Very cool! Steve Dembo joined us this morning to talk a little about the BIG subject of Web 2.0 tools. (That’s Steve and I to the left.) His presentation was two fold; 1. Discovery and Second Life and 2. the Top 10 Free Sites to use. I have a log in for Second Life (SL) [...]
Last night was a great night. After working on our movie projects ALL day we were treated to something special. We were taken to the Discovery Communications HD theatre to "watch our movies" in high def. BUT the treat was a visit from the Executive Producer of Perfect Predator, John Grassie. He came by to [...]
Its officially brain dead time! Today, Joe Brennen, a STAR Educator and latest member of the National Discovery Education family, presented techniques and ideas for creating movies in the classroom. We learned about camera techniques, editing tricks and tips, as well as ideas to use film making in the classroom. Some of the examples came [...]
Wow! What a day… I left Columbia this morning and headed to Washington, D.C. (Silver Spring, MD), arrived at the hotel at 2:25 checked in to my room and headed off to the National Institute Kick Off. What a great start to the week! Scott, Lance, and Jannita welcomed the room of 50 educators to [...]
Are you headed to any conferences or institutes? Find some new technology? Blog about it! The SC blog is looking for some guest bloggers. If you would be interested in writing about your travels to NECC, the National Institute, or any other great event your are attending please email me what you would like to [...]
I don’t know if you know but one of the lucky STAR members chosen to go to the National Institute on Monday… How exciting! I am really looking forward to it. I know the days will be long and we will be working hard BUT I am so ready to meet knew people and share [...]
So school is just about out across the state of South Carolina… what are you doing this summer? Going to NECC? Heading to the beach? Working on your next degree? Take a moment and let us know how you are spending your summer in the comments section! Me, I am working through the summer… no [...]
Hey, are you heading to the SceTV workshops July 31- Aug 2 in Columbia? Your SC Leadership Council is trying to schedule a dinner event for all of us to gather and kick off the new school year. (OK, I know the school year is just ending for some of you!) Let us know if [...]
As school ends… here is a very relaxing way to begin the summer. Please feed the fish. Thanks to the GeekyMomma blog. Just move your mouse around and click to drop food for them to eat.
Matt Monjan has informed us that they have some surplus in the warehouse of some training materials…. these are not included in the training kits and would be great to order for any events coming up in the next 6 months…. great for back to school trainings….they come in packs of ten (10). here’s a [...]
Have you heard about ning.com? When I received the S.O.S. from Kathy Schrock I didn’t believe this could be true. A social network that you can set up privately so you can use it in your classroom. This is a great social networking site where the social network can be private to only those invited. [...]
SCeTV needs a few volunteers for the Summer Workshops. Are you attending July 31-August 2? If you are interested in helping out please contact Debbie Jarrett djarrett@scetv.org. They need help with the following: 7:30-8:30 each day to help pass out name tags, bags, etc.; setting up snacks and making coffee (very important job!). Monday (July [...]
So have you signed up for your PLUS with being a STAR DE? If you don’t know what I am talking about check out the National blog post and sign up today…. Oh! the wonders never cease! Don’t let this opportunity slip by! Also check the April 20 Weekly update.
Here is some great information from SCeTV! Join us we will be planning a DEN event as well… ETV is happy to announce that registration for our first Summer Technology Workshop (July 31-August 2) will open on Wednesday, May 2. Over the three days, ETV will offer 66 sessions covering many topics related to technology [...]
Discovery Education would love it if you can log on to the DEN national blog and take a poll letting them know if you will be attending NECC and if you’re interested in attending a DENevent…here’s the linkhttp://blog.discoveryeducation.comdiscovery_educator_networ/2007/04/going_to_necc.html
The South Carolina DEN Leadership Council is looking for input from our members! We would like to hear from you regarding blog topics, event suggestions, training schedules, technology integration, and more! Here are three ways you can get to us: First, you can email the Leadership Council at SC.DEN.Leaders@gmail.com. This email is checked regularly by [...]
Report your events from this school year (starting September 1, 2006) by visiting the DEN Events Reporting Site. What is an event? Download what_is_an_event.pdf Need some new equipment? Order a training kit by visiting the DEN Training Kits Site. STARs who have a good Spring Training and report at least three events by June 1 [...]
Have you signed up for TeacherTube? If you haven’t been there go! This site was launched March 6, 2007. Teachertube is a place to post educational videos you or your class create. Registration is FREE! TeacherTube is committed to stay educationally focused all videos uploaded are asked to address a specific learning objective and/or provide [...]
Unitedstreaming-ETV streamline videos have become an important resource in my classroom. Many topics are covered in short, easy to understand content for all subject areas, many with blackline masters to go along with the content. Content can be searched by grade, by subject, or by standard. The best part, in my opinion, is that once [...]
Blogs are becoming increasingly popular in education, and teachers are eager to begin using blogs with their students. Blogs are a wonderful instructional tool because they allow students to publish their writing. Students can post research notes, keep online journals, publish creative writing, and collaborate with other students on class projects. Many school districts block [...]
If you are ever doing training or would like to add a Discovery logo to an image from our library on unitedstreaming feel free to access the Discovery Logo Library. The username is logos and the password is logos. At the site you will find all of the DEN logos as well as the Discovery [...]
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