This week’s DENvice question has already generated a great conversation. A giant thank you to all of our DEN friends who have contributed their ideas! DENvice’s question for this week: Dear DEN, What Learning Management System (LMS) are you using or considering? I am looking at Edmodo, Haiku and Schoology. What others should I consider? [...]
Texas DEN STAR Kass Bates recommended an iOS app that will be in this year’s March Madness challenge. The iPad app is called Book Creator and like the name says, can be used to create ebooks that can be saved to iBook or shared via Dropbox or Evernote. Images from Discovery Education are a great resource [...]
Lea Anne Daughrity is a DENvisory Board member from Texas. She’ll be at the DEN Summer Institute and would like to meet you there. Here’s a special message from her. The DEN Summer Institute has been scheduled for July 14-19 at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. The main portion of this year’s application is a [...]
Happy Mousey Monday once again from Mousey and the Discovery Education Support team to our Cache and Cookies readers! As National Black History Month draws to a close, Mousey wanted to bring to your attention several resources to share with your students in the classroom in honor of this month. Black History Month, also [...]
Welcome to Spotlight on Strategies Challenge! Our S.O.S series provides help, tips, and tricks for integrating DE media into your curriculum. Visual Walkabout PDF Version Background A visual walkabout’s purpose is to provide an opportunity to engage students in a concept that will be covered by providing them ‘sneak peaks’ of important components through the [...]
The 5th Annual Technology Institute for Educators is scheduled for April 19-20, 2013. This year the Institute’s theme is “FUTURE TEACH: Preparing Educators to Use Technology to Promote STEM Education in K-20.” We invite faculty, students, administrators, and staff to participate by submitting proposals and attending the Institute. For more information about the Institute visit [...]
What does it take to change, grow, and/or create? Innovation is part of the answer. And then another question becomes: What are the qualities of innovation? Jeff DeGraff says that – Innovation: is not defined by what it is; but rather what it is not happens in the future for which we have no real [...]
Edcamps have become a wonderful phenomenon throughout the country. This past weekend I was fortunate enough to connect with educators with a passion for technology in Madison. I didn’t even know about it until the night before and was more than willing to just show up and hope they welcomed me in. Upon arrival I [...]
Did you know that Ripley’s Attractions offer Teacher Appreciation Days each year? This spring, educators (with their school ID and a current pay stub) can visit all Ripley’s Attractions in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, for free on March 2 and 3, 2013. With your ID, you get two free tickets and up to four tickets for half [...]
Jared’s been getting a little press lately and this time we’ve posted with tag along with another video. Jared was featured on a local TV show about his engaging teaching practices. Look for the Global DEN team member making a cameo. Have you been recognized in your local newspaper? Have you been published? Were you [...]
ANIMALS THAT SLITHER, SLIDE, RUN & HIDE: A FUN, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, AND FREE COMMUNITY EVENT Would you like to meet turtle-tracking dogs and join them while they work? Do you know someone who wants to hold a turtle, a salamander, or a snake? How about a hayride to an amphibian pool, a bonfire with hot chocolate [...]
Today turned out to be a snow day for my school district. With a little extra time today, I was able to catch up on some email. I received the DEN Weekly Update and was thrilled when I began reading it and saw that another Michigan DEN Star was chosen to attend the DEN Summer [...]
I would like for you to join me in meeting and congratulating Michigan DEN Star, Edie Erickson! Edie is a 3rd Grade teacher from Manistique, Michigan and was recently accepted to attend the DEN Summer Institute in Burlington, Vermont! Edie and I got together over “Google” during a recent snow day of mine and after [...]
Deanna Duray (@dlpd17) got some great news in late January. The Colorado DEN STAR’s classroom at Little Elementary in Arvada, CO, was one of seven classrooms in Jefferson County that were chosen to receive an iPad 1 to 1 grant from The Friedman Family Foundation. The Denver Post wrote a short article about the grant. [...]
I have been thinking about this post. I am a bit reluctant to write it. DEN Stars tend to have a way with words that I do not have. While I feel exactly the same as so many others do about the DEN, I know that I cannot make my words truly express how I [...]
This week, learn about three new community initiated projects: DENvice, #DENchat, and The DEN Zone. Don’t miss the free webinars and virtual field trips happening this week like a visit to the Discovery Channel Telescope and Google’s Doodle World. We’re also announcing who was accepted this week to the DEN Summer Institute. Be sure to [...]
DEN STAR Nancy Sharoff shares a fun tool that I’ve used myself and agree that it’s an extremely useful and a great tool for creating interactive images! The fourth entry in our March Madness challenge this year is ThingLink. With ThingLink, you can take an image, including those from Discovery Education, and use the tools [...]
Did you know that George Washington Carver invented over 100 uses for the peanut? He is also known for pioneering crop rotation in the United States. Besides being a scientist, botanist, and inventor, Carver was also a teacher. George Washington Carver was believed to be born in 1864, but his exact birth date is unknown. [...]
If you loved “Blossom” or if you love “Big Bang Theory,” this video is for you. If you want to pursue seemingly contradictory passions, this video is for you. If you work with kids who are trying to find themselves and their places in the world, this is for you. If you believe that we [...]
Last week I was in Albuquerque Public Schools working with a group of high school students who are members of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Each of the 18 SAC members invited a teacher to attend a day of learning and professional development focused on Discovery Education. We spent the day with the teachers [...]
Today, we share our third entry into the 2013 DEN March Madness challenge. If you missed the previous entries, you can find the first here and the second here. Today, we share PhotoPeach. PhotoPeach is a great site for creating slide shows and more. DEN STARs have also used it to create formative assessments that [...]
Meet Dacia Jones Where do you teach? Catawba County Schools What do you teach? Instructional Coach When did you become a DEN member? March 2012 What’s your favorite thing about being a DEN member? I love the family feeling! In less than a year I have acquired many new friends that [...]
This is Alison Schleede, STAR Discovery Educator from Mooresville, NC. She’s going to the DEN Summer Institute July 14-19 in beautiful Burlington, VT. She’s on the DEN Leadership Council too, so she’s joining us for a special DENSI PreCon on July 12 and 13 too! Here’s her DEN story: Tell us yours. The main portion of [...]
My PETE&C day started at 4:30 Am. The goal was to get to Hershey before 7 am so I could take part in the Pete-Lets. This was held each morning for presenters to get 2 min to sell their sessions. They were only allowing the first 20 presenters who showed up to present. I hit [...]
I’ll go ahead and confess that I have not seen “Pitch Perfect” so the Cup Song made popular there and then covered many times over on YouTube didn’t hit my radar until this week. Here’s the short history: 1937 Mainers Mountaineers released “Miss Me When I’m Gone” 2009 Lulu and the Lampshades posted their “Cups” [...]
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