Discovery Education Assessment: The New and Improved Interactive Item Summary Week of May 28, 2012 Please follow this link to download this webcast. If you have not registered for the series please click here to receive notification as future webcasts become available.
Den Stars Andy Mckiel and Joan Badger hosted a Discovery Smackdown event in their home district of St. James School Division in Winnipeg, Manitoba. About 30 teachers came after school and began with some small sharing about how their using Discovery in their classrooms. Given they’ve only had access since March, they shared some cool [...]
Editor’s Note: This article is written by our new Tech Support Specialist, Lina Tran! She’s still trying to find a photo of herself so I agreed to introduce her to the DEN world tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy! This past month, Blizzard Entertainment has made a fortune from its newest release Diablo III. The broad, [...]
Wisconsin is Proud to have So Many STARS Recognized in the Much Anticipated DENny 2012 Awards Contributed by 2011 DEN Guru Rita A. Mortenson On Thursday, May 17, the Annual DENny Awards were streamed live for the world to see! One of the first awards Wisconsin was represented in for the evening was the “Most Creative [...]
Discovery Education hosted another Day of Discovery event at Discovery Communications’ World Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 19, 2012. The event was a huge hit and it was a joy to see so many enthusiastic teachers learning about what they can do with Discovery Education resources. Daniel Choi, Josh Judkins and I mainly [...]
The Science House at NC State University has 3 workshops this summer open to all educators. Visit http://science-house.org/index.php/open-registration-workshops for more details and registration information. Science with GPS, June 8-9, 2012 in Raleigh Time: 9 am – 3 pm (A Certificate of Completion will be issued for 10 hours of instruction.) Instructors: Michelle Benigno, Mountain Satellite Outreach Coordinator, [...]
If you have not yet created a Progress Zone probe and then assigned it to your students through your classroom manager and through Student Center, there is new reason to try. Under the “Get Started” tab in Student Center there are three new short tutorials aimed at your students, and meant to support them in [...]
I wanted to give a shout out and congratulations to the new DENStars of Colorado! Lori Allard, CO Vincent Ardito, CO Rebecca Dague, CO Sara Finney, CO Robert Fowler, CO Cristine Goodman, CO Brenda Holmstedt, CO Misty Louihis, CO Susan Massa, CO Sarah Rice, CO Ledeen Rickey, CO Alma Tetrault, CO The Colorado Leadership Council [...]
In an interview some weeks ago with Weekend Edition Saturday‘s host Scott Simon, Gates went on to say. “The goal is to help teachers be better,” Gates said. “And when we run personnel systems where we want to be frank with employees about where they need to improve, having [evaluations] publicly available is not conducive [...]
What are QR codes? QR codes are quick response 2D bar codes. They hold a lot of information in one code, and can be scanned with a variety of devices such as Smartphones, iPod Touches, iPads, laptops with webcams, etc. When scanned they provide marketing information about products and companies, coupons, etc. How are QR [...]
Here is a recap, courtesy of Zinepal, of the great apps and educational tech tools highlighted by the Georgia DEN Blog Team this year. I have created a Zinepal eBook of this year’s blog posts. While in the eBook, just click on the blogger’s name to see a list of all of their posts. It’s [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for May 25, 2012.
And now a message from our very own Maya Nelson: It’s that time again! Dust off your walking shoes, strap on your pedometer, and start walking! This year the Discovery Education support team (or The Stream Team) is again participating in the Global Corporate Challenge. Over the next couple of months we will be walking [...]
Prior to today, I didn’t use Pinterest. I’ve seen a lot of tweets and Facebook posts about it – people sharing recipes, fashion ideas, etc., but for the most part, it was of no use to me. Or so I thought. Scrolling through Twitter this morning, I came across this tweet: [...]
It’s almost that time of year. I’m not talking about the time of the year when school ends, I’m talking about the time of the year when we confirm STAR status for our spectacular STAR Discovery Educators. Remember, to maintain your STAR status, you need to report at least 2 events during the 2011-2012 school [...]
I’d like to think I’m pretty darn smart, particularly when I was having a conversation with a colleague and a couple of days later the Huffington Post covers a story on that very topic! Maybe great minds think alike? The topic – are teacher credential programs preparing teachers for the type of work that is [...]
Last week, CEO of Discovery Education Bill Goodwyn participated in a panel discussion at the Republican Governors’ Association titled, “Enhancing Workforce Development.” If you were following us on Twitter, you probably saw some of the coverage from the event as it happened. Yesterday, he shared his own reflection from the event that I highly recommend [...]
With summer just around the corner (7 days of school left.. not that I am counting) I am looking forward to the professional development that I will be able to take in over the summer! Although attending conferences face to face are fantastic, it is not always feasible or affordable. A great way to still [...]
Discovery Education Assessment: Measuring Progress Between Benchmarks #2 Week of May 21, 2012 In this event we will show participants how to capitalize on all Discovery Education resources available in Progress Zone. Part 2 will investigate the Classroom Manager as well as Assigning Probes using the Discovery Education Student Center. We will also explore how to get [...]
Just out of college and headed for a career in music, Fred Rogers happened to catch an episode of what passed for children’s television in the 1950s – grotesquely grinning hosts, raucous improvised dialogue, and broad, pie-in-the-face humor. Appalled, Rogers vowed to counteract such programming with his own shows He started with the low-budget Children’s [...]
What event could this be? None other than the Upstate Technology Conference (UTC) in Greenville, SC from 6/12-6/14: http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/utc 3 DEN Activities: 1. Dining with the STARS: You are cordially invited to dine among the STARs. The South Carolina DEN will host a dinner for STARs during the UTC conference in Greenville, SC. STARs let’s [...]
Geocaching Day was a great opportunity for the DEN team and educators from SC to get together for learning and fun on a beautiful day in Charleston SC. DEN leadership members Suzanne Brooks, Andrea Rollison, Karen Ogen, and Amy Dent prepared a fun filled morning. They guided participants to 8 caches hidden around the historic [...]
Did you catch the DENny Awards last Thursday night? If not, take a look at the archive here, or read a quick recap by David Andrade. It was a fun evening of recognizing and giving thanks to what’s best about the DEN – the members! Dr. Lodge joined us for the evening to discuss the [...]
Texas Stars shown at the 2012 DENnys awards, streaming live from Discovery HQ in Maryland. In the Most Creative/Best DEN event category was Howard Martin, from Austin, with his SXSiPad event. “We did a South By Southwest-themed iPad event called, South By South iPad. Almost 50 people converged for a full day of concurrent sessions [...]
There’s a lot going on at Discovery Education and we just wanted to make sure all of you are aware of a few great webinars coming your way! These webinars are a great way to gain more knowledge about Discovery Education services and provide ideas for use of these resources in the classroom. Discovery Education: [...]
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