learning and educating [...]
Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 Can Help You Visualize Mathematical Concepts Microsoft Math 4.0 is a free download and features a large collection of tools, tutorials, and instructions designed to help you tackle math and science problems quickly and easily. “With Microsoft Mathematics, students can learn to solve equations step-by-step while gaining a better understanding of fundamental [...]
I recently had the opportunity to spend half a day listening to a major national speaker in the area of technology who spent a number of opportunities during her presentation addressing interactive whiteboards. Her stance was that this was a waste of money, that indeed a sheet and an overhead projector could accomplish the same [...]
Discovery Education, the Central NY Regional Information Center (CNYRIC), and Fayetteville-Manlius Schools are pleased to present the Upstate New York Day of Discovery at Fayetteville-Manlius High School in Manlius, NY on Saturday, May 14th. Designed specifically for New York educators, this interactive day of free professional development will highlight creative ways to engage students and [...]
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