If you haven’t participated in the KOCE-TV, PBS “Film on The Fly” challenge, you absolutely should. My son and I had a blast. Not sure the video hit the mark, as for showing circumference, ran longer than the 120 second limit and I didn’t use a cell phone (don’t have one that shoots video). However, [...]
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I had the privilege of moderating the DEN Book Club webinar last night. I only wish I could have joined the earlier discussions. What an amazing experience!! Last night, happened to be my first ever book club meeting, so maybe all book clubs are as inspiring. I don’t know, but my I’m willing to bet [...]
Quick post with more to follow. Steve Dembo, Mike Bryant and a ton of STAR Discovery Educators have and are currently presenting at the ICE Conference here in St. Charles, IL. The Second Life and Illinois DEN Leadership Councils joined us for a wonderful dinner on Wednesday at McNally’s in downtown St. Charles (Pictures to [...]
Discovery Education streaming has over 5,000 videos with Editable rights. This means you can download and then edit the contents of the video, from audio to the actual video itself. What if your computer doesn’t have video editing software? What can you do? Welcome to JayCut, an on-line video editing application. No need to [...]
METC 2009 was a winter wonderland. Snow happens in the Midwest and it hit on both days of the conference. Despite the weather the conference went great. Enjoyed dinner at Lewis & Clark’s with a wonderful group of educators. All braved the snowy conditions to join us. We even had to push our rental car [...]
Just like some aging celebrities, CNN got a botox like injection of youth from the ever growing facebook yesterday. ”This is CNN”. Isn’t the same without hearing James Earl Jones’ booming voice resonating the real message, “This is THE NEWS.” For many, including me, CNN has been just that, THE NEWS. It’s the channel to [...]
Can’t wait to see everyone at the Midwest Educational Technology Conference in St. Charles this year. Discovery has a corporate room this year, with presentations running both days in the Junior C room. If you’re a STAR Discovery Educator and interested in presenting during our “Pulling it all Together” or “A Walk with the STARs” [...]
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Winter’s back in town…. somma1977. 2006. Flickr. 7 November 2008 <http://www.flickr.com> Opening If you live anywhere north of Florida, then the answer is yes, it’s cold outside. As a southern native living just outside of Chicago, yes cold hit today. Gray skies, cool crisp wind and threat of snow this weekend, all part of the [...]
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STAR Discovery Educator quick media access(must be logged into DE) Song Stats.001.jpg & I_See_an_Elephant_in_the_Sky.mp3 Interest in this came right from my PLN via Plurk, Twitter and the blogs. I saw a quick post that linked me to an unusual flickr group, not that an unusual flickr group is that hard to find, but this is [...]
“I <3 Discovery” September is jam packed full of events that can provide you with invaluable tools for your class. Virtual to in-person, I guarantee there’s an event just for you. Live in the Midwest? Then, you must come to our Midwest Regional Conference. Space is limited and we’re almost at capacity, so register below [...]
Students are always thinking, lets focus and tap into those thoughts. With Olympics over and schools all over back in session, it’s a perfect time to reflect on all the things that have happened over the summer. Using video and images from DE streaming combined with Voicethread‘s ability to create a digital story, your students [...]
Ever try to sync audio with a power-point presentation? It can be frustrating, wait is frustrating. 1.5 seconds on slide 1, then 5.8 seconds on slide 2, 2.4 seconds of slide 3 and so on. There’s an easier way. MyPlick. Check out the below video to see how easy it is to take one the [...]
THE SIEMENS FOUNDATION, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS AND NSTA ANNOUNCE MAJOR PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH FIRST EVER K-12 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION INITIATIVE, SIEMENS WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD CHALLENGE (NEW YORK) – The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Communications and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire student achievement in sustainability through a comprehensive education initiative, the [...]
Having a blast at the Discovery Educator Network LC Institute. Quick post today to get my keynote up and out to the group. The images, movie and sound do not work, but you’re more than likely looking for the embed codes anyway. View the slideshare below or click on the link, DEN Leadership Council Institute [...]
Think VH1′s “Pop-up Video”. I’ve come across two sites recently that allow you to upload, then annotate you’re own video. I’m sure by week end there’ll be 50 – 60 more, that’ll offer a similar service, but will stick with these two for now. YouTube: I know you shuddered, hear me out. Graspr: Relatively new [...]
Look above. No! Really! It is an amazing tool. We often get caught up in the latest and greatest: hey did you checkout Reproba? Reproba can grade essay questions for you. We tend to forget why we’re using some of these tools or we get lost in a sea of apps and web2.0 sites. I’m [...]
Discovery Education streaming had several new features added last Friday. If you haven’t logged in during the summer break, log in now and take a look around. A few of the highlights are below. Updated our state standards search, adding assessment frameworks, learning standards, performance descriptors and early learning standards. All of our content has [...]
This week I’m in Orlando, FL on vacation. So why am I writing a work blog? Simply found a very cool site that I had to share. Web2.0 Web2.0 Web2.0 It’s what everyone’s been talking about for several years now, but how do I find web2.0 site? This site, Go2Web20, has a ton of web2.0 [...]
Discovery Education and the DuPage Regional Office of Education are pleased to announce a “Day of Discovery” professional development event open to all educators in DuPage County. Please join us for an engaging, technology-infused, professional development day focused on creative ways to use digital media in the classroom. Learn techniques to inspire your students and [...]
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