We hope your summer has been relaxing and you are getting excited for the new school year! We are very excited about the new school year and the Back to School enhancements that recently released in Discovery Education streaming. In order to support users, Discovery is offering three free professional development webinar series which highlights [...]
Discovery has provided hundreds of webinars each year for free through the DEN. This year has been a landmark year as they have hosted some of the biggest and best online events to date. Did you know that over 87,000 students were online for the Spotlight on the Gulf webinar with Philippe Cousteau? The DEN team [...]
Check out this GREAT deal from the King Tut Exhibit at Discovery Time Square Expo!
Hopefully you all have been able to listen to/watch the DE webinar with Phillipe Cousteau on the Gulf Oil Spill. If not, here’s a link to the archive. It’s a really great resource for your students to understand more about the long-term ramifications of this environmental disaster. To back up this great resource, I’d like [...]
Liberty Science Center Summer Institute 2010 for Earth Science Teachers (grades 6-9) Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ and the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences are offering a Teacher Summer Institute, 8/9-13, focused on an upcoming research mission to Antarctica to probe the Ross Sea Ecosystem and its tie to climate. [...]
Image via Wikipedia Register for a Discovery Education First Look Webinar Exclusive Sneak Peek of Back to School Updates As a DEN member, you’re always the first to try a new technology, to recommend a website, or to show your colleagues something new. Now, be the first to get a look at back-to-school updates to [...]
WOW #19:Doodle 4 Google http://www.google.com/doodle4google What are Doodles? Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Whether it is the beginning of Spring, Albert Einstein’s birthday, or the 50th anniversary of understanding DNA, the [...]
Liberty Science Center/TeleBrands Student Inventors Day - November 10, 2010 Enter Your School Today: Deadline June 30 Dear Educator Insider, ?Do you know any student inventors? Do you know kids that like to create things? Do you know students that may have dreamed about having their ideas turned into real consumer products? if so, please tell them about [...]
On Thursday, May 13th, 2010, about 150 students in my school (Manalapan High School) joined thousands of other teachers & students around the country (and Mexico!) online for the Siemens STEM Academy webinar “The Science of Future Food” presented by the hosts of Planet Green‘s Future Food, Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche. We [...]
We are in the final push for entries for the DE/3M Young Scientist Challenge and we need your help to spread the word during the final 2 weeks! The process is easy and if you get 3 students to complete the registration process and upload a video, you’ll receive a FREE FLIP CAM (only one [...]
Image via Wikipedi Not only were the spring breezes blowing and the sun shining on May 15, 2010, but thirty-one educators from as far away as Union, NJ, showed their willingness to spring forward in new ways to help their students “grow” when they gathered at the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ. Before 9am, NJ [...]
When was the last time educators were given not only the inside scoop on a new weekly television show but an invitation to help shape it? WNET and PBS are about to change that with a new web-magazine and weekly television show, NEED TO KNOW. The initiative will focus on current events, culture, [...]
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The New Jersey DEN Leadership Council is pleased to present an exciting morning of professional development that will highlight creative ways to engage students and invigorate curriculum using 21st century digital resources and tools. The event will begin at 9:00 AM at the Apple Store in the Promenade at Sagemore in Marlton, NJ. We will [...]
Looking for a way to relax, enjoy yourself, spend some quality time with a loved one AND get some Professional Development??? Sounds too good to be true? I promise- it’s not! Please see the invitation below. Maybe a little Friday night dinner and a Mummy next weekend… YOU’RE INVITED! You and [...]
Know anyone who still thinks Online Social Media is just a fad? Tell them to check this out- Hats off to my school’s Media Specialist, Caroline Barkaszi, for tipping me off to this
DEN Spring Virtual Conference: Connect the Thoughts Registration is now open for our spring virtual conference on Saturday, April 24. We have a fantastic lineup for tomorrow so make sure to drop by virtually (in your pjs ) or in-person at one of our many events hosted by the DEN Leadership Councils. All times ET. [...]
Student Inventors Day – June 8 See How Your Student’s Inventions Compare! ?Do you know any student inventors? Kids that like to create things? Kids that may have dreamed about having their ideas turned into real products? if so, please tell them about this exciting opportunity! Student Inventors Day - June 8, 2010 Sponsored by: [...]
Happy Make up your own Holiday Day! Know how I know that’s today? I saw it on my Google Calendar Web Tool of the Week #14 Google Calendars Organize your schedule and share events with friends With Google’s free online calendar, it’s easy to keep track of life’s important events all in one place. [...]
Encourage your high school students to visit www.its21justpass.com to test their knowledge of the legal drinking age and the risks and consequences of underage drinking. 3 amazing prizes – 2 ways to win: The challenges: Take a short online quiz or submit a unique video on the risks and consequences of underage drinking. The prizes: A school assembly [...]
http://www.khanacademy.org What is the Khan Academy? · “With over 1100 videos, it is easily the most exhaustive collection of instruction on the Internet allowing learners to know that they can fill in almost any of their “gaps” with the content on this site. The content is made in digestible 10-20 minute chunks especially purposed [...]
The DEN Summer Institute for 2010 will take place from July 18-23, 2010 at Bentley University in Waltham, MA just twenty minutes west of Boston. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with fellow STAR Discovery Educators from all over during an exclusive, intensive, week-long networking and professional development event. Apply today! March 12 DEN [...]
Attention all North East educators! Discovery Education is offering 3 New Topics in this series including: Student Streaming, Teacher Center and Builders, and Multimedia Presentations Using Non-linear PowerPoint’s. Please see descriptions on each session below: INSTRUCTIONS TO ATTEND THE OVERVIEW AND WHAT TO EXPECT All you will need is a computer and speakers. Please [...]
Come join the NY DEN at the Baseball Hall of Fame for DEN Spring Training! The event will be at the ACTUAL National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on Saturday, March 20th, from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This DEN Spring Training will give you an opportunity to connect with a like-minded community [...]
Everyone’s been hard at work all morning & now that lunch is over it’s time for a little recess Some STAR DEN members are sharing a few of their favorite tools. I decided to share Animoto for Education (http://animoto.com/education/getting_started) Here are the two videos I’m sharing. The 1st video is a project my 2nd grade [...]
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