Welcoming a New Year and 2012 brings hope, multiple possibilities, and new beginnings. January provides a time to reflect and renew old friendships and new. To that end, the California DEN is holding an event to welcome new and prospective DEN members on January 21, 2012. Please join us at the Claim Jumper Restaurant near [...]
Fall Virtual Conference, Anaheim, CA Saturday, October 22nd, teachers from around Orange County headed for Anaheim, California and Marshall School in the Magnolia School District for a day of technology professional development. Discovery Education Network’s 2011 Fall Virtual Conference featured live online presentations from educational technology leaders from across the nation focusing on topics such [...]
My mother taught me what mixed emotions meant when we moved during fourth grade. How heartbreaking it was to transfer schools in the middle of the year! I was really excited about my new school and the new house (with my own room!), but I was so sad to leave my friends and my wonderful [...]
DE is hosting a series of general blogging webinars (maybe with Steve Dembo?) which will include basic information on how to: customize the look and feel of the blog, create posts and pages, add multimedia and embedded objects, as well as general strategies for successful blogging. If you are new to DE blogging, want to [...]
One of my mentor teachers taught me a very valuable lesson during my student teaching. It was the first day of school and her fourth graders were excited and eager to begin their year. The morning was spent with introductions, the usual collection of paperwork, passing of books, etc. Then it was time for class [...]
It happens every year during the month of May. Suddenly trees are proffering purple flowers where there was naught but green. Summer is approaching and the Jacaranda (dzha-ke-randa) trees bloom en masse down many of the Southern California streets. These trees actually have two blooming periods, Spring and Fall, although the Fall foliage is not [...]
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