What has 21 sessions, 32 face to face events, and more than 700 people signed up to attend?? Ok, perhaps the title of the blog post gave it away a little, but yes… it’s the DEN Spring VirtCon! In just a few short weeks, we’ll be hosting our 11th Virtual Conference, which promises to be [...]
Linda Bonvillain with her Digital Native costume! Congrats Linda, we’re going to be sending you an shiny new Nexus 7! I want to thank everybody who dressed up for the day. It’s always a treat to see everybody’s DENthusiasm proudly on display. And don’t forget, you still have another chance to win a Nexus 7 [...]
Every year our Fall Virtual Conference has a Tech or Treat theme. While dressing up isn’t required, it’s always encouraged. In fact, there are some members of our team that it’s hard to get them to STOP dressing in costume (*cough* Lance *cough* Matt *cough*). This year was no exception, we had some incredible costumes [...]
Many of use were inspired with the story of Caine’s Arcade blasted into the mainstream. The original video nearly moved me to tears and definitely got me thinking about the role of play in learning. If you haven’t watched the original, stop reading this and go watch it! To celebrate the one year anniversary of [...]
We’re almost one month out from the Fall VirtCon LIVE and things are really ramping up now! We now have more than 20 F2F events for you to attend in person, or as always you can attend from the privacy of your own home. There are just three days until we close the Call for [...]
This week we had a fantastic conversation with our DEN Gurus via Google Hangout! Since it was a part of Open House week, we spent some time sharing how each of them got started with the DEN and what they remembered about their experiences were with the community. Since we have just wrapped up Connected [...]
Posted on behalf of Cindy Dunagan Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” I choose to post for Open House Week because it was exactly one year ago that I attended my first DEN event and what an excellent adventure this last year has been. On September 10, [...]
In an exciting partnership with Discovery Education, The Adobe Foundation’s Adobe Youth Voices Essentials Curriculum is helping educators unlock students’ creative potential by weaving digital media-making into their everyday teaching practices. The result? Oneisha Freeman, an afterschool program coordinator in Atlanta, Georgia, experienced first-hand the effects of using media to engage young people. With the Essentials [...]
If you teach storytelling, be it traditional or digital, you’ll definitely want to visit the fantastic resources we have available at HubForTeachers.com! But that’s not what I want to talk to you about today. I want to talk to you about getting your students writing, and about you winning some fantastic prizes from Discovery Education [...]
Who are those smiling faces being featured in THE Journal this month? None other than our very own DEN Guru class of 2010! In case you missed the announcement, our five gurus are: Traci Blazosky – Guru of Creative Construction with Multimedia Tim Childers – Guru of Project-based learning Patti Duncan – Guru of Science [...]
Become a Facebook Fan of DSA on Facebook and you could win a FREE trip! Teachers (grades K-12) and parents of students ages 10-18 are eligible to win a Discovery Student Adventure “Ultimate Summer Field Trip” to Italy and Greece just by becoming a Fan on Facebook ! Go to their Facebook page, join the [...]
Are you looking to bolster STEM learning in the classroom? Do you want access to top STEM scientists, thought-leaders and innovators? Then you’ll most definitely want to apply attend the Siemens STEM Institute! The Siemens STEM Institute is a one-of-a-kind immersion program that promotes hands-on, real-world integration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in the [...]
Today is Groundhog Day! While I know many of you may be lax in celebrating the historic day, this year will be different. This morning we’ll be doing Groundhog Day “DEN Style”. Right here on this blog, we’ll do a live broadcast with our very own DEN groundhog! And no, I’m not joking.Will he see [...]
We are going to begin featuring a different leadership council every week and we’re kicking it off with our newest LC, Connecticut! The LC team is chaired by Joe Fromme, an education technology specialist for the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) in Hartford, CT. He recently attended the Discovery Education Network National Science Institute, where [...]
On Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm EST, we’re thrilled to feature Gary Stager as our EdTechConnect speaker! There are few speakers that are more passionate, dedicated and devoted to bringing about change in education. If you’ve never had a chance to see him present before, you won’t want to miss this opportunity. If you HAVE [...]
Over 1600 educators attended the DEN Virtual Conference last Saturday and I think about 1300 of them emailed me to ask when the archives will be available! Well, thanks for waiting patiently, and now your patience is being rewarded! The entire Virtual Conference, all seven hours of it, has now been posted online! If you [...]
Tech and Learning Magazine released their annual Awards of Excellence this week and guess who made the list? Discovery Education Science for Elementary! Every year, T&L has a panel of 30 educators review nearly one hundred different sites and tools. We’re absolutely honored to have DE Science for Elementary earn an Award of Excellence in [...]
Unexpectedly, we had some highly creative submissions of people dressed as members of the DEN team! So, we’ve set aside one HD Flip Cam for the person who gets the most votes in the Best DEN Impersonation category. Cast your vote, polls close on Friday! Who had the best DEN costume?(surveys) #1 Judy Uhrig as [...]
The competition was fierce. We had some incredible costumes submitted as part of our first ever Tech or Treat costume contest. In fact they were so good that we just can’t make a decision ourselves! So we’ve decided to split the contest into two parts. The first part is best costume of a Discovery personality. [...]
Discovery Education and 3M today awarded Marina Dimitrov of Bozeman, Mont., with the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” as winner of the 2009 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Dimitrov was one of 10 finalists who competed today in a series of live science challenges at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. A student [...]
A little birdy told us that it just happens to be Hall’s birthday today. It wouldn’t be polite for me to say how old he is, but let’s just say it falls somewhere in between 59 and 61! Please join me in wishing him a very happy birthday… and let’s have a little fun while [...]
After four years of the DEN we know two things about conference season. 1) People love sessions about Discovery content. 2) Our STARs are always shining. So, we want to recognize the awesome presentations our STAR Discovery Educators lead at conferences around the globe. If you are accepted to present at a conference we want [...]
Do you follow Discovery Education on Twitter? What about the Young Scientist Challenge? Or the New Teacher Survival Center? Or perhaps your leadership council? Or the members of the DEN team? Just in case you’re new to Twitter or may have missed some, here’s a quick overview of where you can find Discovery Education represented [...]
If you’re a Texas DEN member, you won’t want to miss our very first Fotowalk. It’s happening on Saturday and looks to be quite an exciting event! This Saturday, September 12th, four cities will be hosting a photo walk for DEN teachers. Our photo walk will start at 9am at one location in each city [...]
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