The DEN Leadership Council for Kansas want to welcome Kay Tibbs as our newest DEN STAR! A list of new STAR educators and the latest news in the DEN, such as information about STEM Academy, upcoming webinars and so much more can be found on the DE Weekly Update. View it HERE. Or, you can [...]
Participating teachers and students can assist in helping “Planet Earth” Go Green! Siemens “We Can Change the World Challenge“ is open for registration through March 15, 2010. The challenge is for students to create solutions for resolving environmental issues by starting with their own community. Participants can choose their appropriate grade level by selecting one [...]
The Discovery Education team has been working for the last few months to review DEN Guru applications and have selected the first inaugural class. DEN Gurus will be representing the DEN on a national level in a number of way. The winners are: Traci Blazosky Creative Construction with Multimedia Clarion Area School District, PA Tim [...]
Join Discovery Education Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 4:00pm ET for the Siemens STEM Academy webinar. The Siemens STEM Academy, an online portal with a wealth of STEM resources, presents STEM Spotlight webinar with Dr. Michio Kaku, Host of Science Channel’s Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible. Register Today Register to hear [...]
The Kansas DEN Leadership Council met in Overland Park on January 9 and 10 to plan for this Spring and have some exciting things coming up for just Kansas DE users in addition to a number of DEN national events. Here’s a quick preview: DEN Virtual Conference – April 24 – The LC will be [...]
Starting a new year with New Year’s resolutions fresh in our minds, here is a tool for all of you who are interested in tracking your fitness, nutrition and health goals. http://www.sparkpeople.com/ This site allows you to track meals, find recipes, create workouts, set fitness goals, network with other people, read health articles and view [...]
Please help the KS LC welcome Chelsea Whisnant from Rossville to the Kansas Discovery Education DEN family. You can catch her on Plurk talking about how well her elementary students are adapting to the assignments and quizzes she builds via the Teacher Center. If you want to learn more about the Builders, read the “Diamonds [...]
Educators are always on the look out for something new to introduce and stimulate student learning through engagement. Discovery Education has provided educators two new great resources: Ready Zone: Continuity of Learning and STEM Connect. These are available in the “Teacher Center” of Discovery Education. Ready Zone was created to provide opportunities for ongoing education of [...]
SCIcon2010 Saturday, January 9, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ET Drop by for an hour or stay for the whole day! It’s virtual and it’s FREE!Register for the online sessions at:http://links.discoveryeducation.com/denscicon or Register for one of many in-person events hosted by our DEN Leadership Councils. Click here to see the list of in-person [...]
Kansas has two new STAR educators this week. They are Lacy Mikrut and Vicki Van Becelaere. We are so glad to have you join us in our educational journey. Welcome from your KS Discovery Education Leadership Council!
This summer Glogster launched Glogster EDU, which was totally awesome because the EDU version is completely safe and filtered so teachers don’t have to worry about students viewing inappropriate content. For those that don’t know what Glogster EDU is, it’s basically an virtual poster creator. But it is so much more! Users can upload or [...]
DEN’s SCIcon: Saturday, January 9, 2010 Join the DEN community for our first ever Science-themed virtual conference! From 9 AM to 4 PM (ET) on Saturday, January 9, 2010 we will explore creative ways to use the amazing resources available in DE Science and DE streaming. We will also tap into the abundance of free resources available [...]
Surviving the first year of teaching can be rough! That’s what New Teacher Survival Central is all about and proof is in the prizes. Each month this semester we’re giving away a classroom survival pack, chock full of useful supplies and valuable technology products. PLUS, each time you enter you are registered to win our [...]
Advent calendars were a tradition at our house while our children were growing up. It was exciting just to see what shape the chocolate was under each flap. I don’t really think they even liked the chocolate. It was just the thrill of the unknown! This Countdown to Christmas wiki, an advent calendar for teachers, [...]
Just a quick but warm welcome to the latest Kansas STAR Discovery Educators: Jenny Gridley and Orion Patrie. We are so glad you have joined us and look forward to learning and collaborating with you!
Have you heard about Wallwisher? Basically, it’s online post-it notes and can be used in a number of ways. As a teacher all you have to do is create an account, create your wall, and send your students to the wall. When creating your wall there are a number of options for who can see [...]
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is Now Open for Grades K-8: Are You Up for the Challenge? A Rewarding and Unique Opportunity For Your Students. Join the nation’s premier sustainability challenge where students create solutions to environmental problems in their own backyard. Give your students the chance to make a difference in [...]
Differentiated Instruction is defined by Wikipedia as “…providing students with different avenues to acquiring content; to processing, constructing, or making sense of ideas; and to developing teaching products so that all students within a classroom can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability.“ I ask this question of all educators “Is this not what we [...]
Please welcome Doug Mann and Courtney Schwanke to the Kansas DE STAR family. Congrats and best wishes to the two of you!
As the Kansas Discovery Leadership Council talks with educators across Kansas we learn that most teachers are not aware of the numerous tools provided for classroom integration. Therefore, we are going to start developing a series of blog posts focusing on specific tools offered within Discovery Education Streaming regardless of which version you can access. [...]
We have quite a few new STAR Educators in KS this week and the Leadership Council would like to welcome them all! Loni Leforce Nicole Friesen Laurie Mercer Sabrina Rauer Byron Ruhter Mark Unruh Mark Walker It is so great to see so many new people because that means you are all sharing the benefits [...]
Do you like to add cool fonts to your projects? Take a look at this site for free fonts for your computer. http://www.1001freefonts.com/horror-fonts.php. Download either the Mac or Windows version and add a little visual excitement to your words!
Today the KS DEN Leadership Council sponsored a Day of Discovery in conjunction with the Discovery Education Virtual Conference at Brooks Middle School in Wichita, KS. Over 20 educators from Wichita, Mulvane, and Hutchinson school districts arrived ready for a great learning experience, and that’s exactly what they got. Not only were there face to [...]
Please welcome Danielle Pflug to the Kansas DEN STAR family. If you have recently joined the Discovery Education Network and have not been highlighted contact us at ks.den.leaders@gmail.com. We will make sure you are introduced to the DEN community.
So obviously if you’re reading this post, you’ve visited at least one blog. Maybe you’ve even considered using a blog in your classroom, but you’re just not entirely sure how a blog works or how to properly implement a blog into your learning environment. Well fear no more! The folks at Teachers First have created [...]
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