Congrats to Texas DEN Star and Leadership Council member Joli Barker! She is one of a select group of educators invited to Redmond this summer for the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum. Here is news on this special program and Joli’s fantastic project: The Partners in Learning US Forum is part of a [...]
Here is a little web tool that can be expanded to do more than what you may think! ThingLink will allow you to upload a picture and then place link targets within the picture to connect you to different sites, listen to an explanation, or read information an important concept. It seems like a simple [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for April 27, 2012.
Today Steve and I chat with our colleague Ginny Washburne about her new project The Rising Star. She may or may not have showered which meant we only recorded audio even though we used Google Hangout. This is a pretty cool project that warrants your attention. Listen and leave a comment. I mean it, leave [...]
Since launching theme pages on DE Streaming, we’ve received requests to find a more descriptive, appropriate name for them. The name “theme page” conveys the idea of a collection of content assets focused on a particular topic. However, many people thought that the name fell short in describing the value that the pages offer teachers. [...]
On April 21st 25 educators came together for the first Discovery Social Learning Summit in Woodbridge, VA. It was a fantastic day filled with learning, sharing and collaborating. Below are some resources from the day. “Anywhere, Anytime Learning” presentation link: http://www.slideshare.net/imcguy/anywhere-anytime-learning-sls All of the resources shared during the session are hyperlinked in that presentation for [...]
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