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 [...]
In this time of education initiatives including 1:1 and Interactive Whiteboards, Google has taken another step towards solidifying their role as an education resource. Prior to Christmas break, one of the hot topics on Twitter was Google Lab’s Body Browser. I found the conversations very interesting and I decided to investigate the new Google Lab’s [...]
When thinking of November we first think of Thanksgiving and it being National Breast Cancer Awareness month. However, for many, their is one day that remains quite special to those of us that have had friends and family members give their lives so we may enjoy life, freedom, and ability to make our own decisions. [...]
Day of Discovery Event: Discover Our Heroes (sponsored by Discovery Education and the Kansas Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council) When: Saturday, November 6th Where: Bradley Elementary School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Time: 8:30 – 2:30 Cost: FREE (lunch will be provided) Join us for a day of Discovery Education and Digital Storytelling at Bradley Elementary, located [...]
Have you noticed how different your dashboard looks when you log in to DE this year? Well there are a number of new features on your dashboard that will help you maximize your use of DE content as well as help you keep up to date with upcoming events within the DEN. I will highlight [...]
On October 8, 2010 Discovery Education streamed across the web using Livestream to announce their release of Discovery Education on the iPad. Yes, your fingers can now do some walking through Discovery Education. This site provides you a wealth of options with videos already matched up to meet your interests. Here is the list of [...]
The Discovery Education Leadership Councils for Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas invite you to participate in a joint event providing face-to-face learning while enjoying the DEN Virtual Conference. The Virtual Conference event is planned for October 23rd at Branson Elementary West with a Geocache/photo walk to take place at Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery by Lake [...]
Streamathon 2010 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 [...]
In reading through my Google Reader subscriptions I came across a Google Docs blog posting talking about tutorial videos for several of their applications. The applications include spreadsheets, forms, documents, presentations as well as functionality within each application. Additionally, I feel there are two great features available on the Google Docs YouTube channel. The first feature is how the [...]
Discovery Education and 3M have joined forces to create ScienceofEverydayLife.com, an exciting new program that stirs imagination and encourages students to explore the science that is all around us. Launching in September,ScienceofEverydayLife.com will feature standards-aligned lesson plans, an interactive area dedicated to learning more about innovation, a sweepstakes and more!Now is your chance to provide your ideas [...]
This summer educators from across the U.S. and Canada traveled to Bentley University in Waltham, MA for the Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute. As an attendee I can definitely say that it was an amazing learning and growing experience and that I now have SO MUCH to share with educators “back home.” While we were [...]
As we kick-off the 2010-2011 school year the Kansas Leadership Council will be looking to highlight KS DEN STAR members new and old. We start of this year asking that you please welcome Tom Angelo to the Kansas Discovery Educators Network “STAR” family. Keep checking back for new postings as we look to host events [...]
Last May, Steve Dembo (@teach42 on Twitter), from Discovery Education, asked if I would be interested in participating in their Summer School 2010 webinar series. It did not take me long, maybe 30 seconds, to agree on presenting as part of the PLN Week. Steve asked if I would discuss Social Bookmarking (Social Bookmarking in Plain [...]
Who ever said summer school isn’t fun? Get ready for your school year with an amazing series of free professional development sessions from the Discovery Educator Network (DEN)! DEN Summer School begins August 2. Click on any of the session titles below for more information and to register. All sessions start at 11AM ET. Week [...]
The ladies of LiveBinders, Tina and Barbara, have announced recent updates to enhance the ability of this great web 2.0 tool. The enhancements have improved searching for educational resources (education based binders), the long awaited functionality of managing uploaded files, and providing insight into the methods used to secure your LiveBinders files. Here are the [...]
This week I was privileged to attend the Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. It was an incredible learning experience! I it just such an uplifting experience being among so many amazing educators who share a similar vision for education as I do. To be able to converse and share [...]
This blog post is in cooperation with the DEN LC from Pennsylvania. RJ and Meg have shared their recent posting discussing all of the new updates with Diigo.
Do you like to use 3-ring binders but wish they weren’t so cumbersome? Use LiveBinders to organize the digital resources you want to keep all in the same place. http://livebinders.com/
The Leadership Council members at this year’s symposium started the day with a 3-hour session of FIZZ with, Dr. Lodge McCammon. We actively learned about user-created videos in the classroom. There were a lot of creative ideas coming from the groups, and the products were just awesome. After a great morning with Lodge McCammon, we [...]
Attention all Discovery Education and iPhone/Touch application users – Discovery Education releases their own U.S. Geography application on June 17, 2010 for $4.99. This is a stand alone application and NOT part of the paid subscription.(Here is the information from June Newsletter)
We would like to thank all of our Kansas Discovery Educators and fellow DEN STARS across the country for recognizing the efforts of the Kansas Leadership Council bloggers. Those bloggers responsible for keeping everyone informed are: Erin Misegadis (Also received an individual DENny Award) Amie Stoffel Mary Frazier Tanya Szanto Dean Mantz (Also received an [...]
Thanks to the DEN and great weather, we had almost 90 people join us at Pawnee Prairie Nature Center for the Wichita Geocaching event sponsored by Discovery Education. The feedback was incredibly positive. Here are just a few samples: “Thank you so much for our fun-filled morning on Saturday and for the delicious lunch! We [...]
If you participated in our Spring Virtual Conference or our Teacher Appreciation Week, then you already know that change was in the air. Well, today we go live! The next generation of the DEN community website is up and we couldn’t be more thrilled. It features an all new look and feel, designed to keep [...]
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