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: [...]
This weekend (May 19, 2012) I had the chance to participate in the DEN Geocaching Day in Dallas, Texas. Laura Gonzalez set up the FANTASTIC event in our area! What is Geocaching you ask? “Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and [...]
This week we’ll check out the who, what, when, where and why of Digital Storytelling. We’ll link to a presentation that includes web 2.0 tools and mobile apps for delivering stories, and of course, we’ll highlight this week’s webinars. I hope you enjoy and share this week’s edition! Open publication – Free publishing – [...]
Did you know that you may have as many as 165 educational games available to you through your Discovery Education Streaming Plus service? Just search by “games” using the media type filter. These games span all subject areas, including literature, fine arts, and science, and were developed with the differing needs of our youngest students, [...]
PowerPoint has always been my presentation tool of choice. I have explored many others and enjoy the different effects, but I always return to PowerPoint. Being the “Grand Dame” of presentation tools, PowerPoint has been a tool a novice can use, but has also has many possibilities for the advanced user. Many of the effects [...]
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