DEN Weekly Update 2-17-2012
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for February 17, 2012.
Archives for February 17, 2012
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Apply to Become A DEN Guru
Over the past six years, the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) has grown in many different ways including the variety of ways educators may participate in the community. You can be a Discovery Educator and participate in the online community. You can apply to become a STAR Discovery Educator and engage in both online and in-person [...]
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Discovery Education Science TechBooks – great resource – more than an e-text
Discovery Education has a lot of great resources for educators, many free (over 30). They also have fee-based services such as DE Streaming with thousands of videos, audio files, images, lesson plans, and much more. One of their other resources that I have been using lately is the Discovery Education Science Techbook. The Discovery Education Science [...]
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Evernote For Schools Site: Resource for Using Evernote in Education
Evernote. I know, you must be getting tired of me writing about Evernote. I can’t help it. It is an incredibly useful, easy to use, and once you start you have no idea how you lived without it, free resource that I use for literally everything. Evernote has apps for mobile devices, desktop software, and you can [...]
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Great resources for New Teachers – advice, support, and training
It’s always a good time to share advice, tips, and resources to help new teachers. Plus, these are all good resources for veteran teachers too! Here is a collection of resources for New Teachers: New Teacher Advice and Tips - advice, tips, how to get help, new teacher support web sites, [...]
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DonorsChoose – a great resource for funding classroom projects/supplies
DonorsChoose is an awesome site, created by former educators, that allows educators to create a project idea, select the materials and equipment needed, and get funding for those supplies. The teacher fills out the project format and selects materials and then DonorsChoose does the rest. Donors go to the site (and the site is advertised) [...]
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Vonage announces free iPhone and Android apps for calling and texting
Vonage announces iPhone and Android apps that allow you to call and text message other Vonage Mobile app users for free, worldwide, on iPhone and Android. You can also call any phone number in over 200 different countries at discounted rates. You can even purchase calling credits through iTunes or Android market accounts. Calls will work over WiFi, [...]
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10 Tech Skills Every Student (and teacher) need to have
Last month, I wrote “10 Important Skills Students Need for the Future.” After reading a few articles about specific tech skills, I thought I write what I think are the 10 Important Tech Skills Students Need. 1. Internet Search - students need to know how to do a proper internet search, using search terms and modifiers. This [...]
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SC Teachers: Free Environmental Education Opportunity Through the SC Dept of Forestry
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spend seven days touring and learning about and the forests of South Carolina, examining sustainable forestry practices and the forest industry. This outdoor environmental education course is designed to provide an unbiased look into the impact forests have on our state’s environment, economy, and quality of life. Key topics include forest management; emphasizing [...]
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