The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation and is not a grant-making organization. However, in order to realize the potential of 21st-century education, we are fully aware that our community needs to secure grants and be aware of other exciting opportunities in education, such as the following: The George Lucas Educational Foundation [...]
Fall Virtual Conference: “Jersey STARS” are inviting you to join us for a day of professional development and networking as we “Tech or Treat” with the Discovery Educator Network. Participants Will Leave With: -Deep exploration of the rich variety of digital content available within Discovery Education. -Integration strategies and exemplar learning experiences to bring digital [...]
The New Jersey LC would like to highlight our very own, Stacy Kasse. Checkout her great blog titled, Sharing is Caring. http://stacykasse.posterous.com/ Walking the Walk…Talking the Talk by Stacy Kasse Whenever parents ask me what they can do to find out what is going on in their child’s life, I always suggest they [...]
As I read the following article by Prakash Nair from Education Week, it began to make me wonder just where are we in education. Are we limiting our students’ growth and learning experience? Will technology change the obsolete classroom? Is there a need for those four walls? Can public education handle a transformation such as [...]
All teachers registered by March 20, 2011, will gain access to the Quest for Curiosity on March 21, 2011. Registrants will receive a “Quest for Curiosity Kick-Off” email containing the contest questions, tips and tricks for getting started, and access to the submission form. Teachers will be responsible for compiling student responses into a single [...]
Register Today for Read to Succeed Don’t miss this chance for you and your students to earn free Six Flags tickets as a reward for reading. The Read to Succeed program is a free educational program sponsored by Six Flags to inspire kids in grades K through 6 to engage in recreational reading. All of our [...]
Sunday, February 13, 2011 Hershey Lodge and Convention Center 9 AM to 4 PM Please complete the form below to register for the DEN’s pre-conference event at PETE&C. The event is free for STAR Discovery Educators. If you are not a STAR Discovery Educator please visit the PETE&C website to register. Registration for this full-day [...]
nnovate…Collaborate…Educate The Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) is a statewide event that provides quality programs focused on technology in the educational field. Each year, hundreds of exhibitors showcase their latest technology products and services to the vast audience of teachers, administrators, technology directors, school board members and more. Monday and Tuesday mornings kick [...]
Museum Box is an interesting Web 2.0 tool. It allows users to create virtual boxes that displays various types of media on the faces of the box. You can design the boxes to have layers, which affords viewers an opportunity to follow the research as well as develop a response to an argument presented on [...]
DEN and SchoolTown Discovery Educators are the best! You teach with a special passion and commitment to engage students with knockout lessons featuring great multimedia resources. We made SchoolTown’s eLearning, sharing, and collaboration platform for you. SchoolTown helps you create digital courses to supplement your classroom where you can leverage resources like Discovery and any [...]
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