School’s out for summer and it’s time to prepare for next year! Check out some of these web 2.0 planning and collaboration tools and make next year’s lesson planning and administrative tasks a breeze! Zoho: Check out the great, FREE, collaboration tools at http://www.zoho.com. Zoho has a host of free tools to make collaborating with [...]
On Monday, May 16,2011, in a 4-3 ruling the Georgia Supreme Court overturned the Georgia Charter Schools Commission Act. This controversial act allowed the commission to create and fund charter schools over the objections of local school boards. The local school boards are given exclusive control of K-12 education and schools by the state constitution. [...]
Congratulations to all of the winners at the DENY Awards! The Georgia DEN Leadership Council won awards in the categories of Leadership and Blogging. Congratulations to Patti Morton, the GA DEN Leadership Council Chair on her leadership award! The DEN finger also goes up to the other Leadership Award winners Vickie Lamb (MO), Mike Gorman [...]
The History Trail GeoChallenge kicks off May 14! Georgia’s new geocaching game highlights 14 state historic sites and challenges kids and families to learn more about Georgia history. To learn more about this event visit: http://www.muscogeemoms.com/2011/04/27/history-trail-geochallenge-kicks-off-may-14/ More information on geocaching can be found at these sites: http://www.geocaching.com/ http://www.geocaching.com/guide/default.aspx http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/03/16/geocaching-day-2011-2/ http://www.educaching.com/
Thanks to everyone who joined the GA DEN at the Tellus Museum for the Spring Virtual Conference! Everyone had a great time and learned a lot. There were hands-on activities to complement the virtual sessions. For those who were unable to attend, follow this link to the archive of some great sessions! http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/tag/spring-virt-con-11/
Register for this in person event in Georgia here: https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/m6x2p5/ *Virtual Sessions (All times are eastern) 9 AM Time, Differentiation and Online Publishing: Dr. Lodge McCammon Dr. Lodge will discuss practical strategies that can be implemented to increase valuable classroom time while meeting the needs of diverse learners. He will show samples of how low-barrier [...]
Visit the exciting and interactive Tellus Museum! The Tellus Museum has much to offer visitors of all ages. Children will love the child friendly and interactive museum where they can create their own earthquakes, view glow in the dark gems and stones, dig for fossils, and pan for gems and stones. Students can view dinosaur [...]
The Georgia Council for History Education is the state affiliate of the National Council for History Education (NCHE). The NCHE Conference is being held March 31st – April 2nd in Charleston, SC. The theme for this year is The Causes and Consequences of Civil Wars. If you love teaching history and want to promote the [...]
Tech4Learning has great creative tools for 21st century learners! Enable your students to create interactive presentations, PDF and Flash® files, and web sites with Share. Share lets students combine text, graphics, original illustrations, animations, movies, and interactivity to demonstrate understanding and mastery. Engage your students with Pixie, award winning, educational software elementary students can use to [...]
The Georgia Discovery Educator Network is on Facebook! Visit this link to connect with us https://www.facebook.com/pages/GA-DEN/194916117203818?ref=ts
March 7 -11 is Exceptional Children’s Week. The theme for this year is celebrating diversity. This is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of exceptional children. How is your school celebrating Exceptional Children’s Week? Please post stories, events, and news to celebrate the accomplishments of Georgia’s exceptional children.
The NASA ERC – Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA will host the NASA SciFiles Educator Workshop Series on March 19, 2011 from 9 am - 4 pm. The NASA SCIFiles implement problem-based learning and promote real-world problem solving. Educators in attendance will receive a $50.00 stipend. For more information about this professional development opportunity, please see [...]
The 22nd National Youth-at-Risk Conference will be held from March 6-9th in Savannah, GA. Educators, organizations, and individuals working with at-risk youth will gather to discuss promising programs and resources to empower youth to overcome poverty, violence, and failure. Visit their website for conference information: http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/nationalyouthatrisk.html
The 2011 summer workshops on Sapelo will take place from June 13-17 for Sea Turtle Conservation and June 21- 24 for Coastal Ecology. You’ll find registration information below. If you have any questions please contact me. Hope you can join us on Sapelo! Georgia Graves Teacher Training Coordinator Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Sapelo [...]
Come learn about some of Georgia’s amazing aquatic habitats through interactive lessons from Georgia Native Waters and Project WET. The workshop will include a combination of hands-on activities from the two curricula, exhibit tours, and group discussion to promote awareness, conservation, and appreciation of Georgia’s natural habitats. Location: Georgia Aquarium 225 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA [...]
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Thanks to everyone who came out to the GA DEN SCICon event in Albany on Saturday! Special kudos to Melissa and Clarence from the Flint RiverQuarium! They did a great job of showcasing the wonderful activities that they provide for school groups visiting the Flint RiverQuarium. If you [...]
The ETC at Kennesaw State University is very pleased to be participating with an enthusiastic group of teacher volunteers to host TeachMeet Georgia at the KSU Center on January 21-22, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Just in case you are not familiar with TeachMeet events, they are free professional learning opportunities [...]
Engage digital natives and create a blended learning environment in your classroom by offering online classes! Create a virtual classroom with whiteboard features to teach live classes, give online quizzes, or archive classes for future reference. Teach content and online learning skills to your students today, with the WiZiQ virtual classroom!
There are still spaces available! Register now to join the Georgia DEN for SCICon 2011! Connect with educators from all over the country, and learn about the Georgia DEN during this FREE and unique professional development experience where you can learn about the educational programming offered by the Flint RiverQuarium, participate in engaging hands-on science [...]
Chehaw Creekside Center will host an open house for teachers on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 from 3:30 – 6:30. Stop by to find out about local field trip opportunities. For more information contact Jackie Entz: jentz@chehaw.org 229-435-5275 Chehaw Park Authority 105 Chehaw Park Road Albany, GA 31701
Create beautiful, colorful yearbooks for your class, or publish student work with Bookemon!
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Quest Atlantis is an engaging, interactive learning experience designed for children ages 9-14. Students learn about many different aspects of core content in the areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies. In addition, students learn to collaborate on projects, use cyber social skills, and interact with other students around the world! Quest Atlantis [...]
Create interactive online courses for FREE with the Udutu course authoring tool! Courses are SCORM compliant, and can be shared and hosted with the MyUdutu Facebook application, a url link created when the course is published, a Udutu Guru account, or exported to Moodle, Blackboard, and other Learning Management System (LMS) platforms. The following are [...]
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