Monday, June 3rd, 7PM ET – Register here! Join Kathy Schrock and faculty members of the Discovery Education/Wilkes University Instructional Media team as they share some of the best Summer Learnin’ opportunities for you to take advantage of! From MOOC’s to EdCamps, classes and conferences, you’ll discover exciting ways to keep the heat on throughout [...]
We know that learning doesn’t stop when the class bell rings. After-school hours and summer months provide rich opportunities to keep students engaged, excited, and inspired. We also know that too often, unequal access to summer and after-school learning opportunities contribute to disparities in student achievement. As part of our commitment to effective STEM education [...]
Twice a year we host a virtual conference. And each time, when the event is over, I walk away shaking my head in admiration. I admire the presenters, who take the time to put together these phenomenal presentations. They learn a new platform, put themselves out there in front of hundreds of educators, and spend [...]
First we revolutionized the curriculum world with our Science Techbook. Then we took what we learned and applied it to Social Studies. So what’s next?? MATH. The formal announcement was just posted: The innovative line of Techbooks are revolutionizing education by removing barriers to learning and utilizing new technology to adapt lesson plans to student’s [...]
We’re excited about celebrating International Polar Bear Day and hope that you are too! SO… we thought we’d have a little fun with it. We’ve got a stack of Polar Bear posters and we’d love to send one to your classroom or office. In order to get one, all you need to do is share some [...]
Blast off! Our friends at Connect a Million Minds are hosting an out-of-this-world sweepstakes that could have you and your family visiting a historic NASA space shuttle. To enter: 1) Go to http://www.connectamillionminds.com/3-2-1-pledge now through February 28th at 12PM ET 2) Take the Connect a Million Minds pledge to connect young people to the wonders of STEM [...]
Thursday, March 14th at 7pm ET REGISTER Join Kathy Schrock and project based learning experts Ginger Lewman and Cynthia Treichler as they discuss authentic learning models and talk about successful practices that can be used to support whichever pedagogical model you would like to implement! What types of project based learning is there and [...]
Let me count the ways…. One: I love the company. And I’m not just saying that because I work for them. Day after month after year, this company has demonstrated that they’re in the education space for the RIGHT reasons. When we have meetings about new products and ideas, it’s never a conversation about “How [...]
We are thrilled to announce the newly launched and much improved DEN podcast, officially known as The DEN Zone! The DEN and the BAM Radio Network have teamed up to produce a new podcast series hosted by DEN Guru, David Fisher. Every other week, David will bring the voices of the DE community straight to [...]
You a fan of the DEN blogs? Think we’re the #1 education community blog out there? We do too! Which is why we’re thrilled to be ranked on the Teach100 list, a daily ranking of education blogs. There are a slew of great blogs on there, including some good friends of the DEN. But there’s [...]
Discovery Education has just delivered our 500 millionth digital learning resource, a milestone that highlights our commitment to transforming teaching and learning in classrooms across the world! Congratulations Sabrina Blankenship, a 3rd grade teacher from Wakefield Elementary School in Sherman ISD, Texas for viewing our 500 millionth digital learning resource! Sabrina has won 1 free [...]
When it comes to educational hardware decisions, there are a lot of choices out there. From document cameras and interactive whiteboards to laptops and mobile devices, sometimes it’s hard to tell where to look. Of course, couple this with the myriad of operating systems and software applications and the picture can get even fuzzier. Sometimes [...]
Calling all New Jersey educators! Discovery Education and Plymouth Rock Assurance – Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ are excited to announce the launch of the Professional Growth Academy Webinar Series: a free monthly program exclusively for New Jersey educators! The Professional Growth Academy will be led by Discovery Education and will give you tools to [...]
Everyone loves the Fall Virtual Conference. In year’s past, we’ve had up to 1600 educators attend, both online and in-person. So how can we possibly step it up for our 10th VirtCon?? That’s easy! We make it bigger, we make it better, and we make it LIVE-er! It’s my pleasure to announce: October 20th, [...]
Last week, CEO of Discovery Education Bill Goodwyn participated in a panel discussion at the Republican Governors’ Association titled, “Enhancing Workforce Development.” If you were following us on Twitter, you probably saw some of the coverage from the event as it happened. Yesterday, he shared his own reflection from the event that I highly recommend [...]
CEO of Discovery Education, Bill Goodwyn, posted a blog post today that is will worth reading. He addresses the initiative by Secretary Duncan and Chairman Genachowski to assemble the CEOs from the top 15 educational technology companies in the United States and address challenges facing classrooms across America. At Discovery Education, we talk to many districts [...]
eSchool News is at it again! They’re accepting nominations right now for the 2012-2013 Ed-Tech Readers’ Choice Awards. So I was thinking… wouldn’t it be nice if Discovery Education got a shiny new badge for our website? You can help make that dream of mine a reality! I’d do it myself, but “nominations must come [...]
Had an article from The Town Talk passed on to me that features some of the work we’re doing with Rapides Parish. With all the talk about digital textbooks lately, thought some of you might be interested in reading it! Here’s just a snippet for you: Carol Passmore, a grants supervisor with The Rapides Foundation [...]
The CEO of Discovery Education, Bill Goodwyn, just weighed in on his thoughts about Apple’s entry into the digital textbook world. He makes some fantastic points in the post and it’s well worth reading in its entirety. Just to whet your appetite though, here’s a taste: My hope is that the proliferation of digital textbooks [...]
Bummed about Picnik going away? Believe me, I was too. That was one of the sites I’ve been recommending for about half a decade. Sure there are plenty of other options, but Picnik didn’t require a login (yay), was incredibly intuitive (yay), and had a surprisingly robust set of tools. One door closes, another opens. [...]
On Thursday, February 2nd, Scott Kinney will be joining a distinguished group of panelists for an online chat, The Future of Science Education: STEM and Workforce Readiness. The session hosted by The Future We Create will begin with a video presentation followed by an online discussion that you won’t want to miss! You can register [...]
Oh, it’s such an exciting time of year. Not only is it time for the annual Educator’s PLN Holiday Gift Exchange (have you signed up?), but it’s also time for EduBlog Award nominations! In 2008, the DEN in Second Life won for best educational use of a virtual world. Since then, we’ve had a slew [...]
One of my favorite things about our Fall Virtual Conference is seeing all the costumes that people share, whether it be from their own home or at an in-person event! This year, Collaborize Classroom stepped up and provided Digital Storytelling kits for the ten best Tech or Treaters. Dozens of people entered in a costume this year, [...]
Today, SXSW (South by Southwest) launched their PanelPicker voting for the second annual SXSWedu taking place March 6-8, 2012 in Austin, TX. A new component to the longstanding SXSW Interactive Festival, SXSWedu focuses on innovations in learning, bringing together a wide variety of education and business professionals who share an interest in 21st Century teaching [...]
We already have 15 different VirtCon events being organized by our Leadership Councils, but what if there isn’t one in your neck of the woods? Organize your own! We just set up a page on MeetUp which will allow you to create a local VirtCon event for yourself, your friends and colleagues. Just visit the [...]
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