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 [...]
For those of you that are currently enrolled in the Discovery Education and Wilkes University Instructional Media Program, there has been major flooding in the Wilkes area, causing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. That, along with power outages, has cause the University to shut down operations for the next few days at least. [...]
Wanted: Back to school pictures of you and your students. Bonus credit will be given if the pics include technology, Discovery, or anything really cool happening in your classroom! In return for these pictures, we are willing to offer up items from the DEN Prize Closet. What’s in there right now? All sorts of interesting [...]
One of the perks of being a STAR Discovery Educator is that you get your own personal DEN blog hosted by Discovery Education. But there are lots of places to get a free blog, why would you want to make this one your home on the web? I can think of TEN reasons for you [...]
Quick: Somebody asks you “What is the DEN?” How do you respond? I asked that on Twitter and got some great answers already Via @TechTia “DEN helps me: Develop & Inspire Students using Content found Online 2 help Visualize Educational Requirements Yearly” (bonus points for the acronym!) Via @Daveandcori “DEN is a community of educators [...]
In case you haven’t noticed yet, we have just completed another major upgrade to the DEN Blogs! Last time around, the upgrades were all behind the scenes. This overhaul touched on just about every aspect of the blogs, both for the official DE and Leadership Council blogs, as well as your own individual STAR blogs. [...]
As we mentioned recently, researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigated the Discovery Educator Network to determine how the DEN has affected educator’s professional development and their use of technology in their work. You can read through the highlights here, as well as find a link to the full study. For those of [...]
Mrs. Warden’s class! When we first came up with the idea for this contest, we had no idea just how competitive it would be. The videos that were submitted were absolutely amazing, and narrowing it down to five finalists was far from easy. But it seems that we weren’t the only people having trouble picking [...]
Spring Virtual Conference A huge thank you to everyone who attended the virtual conference, whether it be virtually or in person at one of our many local events. Altogether, over 1200 educators participated, making it one of our most successful VirtCons ever! Enjoy the archives. Time, Differentiation and Online Publishing Dr. Lodge McCammon Dr. Lodge [...]
You have a few days left to get your “Bust-A-Myth” entries in! On April 30th, the entry period will close and we will narrow the field down to five finalists, one of whom is going to win a trip to San Francisco to attend a taping of the MythBusters. And if that wasn’t a big [...]
Did you enjoy the New York Stock Exchange virtual field trip earlier this week? More than 1600 classrooms did too! It was a phenomenal experience to be a part of, but it doesn’t have to end there. NYSE Euronext is pleased to offer competitive scholarships to deserving educators that will enable them to attend the [...]
Note: This challenge is being hosted on the DiscoveryEd Facebook page. If Facebook is blocked in your school, you can visit here to read the details of the challenge, but all videos must be uploaded through Facebook. Want to spend some time on the set of the MYTHBUSTERS? One lucky educator will be able to [...]
Fast Company puts out an annual list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. They also break out Top 10 lists by industry, including education. And guess who they added in at #4 on the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education list? That’s right! Discovery Education! For leading the way in the [...]
If you’re a fan of the natural world (who isn’t?) and have an iOS device, there’s a new app from the Science Channel that you’ll want to check out. It’s called SciSpy and it’s akin to your own personal game of Eye Spy that you can play in your own backyard. The app provides a [...]
When the DEN first began using Twitter, we chose the username @DEN. It seemed like a great idea at the time, especially with the character limit in mind. However, since then we’ve found out that the Discovery Educator Network wasn’t the only thing that the word “DEN” referenced. For example anybody who misses their connection [...]
One of the highlights from the DEN precon at PETE&C 2011 was Kyle’s session, iLearn with iPads. During the presentation, he focused in on iPads in education, including the numerous ways in which you can use DE content on the iPad. He does a fantastic job of breaking it down into bite sized chunks and [...]
Virtually join your friends at Discovery Education’s Sneak Peek 2011 featuring Jeff Corwin, EMMY®-Award winning TV personality & Discovery Education’s leading animal behavior expert. Get a first look at dazzling content, meet Jeff Corwin’s favorite furry and scaly friends, and learn about the innovative programs your colleagues are implementing to drive student achievement. Join us [...]
Last night’s webinar featured the 2010 winner of the Elmer’s Glue Crew Challenge, Alexandra Dexheimer. I’ve been on many a webinar these last few years, but rarely have I seen a more active group of attendees, soaking up the information Alexandra was sharing and adding their own experiences to the conversation. It was a wonderful [...]
You want archives from this year’s SciCon? You got ‘em! Visit the SciCon 2011 page to view archives from three of the sessions as well as Reed Timmer’s closing presentation (embedded below). Did you attend this year’s SciCon? If so, what were your takeaways from the day? Have you tried anything you heard in the [...]
Save the bottles. Save the sticks. Save the planet! Join us for an exciting webinar to learn fun and new ways to engage your students in the Elmer’s Glue Crew Recycling Program. Our guest speaker, the winner of last year’s Glue Crew Recycling Program, will share the valuable lessons her students learned about recycling and [...]
Congrats to science teachers in Indiana and Louisiana! You join those in Oregon as among the first in the country to have a true alternative to traditional textbooks. Both states recently adopted the Discovery Education Science Techbook as a digital core instructional resource for elementary and middle school science instruction through their state textbook adoption [...]
Consider this a VERY early Black Friday doorbuster of a deal! School Town has created a fantastic promotion exclusively for STAR Discovery Educators, and we think you’re going to love it. School Town helps you create digital courses to supplement your classroom where you can leverage resources like Discovery and any other tool or resource. [...]
Philippe Cousteau LA School Visits: In September 2010, Discovery Education and Louisiana Public Broadcasting teamed up to highlight some of the great things the partnership provides, celebrate exemplary usage of LBP CyberChannel, as well as provide a unique and extensive professional development opportunity. Several events were held, starting when Philippe Cousteau, Discovery Education’s Chief Spokesperson [...]
Over the next two weeks, we’re going to be giving away copies of the US Geography App from Discovery Education! This week we’ll be passing out codes from the iPhone and iTouch version of the app, and next week we’ll be giving away copies of the brand new iPad version of the best-selling game. Want [...]
While Edmodo is primarily known as a filter-friendly, safe way to do microblogging and social networking within schools, they’ve slowly been introducing features that make it a great tool for collaboration in general. We’ve been using it quite a bit at our various institutes and have found it to be incredibly effective for managing group [...]
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