Thinking you could use a weekend away? How does Branson, MO sound? Join the Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas DEN members for a day of learning and fun in Branson, MO! This year’s DE Virtual Conference will be hosted at Branson Elementary West on Saturday, October 22. We plan to spend the day learning about all [...]
Every where you look, you see a funny looking square with a cool design. Most of you know that is a QR code. The automobile industry first used the code to fast track production. Today, QR’s contain information for the purpose of advertising and sometimes just for fun. Businesses are using them on mailouts to [...]
Hosted by members of Discovery Education’s Leadership Councils from Texas and Arkansas, this conference will focus on providing participants with effective strategies for transforming their teaching and student engagement through meaningful and effective integration of digital media content and web tools. Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:00-11:30 a.m. Hosted at Metropolitan Career-Technical Center 7701 Scott Hamilton [...]
Think Outside the Book with thousands of educators from all over the world as we connect during this unique professional development experience! Learn powerful ways to integrate digital media and Web 2.0 tools into your instruction as well as discover an abundance of resources to expand your own personal learning network. Participants Will Leave With: [...]
Tech Trends: Patrick Carman Offers Byte-Sized Ghost Tales http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/889785-312/tech_trends_patrick_carman_offers.html.csp By Lauren Barack March 22, 2011 For tweens drawn toward the darker corners of literature, author Patrick Carman has crafted a multimedia storyline sure to entice them. Entitled 3:15, Carman’s latest foray into storytelling involves downloadable apps for Android and Apple devices, which offer a hybrid [...]
Interested in being part of the Arkansas Leadership Council? You have until March 28th to make your interest known. Just complete the form and join the action that makes being a part of the DEN come to life.
Arkansas has been missing Jennifer Dorman since she moved away. The Leadership council owes her a lot. I recently caught up to her while reading around the DEN and she is still working hard for Discovery. Check out Jennifer’s latest experience.
January 29, 2011 Are you interested in networking with like-minded educators? If so, join the AR DEN Leadership Council for an in-person viewing of the 2011 SCIcon. The 2011 SCIcon is a mini-conference (with an online twist) focused on providing participants with some of the most effective strategies for transforming their science classes through [...]
Join Discovery Education’s Arkansas Leadership Council for a fabulous event on Saturday, November 6, 2010, as we explore Hot Springs, the perfect site to learn about Arkansas History. Hot Springs has a colorful heritage and the honor of having one of the first national parks. This event, which focuses on Arkansas History, emphasizes how Discovery [...]
Join the Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas DEN members for a day of learning and fun in Branson, MO! This year’s DE Virtual Conference will be hosted at Branson Elementary West. We plan to spend the day learning about all the new, exciting content and features Discovery Education offers. In addition you have the opportunity to [...]
Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas Leadership councils have joined forces for a GREAT weekend in Branson. Come be a part of MOARK on October 23 and 24, 2010. For more information checkout the Virtual Conference 2010 Tab. Looking forward to seeing a great group of the Arkansas DEN there. Register today…limited space.
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The 5th annual Discovery Education Streamathon is September 14, 2010. We’ve got a full day of information-packed sessions on how to integrate DE streaming and the newest online technologies used by today’s media-savvy students into classroom instruction. Here’s the schedule. Come for an hour or spend the entire day with us! (All times are eastern [...]
If you’re going to heading over to the AAEA Conference in Little Rock Arkansas, have we got an opportunity for you! Discovery Education is going to be hosting a reception and we’d love to invite you to come. But that’s not the best part… Our special guest for the event is none other than the [...]
On July 13th, Discovery Education and 3M announced the top 47 middle school students from across the country as semifinalists in the 12th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge . CONGRATULATIONS to Deborah Rookey and her teacher Wendy Welch from the Horace Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School in Little Rock! The semifinalists [...]
DEN LC’s are enjoying a busy week with “Discovering” new ways of sharing in education. Evelyn McFadden and Karen Wells are representing the Arkansas Leadership Council. They started off their week with a three hour session of FIZZ. No, it wasn’t a carbonated drink…but it was an active session with the unpredictable Dr. Lodge McCammon. They [...]
I know all of you are enjoying your summer break along with all the workshops you are taking in. I’ve picked up some new ideas and I’ve had refresher courses on topics that I’ve already been using. The Flip camera has been a big topic this summer in a lot of workshops. We all know [...]
As we wrap up the 2009-2010 school year we want to hear about the ways you use DE streaming resources in classroom and how DE adds value to your students’ learning. We decided to create a WallWisher to capture all the terrific ideas. Please add your ideas/comments to the Arkansas DEN WallWisher page.
Find the caches in Historic, Downtown Batesville, Arkansas! Want to have some fun with your family? Join Judy Pearson and Karen Wells for DEN Geocaching Day, May 22, 2010. Register soon! We are limited to the first 20 people who sign up. Registration: 8:30 Training: 9:00 Geocaching: 10:00 Lunch: 12:00-12:30 (provided by Discovery Education) When [...]
DEN Teacher Appreciation Week: May 3-7, 2010 It’s that time of the year again where we celebrate our STARs for all the great work they do every day. Make sure to check the DEN blog every day next week. We have special surprises lined up all week that you won’t want to miss. [...]
It is that time of year to either make sure you have all your professional development hours or planning for next years hours. Arkansas requires 60 hours, so that means educators are always planning and scheduling. Discovery has several webinars taking place right now and are scheduled through June. A certificate of attendance is sent to [...]
We have our winners for the Flip Video Contest! On March 6th, the Arkansas Leadership Council joined with the “Geek Squad” @ Best Buy in North Little Rock to learn about the Flip camera and Glogster. They later had to create a video and upload it to Glogster to be entered for a chance to [...]
Win a Best Buy gift certificate by attending the “We’ve Flipped” event sponsored by the Arkansas Leadership Council, taking a video with your Flip camera and uploading it to a Glog you create. After your Glog has been saved and published, make a comment to this post and place your embedded code in the message. Saturday, March 13th will [...]
When I logged on to edu.glogster.com this morning, there was a notification concerning the number of students individual teachers can register. Currently, the number is 200 but that number will change to 100 after February 28, 2010. After you register, add all 200 students to your account. You do not have to put in individual [...]
Are you ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about flip cameras? The Arkansas Leadership Council is collaborating with Best Buy in North Little Rock to offer you a little one-on-one time with the famous Geek Squad. The event, which will take place on March 6, 2010, at the North Little Rock Best Buy, is [...]
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