Discovery Education Assessment is pleased to announce that Progress Zone has been enhanced to allow text formatting and images within user created items! What does this new enhancement mean? Users can now: Format Text Insert Tables and Special Characters (ex: accented letters and mathematical symbols) Add Images (.jpg, .gif, and .png are the supported formats) [...]
At PETE&C on Monday, Discovery Education’s Kyle Schutt filled the room with educators who were interested in learning how to “teach smarter not harder.” Kyle began his session with an essential question; How can we use digital tools to inform teaching and learning and engage students? The road map to his presentation included three main [...]
Knox County Schools, TN has used Discovery Education Assessment at some schools for several years, but committed to implementing it in all the schools in the district this past fall. Teachers there are excited about the program and having the information they need to make timely, data informed decisions. Read the full coverage here: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/15/blount-county-high-schools-discover-online-test/
As my personal learning network evolves, I am constantly overwhelmed and amazed at the depth of knowledge our DEN community shares; especially through its blog posts. Recently, a few blog posts caught my eye and challenged my own thinking on the subject of student evaluation in an increasingly digital world. If you haven’t seen it [...]
Greetings, Blogosphere! I know many STAR Discovery Educators have been reading the DEN blogs since they (the blogs, that is) were born, but many of you may not have thoroughly investigated the archives. Now, we do our fair share of making sure the blogs are used to give you the information you need about what’s [...]
How many states use a specific test for the standards that are used in your curriculum? How many are still using them? Are you doing those tests online or paper-pencil? In FL, we have a state testing called the FCAT… Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test. Testing is completed in Math, Reading, and Science. Starting this year, [...]
Please welcome these new DEN STARs: Kari Baransky, CT Andrea Bills, TX Jeffrey Bird, TN Alissa Black. AZ Nancy Brennan, FL Tamara Campana, FL Carol Campbell, TX Beth Cavallaro, FL Erma Costner, OK Marty Creech, NC Anna Czekaj, NC Denise De Clair, FL Valerie Favel, Saskatchewan Sarah Fischer, SC Patricia Fuentes, FL Pamela Giles, FL [...]
We have a full week of webinars planned for next week. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with them all. Here’s your one stop guide to what’s going on. (All times listed are eastern) Monday 7pm- EdTechConnect featuring bestselling author, Don Tapscott 7pm- Learn more about DE Streaming with Discovery streaming 101 Tuesday 7pm- Learn [...]
We have a full week of webinars planned for next week. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with them all. Here’s your one stop guide to what’s going on. (All times listed are eastern) Monday 1pm- Bring your students and join Build It Bigger‘s Danny Forster for A New Way To Look At Architecture 7pm- [...]
We have been using DE Assessment in our middle school for four years. The data we receive from the assessment results is absolutely essential to our “data-based” school improvement. The state of TN is working now to devise an assessment from the Department of Education. Of course, the easiest way to make that happen is [...]
The Discovery Educator Network (DEN) is a global community of educators passionate about teaching, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. With over 125,000 members providing professional development to over 600,000 educators worldwide, the DEN connects teachers both on-line and in-person. Discovery Educators have exclusive access to a wide range of resources, professional development activities, networking opportunities, [...]
If you don’t know about the ongoing Back to School Webinars we’re hosting, check them out! Today at 1pm EST we began the Discovery Education Assessment series that highlights all of the exciting upgrades for the 10-11 school year. We’ve been collecting your suggestions and comments and can’t wait to show you the new features [...]
If you don’t know about the ongoing Back to School Webinars we’re hosting, check them out! Today at 1pm EST we began the Discovery Education Assessment series that highlights all of the exciting upgrades for the 10-11 school year. We’ve been collecting your suggestions and comments and can’t wait to show you the new features [...]
Last week Discovery Education partnered with East Aurora School District in Illinois to host the first ever Assessment focused Day of Discovery. This exciting and interactive day of professional development highlighted creative ways to meet students’ needs through on-going assessments and targeted instruction. The event attracted over 100 educators with diverse backgrounds from the greater [...]
Last week Discovery Education partnered with East Aurora School District in Illinois to host the first ever Assessment focused Day of Discovery. This exciting and interactive day of professional development highlighted creative ways to meet students’ needs through on-going assessments and targeted instruction. The event attracted over 100 educators with diverse backgrounds from the greater [...]
Looking for a simple way to assess whether your students are acquiring the information literacy skills and strategies they need to survive and thrive in the 21st Century? TRAILS may be one answer. TRAILS is a project of Kent State University Libraries and it is available free of charge, which is music to everyone’s ears. [...]
You probably know about the ongoing DE Streaming Sneak Peek Webinar series that Matt posted on the National Blog last week. Well here is your chance to catch up on similar upgrades to Discovery Education Assessment! We’ve been collecting your suggestions and comments and can’t wait to show you the new features and enhancements to [...]
You probably know about the ongoing DE Streaming Sneak Peek Webinar series that Matt posted last week. Well here is your chance to catch up on similar upgrades to Discovery Education Assessment! We’ve been collecting your suggestions and comments and can’t wait to show you the new features and enhancements to the site. Sticking with [...]
Seeing Karen’s blog post last week reminded me that I have not formally introduced myself to the DEN Community! My name is Kyle Schutt and I am an Account Manager for Assessment. I’m excited to say that I’m based out of Discovery’s Headquarters in Silver Spring, where I will be learning alongside so many of [...]
Tomorrow is the first of April, sometimes known as April Fool’s Day. In honor of the day, this test-stress alleviation tip is to host a joke-telling session. After a big test, an activity you might do is encourage your students to find jokes to share (and cite them properly.) You might also give students the [...]
Tomorrow is the first of April, sometimes known as April Fool’s Day. In honor of the day, this test-stress alleviation tip is to host a joke-telling session. After a big test, an activity you might do is encourage your students to find jokes to share (and cite them properly.) You might also give students the [...]
One of the simplest most inclusive activities you can do with students of all ages that can relieve stress is host a good old-fashioned show and tell. Ask students to bring in an item that they care about and share a story about it. For a 21st century spin, grab a digital still or video [...]
One of the simplest most inclusive activities you can do with students of all ages that can relieve stress is host a good old-fashioned show and tell. Ask students to bring in an item that they care about and share a story about it. For a 21st century spin, grab a digital still or video [...]
I asked a number of colleagues to help me come up with some ideas for this series of blog posts. One of the retired teachers looked at me matter of factly and said, “you want a relaxing activity for kids after testing? Let them have their handhelds back.” The rest of the group laughed and [...]
I asked a number of colleagues to help me come up with some ideas for this series of blog posts. One of the retired teachers looked at me matter of factly and said, “you want a relaxing activity for kids after testing? Let them have their handhelds back.” The rest of the group laughed and [...]
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