Posts By Karen Ogen

  1. SC DEN News and Smore.com

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    The SC DEN has been using Smore.com to create a monthly newsletter for our state STARS. If you haven’t seen our newsletter, check out this month’s issue: SC DEN NEWS: Summer 2013. We have found Smore to be the perfect platform for our newsletter for several reasons: -It is FREE -We can collaborate on the [...]

  2. Geocaching and QR Code Day: Downtown Columbia, SC

    Saturday, 5/18 10AM-12:30PM Main Street,  Columbia, SC 29201 Your hosts: Suzanne Brooks and Karen Ogen Educators (K-12) bring your family for our Discovery Education Geocaching and QR Code Day.  This year we are mixing it up a little and combining our annual Geocaching Day with QR codes.  If you don’t know anything about either one [...]

  3. How To Use DE Media for Awesome Projects: Popplet

    One of my favorite applications to use DE images with is Popplet (www.popplet.com or also available as an App on the iPad).  Once you download your images from Discovery Education, they can easily be imported into Popplet to create an awesome, visual organizer that displays your students’ knowledge about the subject they are learning. Here is a [...]

  4. Polar Bears International Thermostat Challenge!

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    Celebrate International Polar Bear Day (2/27) and Join The Thermostat Challenge! What is it? A challenge to adjust your thermostats a few degrees to save energy and lower carbon emissions to help save polar bears.  It is also, encouraging participants to make every day a polar bear day by purchasing and installing a programmable thermostat [...]

  5. New DEN STARS: Join the Rising STAR Program

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    Are you a new DEN STAR?  Consider joining the Rising STAR program. This optional, newly revamped 1 month program is designed for all new STARs to welcome them into the DEN and connect with this amazing community. Over the years the DEN has flourished into a wealth of information and resources and we want to ensure all [...]

  6. Thanks to DE for Supporting Our Eco-Challenge!

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    From mid-November to mid-December I ran an eco-challenge with three of my elementary schools.  I challenged my teachers and students to reduce their use of electricity, paper, and plastic in the classroom and at home.  For a month, they kept track of their daily habits on a spreadsheet and tallied their points for turning off classroom [...]

  7. Poster My Wall

    I am LOVING PosterMyWall!  I have to thank my colleague Jennifer Morrison for sharing this great resource on our Discovery Education Edmodo site because it is a real find. PosterMyWall is an online site that will allow you or your students to instantly and FREELY create wonderful quality posters.  You can use the pre-loaded backgrounds [...]

  8. Join Me Virtually On My Adventure to the Polar Bear Leadership Camp

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    In just six weeks I will leaving on an amazing adventure to learn about polar bears in their natural habitat.  Thanks to Discovery Education and Polar Bears International, Tammy Einarson and I were the recipients of this wonderful trip.  We will be spending a week with zookeepers and other educators on a tundra buggy outside of Churchill, Canada [...]

  9. iPad Apps iLike

    I was lucky enough to spend a week with a group of wonderful educators at the Discovery Education Summer Institute.  Some of these apps I learned about from the conference and some I have used before, but most importantly, ALL of these apps can be used in your classroom- no matter what subject or grade level [...]

  10. 3 DEN Activities + 12 DEN STAR Presenters + Dr Lodge= UnDENiably the BEST DEN Event This Year in SC!

    What event could this be?  None other than the Upstate Technology Conference (UTC) in Greenville, SC from 6/12-6/14: http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/utc 3 DEN Activities: 1. Dining with the STARS: You are cordially invited to dine among the STARs. The South Carolina DEN will host a dinner for STARs during the UTC conference in Greenville, SC. STARs let’s [...]

  11. Newsmap: A Visual of Today’s News

    Newsmap is a site that provides a visual representation of the news as aggregated  from Google News.  What I like about Newsmap is the how color is used to differentiate between types of new stories.  For example, the blue headlines are all sports related while the gradients of those colors also show you how recent the [...]

  12. Sharks, Stingrays, and Social Learning? Join Us at the Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, SC

    We have a whole day of learning, networking, and fun planned just for you!  Our FREE Myrtle Beach event will be a fantastic opportunity to network with local educators and learn alongside the DEN and Classroom 2.0 communities.  Oh yea, and did we mention it’s at Ripley’s Aquarium?  Your day with us includes aquarium admission, virtual [...]

  13. StoryFest SC: Meet Authors Denise Fleming and Marc Brown

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    Join South Carolina educators and families to kick off Summer Reading programs across the state with award winning authors Denise Fleming and Marc Brown.  Storytelling provided by South Carolina’s librarians and storytellers. When: Saturday, June 2, 2012 9:00 am-4:00 pm Where: SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 What: A day filled with family friendly events [...]

  14. Hundreds of Activities for Your Smartboard

    Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for teaching and learning. This site is my own personal compilation of the best (and advertisement free) online activities for math, ELA, science, social studies, brainteasers, art, music, holidays, world language, and typing (some are still [...]

  15. A Great Collection of EdTech Pins

    I know so many educators that are becoming addicted to Pinterest.  Pinterest is a great resource for classroom ideas and a fun way to store and share your favorite sites, links, ideas, products, and images. If you are educator that is using technology in your classroom, you need to take a look at the pinboards [...]

  16. SC Teachers: Free Environmental Education Opportunity Through the SC Dept of Forestry

    COURSE DESCRIPTION:  Spend seven days touring and learning about and the forests of South Carolina, examining sustainable forestry practices and the forest industry. This outdoor environmental education course is designed to provide an unbiased look into the impact forests have on our state’s environment, economy, and quality of life. Key topics include forest management; emphasizing [...]

  17. MashUp: ToonDoo and Discovery Education

    Are you looking for a fun way to integrate technology with a research project?   Try using ToonDoo.com with DiscoveryEducation.com resources to create factual comic strips! Start by using DiscoveryEducation.com with your students so they can learn about their topics.  Discovery has a variety of content for your students to explore (videos, articles, handouts, interactives, audio, songs, [...]