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MO DEN Hosts Live Sci-Con Event in St. Louis

Margie Rogers — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:59:38 +0000

DEN SCIcon was another great event this year providing professional development to teachers across the country in both virtual and face-to-face venues. This year, 19 people came to CSD in St. Louis to attend the DEN virtual conference and learn from one another. By all accounts the event was spectacular and we even had a visit from an astronaut. Robert Powell from the Challenger Learning Center in St. Louis (http://www.clcstlouis.org/) stopped by to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion that actually happened on January 28th, the day of SCIcon.

Missouri DEn and Discovery Education Virtual SciCon Event in Kansas City

Anna — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:02 +0000

We hope you can join us for this month’s event. The focus will be on Science and we will be taking part in UMKC’s Science Pioneers Teacher Resource Day. More information on this can be found at: http://www.sciencepioneers.org/calendar/teachers/teacher-resource-day. As noted in our original invitation we will start the day with breakfast at Panera while watching the opening keynote for Discovery Education’s virtual SciCon then head to UMKC for their Teacher Resource Day. Details for the day are below:

Please join the Missouri DEN (Discovery Education Network) at our next event in Kansas City! Information and registration link follows:

Science Pioneers in Kansas City
Join us as we view the Discovery Education SciCon and discover the science resources available in Kansas City!
Cost: Free
Breakfast Included

About
Join us at 7:45 a.m. for breakfast at Panera on the Plaza to kick off Discovery Education’s SciCon with Lance Rougeux’s Keynote address. The morning progresses with a trip over to UMKC to the Science Pioneer’s Teacher Resource Day.
Sign Up Deadline is January 20th by noon

Event Date
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Time
Panera: 7:45-8:45
UMKC: 9:00 – noon

Address
Panera
4700 Pennsylvainia Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111

UMKC Student Center
5100 Cherry Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64110

To register for this event please use this link: https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/r6q0k1/

We hope to see you there!

Misssouri DEN visits the Nelson Art Museum

Anna — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:20:50 +0000

Our December adventure lead us to the impressive Nelson Art Museum, after a very enjoyable breakfast and training session at Panera Bread. We visited the Ford Education Center and discovered the wonderful resources that are available for teachers, The museum has many hands on materials that can be checked out for classroom use. The materials are organized by the collections found at the Nelson. The Nelson is well known for their Asian exhibit and they have many resources dealing with the Asian culture. They also have a Native American, African and Egyptian collections as well as a very extensive Renaissance collection. Along with hands on materials, the museum has many resources on line. They also have many classrooms and lecture spaces available. We learned a great deal and some teachers were able to check out material and take it back to their schools. We also found out that there are four school districts that are eligible to bring classes to the museum for free and that bus transportation is also included. Check out the website http://nelson-atkins.org/ . Please make sure to check out this wonderful resource.

Canvasing Discovery for Art and DE Basics

Anna — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:41:58 +0000

Canvasing Discovery for Art and DE Basics

Join us as we search Discovery Education for the Arts, Standards and individual curriculum needs. We will tie in the educational resources of the Nelson-Atkins museum with the available resources on Discovery Education.Cost: Free
Breakfast Included

About
Join us at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at Panera on the Plaza to look at Discovery Education Resources followed by a trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum to tour their educational resources. It will be a fun time to visit the Plaza and the Nelson to see all of the Holiday decorations and get in the Christmas Spirit. Bring your camera to capture some of the holiday cheer.

Date
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Time
Panera: 8:30 – 9:45
Nelson-Atkins: 10:00 – 11:00

Address
Panera
4700 Pennsylvainia Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111

Nelson Atkins Museum
4525 Oak St
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Click here
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Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas Virtual Conference in Branson

Anna — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:43:58 +0000

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 the new, exciting content and features Discovery Education offers. In addition you have the opportunity to learn from other teachers in face-to-face sessions.

Also, representatives from Wilson Creek Battle Field will be here in the morning to do two session. One will be a common soldier re-enactment. The other will tell you what the National Park Services have to offer educators.

Participants Will Leave With:

-Deep exploration of the rich variety of digital content available within Discovery Education.
-Integration strategies and exemplar learning experiences to bring digital content alive in your classroom and engage students across the curriculum.
-Thorough exposure to a wealth of professional development resources including continuous support through the Discovery Educator Network.

Breakfast refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Date
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Location
Branson Elementary West
396 Cedar Ridge Drive
Branson, MO 65616-8142

Time
9:00 am – 2:30 pm Central Time (registration begins at 8:30 am)

Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast

9:00-11:00 Civil War Soldier Presentation
or
9:00-10:00 No Tricks, Just Treats with Nancy Sharoff
10:00-11:00 11:00 am Digital Storytelling: Get it Write! with Joe Brennan

11:00-12:00 The Collective Brain with Lance Rougeux

12:00-1:00 Lunch and Spotlight with Wes Fryer

1:00-2:00 Treat Yourself to A Story with Dean Mantz, DEN Guru

2:00-2:30 Questions / How to Become a Star / Wrap Up

Cost
FREE!

