The Discovery Education Louisiana Leadership Council is excited to host a Discovery event in south Louisiana. Join us on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 8 AM – 2 PM at the Livingston Parish School Board Office in Livingston for an amazing in-person event for the Discovery Education Virtual Conference. We will spend the day building a face
Jacques Cousteau at a Book Fair in the Barnes and Noble in Baton Rouge!
This is not an April Fools’ Day Joke! I wrote a post a couple of days ago on the success of day one of our book fair in Barnes and Noble. Day one focused on Geography so our day two took a different direction with curriculum as students completed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Discovery Education Videos at a Book Fair?
I just conducted a book fair at our local Barnes and Noble store. Our students are always excited about this fair because we are off campus and it is always so much fun. I planned three nights of activities to keep the students active in the store while the parents shopped (of course!). The first
Have You Ever Been In Love?
Digital Learning Day might be a kick-off to the month of February but when I think of this month I always picture big red hearts. I consider this month the time of love, chocolate, lacy doilies, valentines and online tools. You might be wondering if online tools are online dating sites but NOT in this
Fear Factor – Blogging Webinar Today
One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to add posts to our Louisiana LC Blog. I feel bad that I have not posted in such a long time, but I plan to remedy that this year. Do you blog? Do you blog with your students? Join Lee Kolbert, Karen McMillan, and me today at 6
Discovery Education SCIENCE TECHBOOK Making an Impact in Rapides Parish, LA.
Discovery Education SCIENCE TECHBOOK has been taken on throughout many school districts in many different parts of the country. The educators of Rapides Parish in Lousiana share their excitement. Read – 8 Rapides Parish elementary schools replacing science textbooks with interactive ‘techbooks” by Karina Vailes (June 28, 2011) School backpacks are going to get a
edcamp LA is Getting Close (July 9)
On Saturday July 9th on the campus of UNO the first Louisiana unconference will take place. As one of the organizers, I proudly present edcampLouisiana. What, no thunderous applause? Oh, you don’t know what an unconference is and you’ve never heard of an edcamp. Well, not so no ago I stood right where you are
Spring is Here
Spring has sprung! There are so many exciting DEN events springing up that it is almost impossible to keep up will all of them. First remember if you a a DEN STAR in Louisiana and want to take a more active role, sign up for the Leadership Council. Applications are being taken until March 28,
Indiana and Louisiana are next states to adopt DE Science TechBook!
Congrats to science teachers in Indiana and Louisiana! You join those in Oregon as among the first in the country to have a true alternative to traditional textbooks. Both states recently adopted the Discovery Education Science Techbook as a digital core instructional resource for elementary and middle school science instruction through their state textbook adoption
Join Me on the ECHO Series
I am so excited to let you know that I have been invited to present on the K12 Online Conference Echo series. My Skype buddy, Jan Wells(from Kansas), and I rolled out our K12 Online Conference presentation on October 27. Shortly after our session went “live” we were invited to be the first presenters for