What event could this be? None other than the Upstate Technology Conference (UTC) in Greenville, SC from 6/12-6/14: http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/utc 3 DEN Activities: 1. Dining with the STARS: You are cordially invited to dine among the STARs. The South Carolina DEN will host a dinner for STARs during the UTC conference in Greenville, SC. STARs let’s [...]
Geocaching Day was a great opportunity for the DEN team and educators from SC to get together for learning and fun on a beautiful day in Charleston SC. DEN leadership members Suzanne Brooks, Andrea Rollison, Karen Ogen, and Amy Dent prepared a fun filled morning. They guided participants to 8 caches hidden around the historic [...]
The South Carolina DEN invites you to join us for a day of outdoor fun and learning for Geocaching Day on May 19th! This year we will meet in beautiful, historic downtown Charleston (at Battery Park- pronounced Bat-Ree for you out-of-towners) to find hidden caches that are part of a book tour. If you don’t know much [...]
The Social Learning Summit this past weekend was another great opportunity to learn and share with the DEN community. When we meet up with our DEN friends, there is now a new way for us to get to know each other- DEN trading cards! When you trade with a fellow DEN member, you will have that person’s [...]
Can’t join the crew at Ripley’s Aquarium? Well, then! Join us at Russell’s Pizza in beautiful, downtown Blackville, SC for a day of pizza, pizzazz, and planning for Web 2.0 and social media in the classroom. Mark your calendar, Saturday, April 21st and email me: cemsteacher@gmail.com for directions.
You Are Your Words is an easy to use site that instantly converts a portrait image to a word cloud image. This tool was created by the American Heritage Dictionary and encourages users to “create a unique image that can be shared and saved and will remind everyone that You Are Your Words.” Simply upload [...]
Newsmap is a site that provides a visual representation of the news as aggregated from Google News. What I like about Newsmap is the how color is used to differentiate between types of new stories. For example, the blue headlines are all sports related while the gradients of those colors also show you how recent the [...]
We have a whole day of learning, networking, and fun planned just for you! Our FREE Myrtle Beach event will be a fantastic opportunity to network with local educators and learn alongside the DEN and Classroom 2.0 communities. Oh yea, and did we mention it’s at Ripley’s Aquarium? Your day with us includes aquarium admission, virtual [...]
Join South Carolina educators and families to kick off Summer Reading programs across the state with award winning authors Denise Fleming and Marc Brown. Storytelling provided by South Carolina’s librarians and storytellers. When: Saturday, June 2, 2012 9:00 am-4:00 pm Where: SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 What: A day filled with family friendly events [...]
Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for teaching and learning. This site is my own personal compilation of the best (and advertisement free) online activities for math, ELA, science, social studies, brainteasers, art, music, holidays, world language, and typing (some are still [...]
Last week the SC Leadership Team held an event for educators to watch the “Flipping Your Classroom with FIZZ” webinar hosted by Dr. Lodge McCammon. If you missed the presentation, it was a great introduction to the flipped classroom concept and the archived webinar can be found here. Following the webinar, DEN LC members Karen Ogen [...]
I had the honor of attending the 35th anniversary of the South Carolina Middle School Association conference. Discovery Education was well represented – Hall Davidson kept a full house during the Closing Session. For those who have misplaced his presentations: linkyy.com/HallDavidsonHandouts and/or linkyy.com/MDLA. I know my colleagues will soon be using his tools. Thanks DEN [...]
I know so many educators that are becoming addicted to Pinterest. Pinterest is a great resource for classroom ideas and a fun way to store and share your favorite sites, links, ideas, products, and images. If you are educator that is using technology in your classroom, you need to take a look at the pinboards [...]
After a full Saturday at school (yes, I feel like I live there), it was fun to come home to find my Trading Cards in the mail. I also received one of Jonathan Brewer & Anna Tiry. Have you ordered yours? What do you think? Thank you DEN!
Are you looking for a fun way to integrate technology with a research project? Try using ToonDoo.com with DiscoveryEducation.com resources to create factual comic strips! Start by using DiscoveryEducation.com with your students so they can learn about their topics. Discovery has a variety of content for your students to explore (videos, articles, handouts, interactives, audio, songs, [...]
Thursday, March 1, 2012 7-9PM at Dutch Fork High School, Irmo, SC (Columbia area) TTC Room 102 Join us as we learn about the Flipped Classroom concept with a webinar by Dr. Lodge McCammon. Dr. Lodge will be joined by leading North Carolina teachers from a variety of content areas and grade levels who are [...]
You may know that Discovery Education has a great selection of educational videos for your classroom. But, did you know that they also have an impressive collection (over 200 titles) of children’s picture books on video? Here is a sample of some of the titles that you can find: Chicka Chicka Boom [...]
In honor of President’s Day (February 20th), I am providing you with some elementary level, interactive sites that you can use on your Smartboard or computer stations to teach about US Presidents and the presidency: Our Nations Leaders: Dynamite Presidents: [...]
Wondering who’s getting their airfare covered by the DEN? Yes, it’s one of our own! Introducting SC DEN LC’s Social Media Coordinator and winner of a coveted seat at the DEN SI 2012~~ Karen Ogen is the Technology Integration Specialist for the Richland 5 School District in Lexington, SC. She has been teaching technology integration [...]
Last week at the FETC (Florida Educational Technology Conference) I attended a session about online tools that can be used for assessment by Kyle Schutt. Although I have used PhotoPeach before, I had forgotten that the program had the ability to create a quiz from your images. This makes PhotoPeach a great assessment tool. Simply upload your photos to PhotoPeach.com, choose a [...]
I recently created this presentation to share with the Reading Council of South Carolina to show educators, media specialists, and administrators how QR codes could be used in the media center and with literacy. I have updated the presentaion to include examples of how QR codes can be used across the curriculum. Do you have an idea [...]
We just got back from FETC (the Florida Educational Technology Conference) in Orlando where Karen Ogen and Andrea Rollison attended the Pre-Conference DEN Day of Discovery that was hosted by the fabulous Florida DEN Leadership Team. This was a full day packed of learning and fun with Dr. Lodge McCammon and NC teacher Katie Gimbar. [...]
Ella (our newest STAR) and I are sitting here at Carver-Edisto MS. Ella teaches Environmental Studies & Physics at Edisto HS and is excited to learn she can be a STAR at no cost to her. We are still waiting on other teachers from other schools. More Chik Fil A for us if they don’t [...]
The lowcountry/midlands will be the scene of teachers sharing refreshing strategies while enjoying their refreshments compliments of Chik fil a. Caver-Edisto Middle School will host the virtual science professional development day, Saturday, January 28, 2012. Everyone is invited. Just log onto Wufoo.com https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/sc-denscicon-event-2012/ to register for your seat at this fabulous day of networking.
Introducing a monthly segment introducing you to one of South Carolina’s shining DEN STARs. This month we will introduce you to the Blog Coordinator, Norma Jean Rockwell. Mrs. Rockwell teaches Industrial Technology courses at Carver-Edisto Middle School in Cope, SC. She began teaching at CEMS four years ago; after beginning her teaching (3rd) career in [...]
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