One of the tasks that I have placed upon myself before the school year starts is creating class lists and student accounts for the sites that my students and I use throughout the year. I have found them to be very useful as; a classroom management tool, content learning site, and even something fun to [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for August 31, 2012.
Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a great summer and was able to relax and recharge. Our district starts with teacher professional development and classroom setup this coming Thursday, K-9 start next Tuesday, and 10-12 start Wednesday. The summer has flown by! The beginning of the year is always a little crazy [...]
If you’re just now settling into the new school year and logging into Discovery Education for the first time since the end of last school year, you may have noticed a few changes, especially in the Discovery Education Science Techbook. One of the many great benefits of a digital textbook, is that it’s constantly being [...]
A continuation of Cache and Cookie’s Animal Alphabet Series! Kindergarten through second grade teachers may engage their students through DE streaming’s 25 minute full video titled “Animal Alphabet.” This video cleverly uses the animal kingdom to teach students their alphabet. You can also use this video’s segments to engage students–one letter at a time. [...]
Our Back to School Promotion with PhotoPeach has been spectacular. The tips from DEN members have been great and we’re going to continue sharing what’s been submitted so far. This time around, we’re sharing the “First Day” tips. These tips to help make the first day of school a success. Keep in mind, if the [...]
It’s the beginning of school, time for Open House. Well, the DEN is hosting our own Open House this month! September 10-14, help us kick off the school year with DEN Open House Week. We’ve got a great schedule of activities to help you share the DEN and even learn more yourself about the [...]
I had the privilege the other day of watching Lindsay Morhart of Holy Trinity School Division in Moose Jaw, SK showcase Discovery Education for her district’s opening school year PD sessions. Not only did she do a great job in sharing some of the new features of the new interface, but taught me a thing or two. [...]
Our Back to School promotion with our friends at PhotoPeach is still going strong. In fact, due to the overwhelming response, we’ve decided to extend the promotion through September. If you’d like to submit your own tips, please do so here. We’ve been sharing many of the submitted tips throughout August, but now it’s time [...]
I had the opportunity to join in on the fun this summer at our Day of Discovery in San Diego before ISTE where we had a supercharged day of professional development with our friends from Adobe to officially launch our partnership around the updated Adobe Youth Voices curriculum. Since then, I’ve been exploring the endless [...]
We have an exciting new project to announce called the BulleDEN Board Project. Bulle – a – what? BulleDEN – just like bulletin, as in bulletin board. I bet this rings a bell now. We’re looking for the best of the best bulletin boards out there. These won’t be your average bulletin boards – these will [...]
Like you, I am often frustrated by the inability to showcase different sites and tools because of district filters. I was so excited to see a post from DEN STAR Katie Warren the other day re-posting a great article by McTeach called Learning to Blog Using Paper It’s definitely worth the read, especially as they [...]
Have you visited the blog or website of a fellow DEN member and noticed the cool DEN badge or logo on their site? Are you a DEN STAR looking to add the DEN STAR to your website? Have you put together information for colleagues about the DEN but didn’t have the DEN logo to add? [...]
As you know, August is Connected Educator Month. The DEN has participated in several ways, including our Collective Brain Webinars. If you missed one of the sessions, you can find archives here, here, and here. Stay tuned for information about our DEN Open House – details will be shared later this week. In the meantime, [...]
Everyone loves the Fall Virtual Conference. In year’s past, we’ve had up to 1600 educators attend, both online and in-person. So how can we possibly step it up for our 10th VirtCon?? That’s easy! We make it bigger, we make it better, and we make it LIVE-er! It’s my pleasure to announce: October 20th, [...]
What’s so great about the DEN? Ask any active DEN STAR or LC member and they’ll give you plenty of reasons. We’ve decided to take those reasons and have an infographic created. Take a peek and let us know what you think.
There is one thing I can be certain about. Unless I am alone, I am rarely the smartest person in the room. Now, don’t get me wrong. I know stuff. I’m pretty smart about a lot of things, but there are still a lot of things I am still learning. That’s where my DEN family [...]
As Mousey mentioned yesterday, Discovery Education is continuing to offer special weekly webinars designed to help teachers and students transition into the brand new school year with our various services. The focus this week will be on the administrative and user management functions for the site. Administrators will learn how to navigate My Admin, update user [...]
Happy Mousey Monday to our Cache and Cookies readers! Today Professor Mousey wants to emphasize our Discovery Educator Network (DEN), which is available to all Discovery Education teachers and administrators. The DEN is overflowing with goodies for you. Educator Resources, Blogs, Forums, an Event Gallery and last but not least, Webinars! These web-based seminars are [...]
It’s the question I am sure several of us have asked at least a dozen children in the past week as our kids, nieces, nephews, and friends head back to school. I have heard “scared” “excited” “nervous” and know the kids would be just amazed to hear that often times their teachers are feeling the [...]
Today marks the first day of school for most schools around the country and thus, so begins another year of Matt’s tips and tricks. This week we’ll explore all of the new enhancements to the Discovery Education back-to-school release. I’ve made quick little screen captures that show off most of the new features and functionality [...]
Influential leaders are effective communicators! Knowing your audience is a basic pillar for successful communicators. When a superintendent wants to connect directly with students – it may be time to be creative. Anthony Habra is a superintendent of Rudyard Area Schools in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Rudyard is a district of 900 students. Tony wanted to [...]
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for August 24, 2012.
Get ready to Make your Mark! International Dot Day is just a few weeks away. Every year on September 15, innovative educators around the world celebrate International Dot Day by making time to encourage their students’ creativity. We love The Dot, so we just had to jump in on the celebration. We hope you’ll join [...]
Posted on behalf of Angelica Townsend: Upon entering the doors of the Discovery Communications’ Chicago office, I knew that I would have the opportunity to grow tremendously as a professional. However, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the internship. Would I enjoy my projects? Would I be able to connect with other professionals [...]
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