Come and meet Matt Monjan, Vice Present of Discovery Education, this Tuesday night, Jan 24th at Hero’s in Old Towne, 117 N Mosely in Wichita. The event will begin at 7:00 and we will have snacks for your dining pleasure. Please reserve your spot at https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/den-kslc-evening-of-discovery-with-matt-monjan/by the 22nd. Matt Monjan has blended technology and education for [...]
Joing the posse and ride into Dodge City, Kansas on February 11, 2012 (Saturday). Even though, Wyatt Earp, “Bat” Masterson, Gunsmokes’ Matt Dillon will not be present, the members of the Kansas Discovery Education Leadership Council will be. Those interested, ride into town and meet us at Dodge City Middle School (2000 6th Avenue). View [...]
Discovery Education returns the America’s Heartland by sponsoring a Day of Discovery in Wichita, Kansas (Wednesday, January 25, 2012) as a pre-conference for the Unified School Administrators of Kansas Conference. Kansas administrators will have the honor of listening to Matt Monjan as the keynote speaker as well as Justin Karkow and Joe Diaz during breakout sessions. [...]
–> Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. –> via celt.iastate.edu How many educators are asked to develop objectives to be integrated into lesson plans for administration, grant applications, or even individualized education plans (IEPs)? Nearly every teacher correct? I encourage everyone to review this website from Iowas State University. [...]
When it comes to virtual manipulatives, I have always been a big fan of the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. Today, I came across another great site that I plan to add to my resources! This site is from Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. It does not have quite as many manipulatives as NLVM, but the ones that it [...]
October 22nd provided educators from central Kansas the opportunity to connect, collaborate, share, and create as they participated in the Discovery Education Network “Tech or Treat” virtual conference. The participants came from nearby towns like Hutchinson, Augusta, Wichita, as well as Goddard. We even had one educator make the drive from McPherson which is about [...]
Have you checked out the Discovery Atlas Interactive map from Discovery Education Streaming? This video guide to our world includes thousands of video clips! When you click on a country, it allows you to explore the culture, government, history and environment of your selected country. I love that it brings all of the resources about [...]
The Kansas Discovery Education Leadership Council is looking forward to our time collaborating, learning, and creating with our fellow educators during Discovery Education’s “Tech or Treat” virtual conference October 22nd. It is not too late to register and participate with us at Challenger Intermediate School. The physical address for Challenger is 325 Walnut Street, Goddard, [...]
Were you one of the millions updating their iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad today once Apple released their iOS 5 update? I was and with mixed results. In updating our new iPads at school, I was successful in updating 1 of 3 without issues. Thus, I did not update the other 22 iPads. Upon Tweeting [...]
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 [...]
Google Earth is a great way to help you meet your state and content standards! As a part of my Flat Stanley project, I use Google Earth to track the places our flat people have visited. Google Earth adds the ability for my students to see many places they have never seen in person. It [...]
You are invited to an in-person event hosted by the Kansas Leadership Council, with support from Goddard Public Schools. Join us for this day of free professional development and networking as we “Tech or Treat” with the Discovery Educator Network in Goddard, Kansas October 22, 2011. The day will take place at Challenger Intermediate School [...]
As an educator, I am always asking, “How can I improve myself?” as well as “What successful methods are out there and can be applied to education?” In searching for answers, I read Jim Collins’ book Good to Great as part of an administrator’s book share. I highly recommend this as an excellent resource for [...]
We all know how powerful Discovery Education Network Day’s of Discovery are when it comes to connecting, sharing, and learning. Well, the DEN Summer Institute in San Diego, California starts July 9th and runs through July 14th. For those of us less fortunate folks unable to attend the unbelievable learning opportunity, I have established a [...]
Come join the fun whether you are in Philadelphia, PA for the Discovery Education Pre-Con at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) or joining us virtually. Starting at 9:00 am EST Discovery Education will be leading a day of adventure and collaboration with educators across the US. Be sure to check-in as Tweets and direct comments are [...]
Tuesday night brought the 2011 Discovery Education DENny Awards. This special webinar is for all Discovery Educator Network STAR educators to join in celebrating the events, performances, and growth of our PLN. During the celebration multiple DEN personalities including Porter Palmer, Steve Dembo and Lance Rougeux presented information on upcoming events, including the Geocaching Day (Saturday) [...]
As we wrap up the 2010-2011 school year the Kansas Leadership Council will be looking to highlight new KS DEN STAR members. We start of this summer asking that you please welcome Bryan Akins to the Kansas Discovery Educators Network “STAR” family. Keep checking back for new postings as we look to host events each [...]
Discovery Day of Geocaching is planned for May 21st. The Kansas Leadership Council is hosting an event at Herman Hill Park in Wichita. We will convene in the meeting room at the Wichita Water Center at 8:45 that morning. I have attached a flyer that has information about the day. Please let other people know [...]
Educators and students are always looking for images and media to be integrated into a variety of classroom projects. Some of those projects may be book reports, digital storytelling projects, or podcasts. To some of us, relying on Flickr for images licensed under Creative Commons is our second stop after searching DE Streaming images. Creative [...]
As many of you know I am a dedicated user of LiveBinders. Tina and Barbara have done an excellent job of listening to their users in making enhancements to this web 2.0 tool. Their most recent update allows for users to embed their entire bookshelf on their own site while maintaining interactivity. Here is the [...]
Do you write like Edgar Allen Poe? How about William Shakespeare or even Sojourner Truth? Have you ever wanted to have your writing analyzed to determine who you compare with among the greats? Honestly, I do not write like any of them. However, according to “I Write Like“, I do write like Cory Doctorow. This [...]
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from some of the DEN’s best and brightest. 12 DEN Guru finalists have been selected and are presenting next week for a panel of judges and you! We hope you’ll join us. Monday 4/18 6-8pm EDT (Register here.) 6pm- Charlene Chausis ePub and the Future of the Book 6:30pm- [...]
The Kansas Discovery Education Leadership Council would like to welcome Pamela Amott, from Wichita USD #259 Public Schools, to the DEN STAR family. When you see Pam be sure to congratulate her for successfully completing her membership process. If you are not a DEN STAR yet please consider joining our fantastic family and PLN. After [...]
The Kansas DE Leadership Council invites DEN members and STARS to join us in Manhattan, Kansas on March 2, 2011 at 7:30pm CST. We will be hosting a night of bowling in the Kansas State University student union as a Pre-MACE Conference event. So, come join the fun and learn about being a DE “STAR”. [...]
One of the greatest things about Discovery Education and the DEN is our family of STAR educators amongst several different PLNs. We all know the power of our PLNs when it comes to support, advice, and sharing. It was about a week ago I learned of an interactive search site that automatically creates a media [...]
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