The 2012 National Student Mock Election Awards have been announced. Leading educational organizations, in conjunction with the My Voice National Student Mock Election, sponsored awards for outstanding student voter educational projects. The awards recognize the students, teachers, administrators and many others that helped advance civic engagement across the nation. Pennsylvania DEN STAR and Leadership Council [...]
There is a lot going on in the DEN this week. Check out several virtual events for your professional growth like Future@Now, the Spring Virtual Conference, and a chance to learn from the authors of the social studies Techbook. Also, don’t forget to vote for your favorite tools to use with Discovery Education in DEN [...]
Join the Discovery Education Science Techbook team for a live broadcast series called Science Live Streams. During the Science Live Streams we will help you and your students make a direct connection between hands-on activities and digital resources. This month’s topic is “Science ROCKS”, a Lesson on rocks, minerals and the processes that create them. [...]
As you probably know, Lady Liberty was a gift from France to the US…but did you know that she has a 35 foot waistline? The Statue of Liberty’s dedication ceremony was held on Thursday, October 28, 1886. She’s over 111 feet tall (not counting the pedestal), she is made of copper (the green is due to weathering), [...]
A few weeks ago we received a glowing email from David Futch (Discovery Education PD) who wanted to share his excitement for the success story of DEN STAR Ambassador Erik Gonzalez from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Like a proud Papa, David shared his story with us and we knew instantly we had to share it [...]
Everything I know about rolling out a 1:1 iPad initiative (Part 2) See my original post from March 25 for the complete list of points in this series! Part 2: Start a shared planning blog. It does NOT have to be “pretty”! It just needs to be a warehouse of information. Start a blog to [...]
Welcome to Spotlight on Strategies Challenge! Our S.O.S series provides help, tips, and tricks for integrating DE media into your curriculum. Get a Clue PDF Version Background “All human experience is context dependent…. many investigators in reading education have stressed the importance of readers’ use of context in interpreting an verifying the meaning of words [...]
A few weeks ago, we kicked off the DEN Reads Campaign. We are hoping that our DEN readers and leaders will share their favorite books as recommendations for others. Several of our readers have really stepped up, and we wanted to share a bit of what the DEN is reading this month! Check out these [...]
Meet EMILY CASABONNE Where do you teach? Hawk Ridge Elementary What do you teach? Computer Lab When did you become a DEN member? Fall 2012 What’s your favorite thing about being a DEN member? My favorite thing about being in the DEN is the feeling of community and support that I [...]
Guest Post from the Discovery Education Account Management Team It’s that time of year again to renew your Discovery Education service. Contact your Discovery Education Renewal Manager today for a quote and renewal agreement. If you don’t know who to contact, call Customer and Technical Support at 1-800-323-9084 and select option 1. They’ll get [...]
Discovery Education has joined forces with Sanford Heath and WebMD to create Fit 4 the Classroom. This site has amazing resources to help your students get moving, exercise healthy eating habits and think about making health conscious decisions throughout their day. My fellow DENvice team member Zulma Whiteford loves the Fit 4 the Classroom resources for her health classes. [...]
The Virginia Leadership Council would like to invite you to attend the 2013 DEN Spring VirtCon with us! For event details and registration information, view the flyer embedded below. Click here to view the flyer in a new window (recommended), and click here to download a flyer to share with others!
Posted for:Jessica Donaldson Where can you find STARs on Stage in April? So glad you asked! We have three sessions in three states with three different DEN STARs, so prepare yourself for a standing ovation. Please support our STARs who are presenting in Florida, South Dakota, and Arkansas next month! 4/6/13 - Florida Association [...]
Saturday, May 18th is DEN Geocaching Day! We’d love every STAR Discovery Educator to get outside for the day and join some colleagues while having fun geocaching and connecting with others. Geocaching is a free real-world outdoor treasure hunt. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then [...]
These are the rankings for the top colleges from around the world that competed in the international Collegiate Programming Contest in 2012. Students from universities from around the world competed for bragging rights and prizes at The 36th Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals sponsored by IBM on May of 2012. The contest pits [...]
Almost 1,000 votes have been cast in DEN March Madness and we’re down to the final four. The tools below represent the top vote getters in this year’s competition. Members of the DEN Community submitted their favorite tools, apps, and sites to use with Discovery Education, voting in round one narrowed our initial list of [...]
We’ve extended the “Call for Proposals” deadline to give more people the opportunity to submit a session proposal for the upcoming DEN Spring VirtCon. If you’re looking to share your knowledge with others and present to educators across the world, this is your chance. Here are a few questions and answers about presenting. What is [...]
Last week, Lisa Parisi hosted our fourth #DENChat centered on the question of Universal Learning Design (UDL). Several participants (myself included) had heard of UDL, but was unfamiliar with how it plays out in the classroom. As a result, the conversation was truly a professional development experience. And that’s a good summation of all our [...]
Everything I know about rolling out a 1:1 iPad initiative (Part 1) I’ll have a series of blog posts about my experience for anyone who wants to embark on the 1:1 journey! I’ll expand on each bullet point below in my next posts and share everything I have created. Stay tuned! We’ve worked for over [...]
PicCollage is an easy to use app for iPads or iPhones that will have your students creating beautiful posters in no time. The great thing about this app is that you can import images from the camera roll, meaning you can save great quality images from Discovery Education and use them in your posters. [...]
The DEN Summer Institute has been scheduled for July 14-19 at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. The application window closes Today at 11:59pm ET! The main portion of this year’s application is a short (unedited) video that tells your DEN story. We want to know about you and why you are part of the DEN. [...]
Happy Mousey Monday from Mousey and the Discovery Education Support team to our Cache and Cookies readers! Winter is gone, so Spring into action and sign up for our free Webinars for our Discovery Education users! Whether you want to get [...]
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is pleased to announce our new additions to our Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC) program!! IVC programs arefree to schools in North Carolina, with the exception of the return postage for select programs. Our new programs are curriculum correlated and target Elementary, Middle, and High School students! Please see [...]
Curriculum standards can be hard for adults to understand let alone students and parents. The Curriculum Corner has an excellent solution. They have created posters for grades K-5 that explain the standards in student friendly language. Each poster is presented as a checklist so students can use it to see how they are doing and [...]
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