In your confirmation email, you will receive a coupon for a discounted hotel room.

To register, click here https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/tech-or-treat-with-den-and-moarks/
Missouri Discovery Education Network Leadership Council
modenlc@gmail.com

Livebinders Workshop in St Louis

Anna — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:36:27 +0000

Featuring LiveBinders
Join Discovery Education
and the Missouri DEN Leadership Council
on Thursday, September 15 from 4:00-5:00 pm
Kratz Elementary
4301 Edmunson Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63134
Back to School Event
featuring:
*Discovery Education’s Student Center
*LiveBinders Introduction ht
*Common Core Overview
Cost: Free
Limit: 20 Participants
Registration: http://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/organize-your-discovery/
or contact Melissa Robison 314-223-7700

Two Great Back to School Events

Anna — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:16:50 +0000

Two Great Back to School Events
Please join us as we prepare for a new school year. We are planning two great events and hope you will join us.

Staples and a chance to win great Discovery stuff:
We will have a table at Staples on Saturday, Aug 13, during Teacher Appreciation day from 9-12.

Staples

8450 Prairie View Road,

Zona Rosa,

Kansas City, MO 64152

We will be doing an hourly give away.

Back to School Meeting at St. Therese:
The MO DEN LC would like to invite you to join us for breakfast on Saturday, August 27 as we learn about

***Discovery Education’s Changes for 2011
***Discovery Education’s Student Center
***Common Core Overview

Cost: Free

When: Saturday, August 27 – 9:00am-12:00pm

Where: St. Therese
7277 N State Route 9
Kansas City, MO 64152
Registration https://www.lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/back-to-school-in-kc/

DENY Awards

Anna — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:58:44 +0000

Missouri made a great showing at the DENY awards. Congratulations to all of our hard working Stars for helping us make such a great showing.

Most Creative DEN Event

The DEN Does Jazz

MO Leadership Award

Vickie Lamb (MO)

Community Choice Awards

Best Use of A Snow Day Award- Vickie Lamb, Cathy Mulligan (MO)

“Missouri LC Chair Vickie Lamb poses with her partner-in-crime Cathy Mulligan as they celebrate multiple DENny wins for Missouri on May 17. Missouri’s LC won an award for one of the most creative events, DEN Day of Jazz. Lamb and Mulligan also received a special award for most creative use of a snow day, featuring their Virtual School Make-up Day. Do we see a pattern of creativity here in our MO DEN? Congratulations, Ladies!” Contributed by Margie Rogers

Missouri DEN visits the National Archives

Anna — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:54:08 +0000

Missouri Discovery Educators visited the National Archives in Kansas City, MO. We had a very informative tour and discussion of the resources at the National Archives.

Discovery produced a very informative video about the Archives that is on display.

Upcoming events at the National Archives in Kansas City

This is our group. You can learn more about the National archives by visiting their web site, http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/

We had breakfast at Panera’s before we went to the Archives and participated in some professional development.

Blindness isn’t Black

Anna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:32:11 +0000

Hello Educators!

I want to extend a special invitation to those of you in the KC area to attend our exhibit, “Blindness Isn’t Black,” a VSA Missouri statewide touring exhibit of work by nine artists with disabilities. In 2009 VSA Missouri published Blindness isn’t Black, an anthology of work by 23 Missouri artists and writers with disabilities. As with the anthology, this exhibit demonstrates that work by artists with disabilities is just as varied and rich as any other diverse group of artists.

The St. Louis Riverfront Times summed up the spirit of the exhibit: The lesson inherent in Blindness Isn’t Black is that the person comes before the disability, and that humanity’s creative drive is a river that can be diverted but never dammed.

The exhibit is on display and open to the public now through April 22 in the Health and Sciences Building of Truman Medical Center 2220 Holmes (across the street from the main hospital).

Please join us for our Celebration of Access and the Arts on April 6, 7, and 8

Wednesday April 6 - group tours of the exhibit with some of the exhibiting artists. Some funding for school group transportation is available. Call me at 888-718-0866 to schedule. Slots are filling up so call soon!

Thursday April 7 – Open House 2:30 – 4pm. Music by Michael “Blind Cat” McIntire. Hear from the artists and writers in the anthology and enjoy refreshments! Groups welcome!

Friday April 8 – noon – 1pm Public concert by Blind Cat in the lobby of Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes

All events are free and open to the public thanks to funding from Arts KC, Truman Medical Center, Alphapointe Services for the Blind, The Whole Person, and Missouri Arts Council.

Hope to see you there!

Leslie

PS Are you in the Joplin area? “Blindness Isn’t Black” travels to the Spiva Center in May!
–

Leslie Holt, Executive Director

VSA Missouri
The state organization on arts and disability

vsamissouri@gmail.com
(888) 718-0866 (toll free)

PO Box 58624

St. Louis 63158-8624