Global Education Conference The free, all-online 2010 Global Education Conference takes place this coming week, November 15 – 19, 2010! We currently have 397 sessions from 62 countries scheduled, as well as 63 keynote speakers–an amazing lineup. Please take a look at all that is taking place: http://www.GlobalEducationConference.com. The conference is a collaborative and world-wide [...]
Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit beautiful Charlottesville, VA for the first time since moving to Virginia five years ago. While there I got to visit Thomas Jefferson’s gorgeous home Monticello. Being at Monticello inspired me to come up with a new type of blog post. Once a month I will share resources [...]
Virginia and Maryland are super excited to invite you to the Fall Virtual Conference on Saturday, October 23rd. The day will feature special presentations from Gail Lovely and Hall Davidson along with featured STAR Discovery Educators sharing their projects from the DEN Summer Institute (DENSI10). A host of other great sessions from your DEN team [...]
Don’t forget today is Streamathon 2010. Check out the schedule below and register here: http://links.discoveryeducation.com/streamathon2010 The 5th annual Discovery Education Streamathon is September 14, 2010. We’ve got a full day of information-packed sessions on how to integrate DE streaming and the newest online technologies used by today’s media-savvy students into classroom instruction. Here’s the schedule. [...]
All of us at the VA DEN are very excited to begin a new school year. The DEN has some very exciting events coming so please keep your eye on the blog. We have a new leadership council and we will be introducing ourselves over the next few weeks. With students just coming back from [...]
Don’t forget!! In order to maintain your STAR status, you must report at least two of your events for the 2009-2010 school year by August 31, 2010. We don’t want anybody to lose their STAR status, so be sure you take the time to let us know about all the times you’ve shared the power [...]
Please enjoy the posts below from the National Blog and the Tennessee blog about the great unconference we participated in yesterday at the DEN LC Symposium. We all have heard of a very merry “unbirthday”, but have you heard of an unconference? Today, the LC members were tasked with coming up with the burning questions [...]
LC Chair Katie Knapp and I have been enjoying the DEN Leadership Council Symposium at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Sunday evening started with meeting old friends and making some new ones. There are several new leadership councils so for many LC members it is their first experience. Monday started with a fabulous session [...]
Keep Your STAR Status for 2010-2011: New Ways to Demonstrate Activity As the new school year approaches, now is the time to make sure your STAR status is intact. We’ve added a couple other options to help you demonstrate how you actively contribute to the community. There are lots of ways to stay active: Report [...]
Why not send those end of the year and summer party invitations in style. We are all familiar with Evite, but below are a few other options guaranteed to make your party planning go smoothly. http://www.doodle.com/main.html Doodle is a great online date decider. It eliminates all of those back and forth emails when you are [...]
It’s been awhile but it’s time to bring back Web 2.0 Wednesdays. Most of you are in the middle of SOL testing so I wanted to provide a resource that can be of use after testing is done. Bookemon is a place where you can design and create books for free. Books can be shared [...]
Just a quick reminder…don’t forget to check out the DEN National Blog every day this week to claim yourTeacher Appreciation gift each day. Can’t wait to see what the week will bring! Start off your Monday with a free 12-month Educator Pro subscription to Prezi, a slideless presentation tool that is based on a digital canvas, where you can create [...]
For those who have never attended a national DEN event…ya gotta do it! Some of my fondest memories with my DEN buds are from events and happenings at national events. This year’s summer institute will be held just outside of Boston, Massachusetts at Bentley University in Waltham. The dates are July 18 (6PM) – July [...]
REMEMBRANCE IN HONOR OF VIRGINIA TECH VICTIMS Virginia Tech Day of Rememberance
From the National Blog: This morning, I tweeted that I could not be in a better mood… then I got a fabulous email that said that Dr. Temple Grandin will be doing our April 13 EdTechConnect (7pmEDT). After I stopped squealing with joy and checking my calendar to make sure I wasn’t on a plane [...]
Virginia STAR and LC member, Doug Knapp, left for a 12-day mission trip to Ethiopia on Monday. Doug is the assistant principal at Linkhorn Park Elementary School in Virginia Beach…and my husband ; ) He has an “after Spring Break” opportunity for our students that he wanted to share with you. Doug has created a [...]
DEN Spring Training 2010 is Here! Welcome to DEN Spring Training 2010! From now until May 21st STAR Discovery Educators have the opportunity to show how active they are in the DEN. Below are twenty challenges that test whether you are still working your way up from the Grapefruit League or if you are ready [...]
Please take a moment to help out fellow DEN Star and SL Leadership Council Chair Fred Delventhal a.k.a. Riptide Furse. His school is one of the finalists in the Library Makeover Contest from Acer. We at the DEN are always willing to help out our DEN colleagues. They would really appreciate it if you would [...]
This morning the DEN groundhog made his appearance to provide us with the top 5 Ways to use streaming and to let us know if this winter weather will ever end. Check out he video below to see what he (or she) has to say. Watch live streaming video from discoveryecducation at livestream.com
Virginia Congratulates the first class or DEN Gurus! I’m sure they will bring some new ideas on how Discovery Products can be used to support teaching and learning. Traci Blazosky Creative Construction with Multimedia Clarion Area School District, PA Tim Childers Project Based Learning Bradley County Schools, TN Patricia Duncan Science Wallenpaupack School District, PA [...]
Happy new year and I hope this post finds you all well rested from the holiday season. As we return to our work, it is important to remember that it’s budget time both locally and statewide. Like many of our districts, the state of VA is also dealing with a budget shortfall. Once again state [...]
The VA DEN wishes you a wonderful and safe holiday season. Have a happy new year and we will see you in 2010.
Saturday, January 9, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ET Drop by for an hour or stay for the whole day! It’s virtual and it’s FREE! More information about the virtual event can be found at: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/scienceinaction/denscicon. About DEN SCIcon DEN SCIcon 2010 is an online conference (with a twist) focused on providing participants with [...]
On Wednesday, December 16th, 7pm EST, we have a real treat for all of you! Esteemed educator and featured speaker Gail Lovely will be our EdTechConnect presenter for the month of December! She will be sharing a presentation titled Tools for Engagement and Collaboration in the Elementary Grades. In this session we will explore online [...]
Yesterday morning President Obama issued a call to action to increase science literacy among students nationwide. Discovery Education is leading the new “Be the Future” initiative by introducing STEM Connect and delivering this resource to ALL Discovery Education streaming subscribers at no additional charge. You can watch President Obama’s address here. After the President’s [...]
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