Verona Area School District Students Collaborate with Others Around the World, Submitted by Rita A. Mortenson Since the start of the school year, the 3rd graders in Ms. Karie Huttner’s class and the high school students in Ms. Julie Jenewein’s, class along with Ms. Rita Mortenson, have been busy making music, videos and skyping (video chatting) [...]
DEN shining STARS continue to grow in WI. Rita Mortenson took time to introduce Julie to our DEN community. Please take time to send warm replies, showing Julie how Great it is to be among the STARS. You too, can become a STAR Discovery Educator! HERE’s HOW! ****************** Rita: I am honored to announce [...]
When I am not thinking about teaching and using technology, I am engaged in some fiber activity – spinning, weaving, or holding my angora bunnies. But until recently I never brought this part of me into the classroom. Last year I wrote a proposal for donors choose to get cardboard looms and a silkworm farm [...]
For the past two years, I have had the fortune to be able to integrate more technology into my classroom through grants. One little known grant available to Wisconsin educators is the WEMTA technology grant. The deadline is approaching quickly – the last Friday in January. This grant has helped me to fund the expansion [...]
Empower Students’ Creativity through a Variety of Web 2.0 tools resources and publishing. Back in the day when I was in school, I was sometimes assigned to conduct research in many classes, demonstrating my knowledge gained through giving a speech, (or presentation) in front of class, or writing an essay. There were not many choices [...]
Over winter vacation while reading one of my favorite blogs – Mind/Shift I learned about a really amazing story writing app with the power to design beautiful student created images or uploading other images. Scribble Press is a free iPad app that gives children the tool to create wonderful stories that they can share by [...]
I have been on a pretty serious quest, analyzing a number of productivity, photo shop and publishing apps. In past Posts, I have featured Screen Chomp, Show Me and pic Collage. Honestly, I really try to stay as close to Free Apps as possible, but every so often I find one that is not free, but [...]
Are you motivated to spearhead STEM Educational initiatives in your District, community, state and beyond? Be the catalyst to STEMazing change. Siemen’s and Discovery Education will empower you to build a powerful, yet sustainable STEM focus. The Siemen’s STEM Acadamy was the most powerful professional development experience I have ever had… and then it got even better! [...]
So here is a little fun using Discovery Encyclopedia articles and the wonderful word cloud creator Tagxedo. Step 1: Find a resource from DE and encyclopedia Step 2: Copy and paste part of the article into Tagxedo Step 3: Choose a shape and edit the words Step 4: Choose the colors and share ________________________________________________________________________ Citation [...]
Mind Maps are graphic representations of information that show both small units of information and their relationships in a visual way. Concept maps,(or story maps, graphic organizers, advance organizers, story webs, semantic maps, and cognitive organizers), are often used to teach text structure and to aid in comprehension, helping students understand multiple layered concepts. Research [...]
Kari Huttner has taken advantage of the great DE music featuring Dr Lodge McCammon’s content driven Jams containing powerful lyrics and melodies to charge students’ interest and improve their level of comprehension. Kari adds Green Screen fun with DE Video segments, reaching total tech integration! What a great way to demonstrate how we help young [...]
Kari Huttner just taught me a valuable lesson! Never under estimate the power of an iPad App! Two weeks ago, Kari had mentioned a new App she was using in class: FaceJack. At the time, she hadn’t gone into detail, but having learned much from Kari, I surfed out to the iPad App Store [...]
Hey There! Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Peg Hartwig and I am the new WI LC DEN Blog chair, taking on Chad Lehman’s role. I wanted to introduce myself as I am relatively new in the DEN circle and happened upon the DEN in a most curious way. In 2010, I was selected [...]
It’s been a while since the Wisconsin LC Blog feature “Things I Think You Should Read.” Well, it’s back. Below are the latest blogs/articles/links worth checking out. What You Can Do To Support School Libraries In Crisis 10 Tools for Getting the Most from Dropbox Rethinking Classroom Furniture The 10 Barriers to Technology Adoption 20 [...]
I have been thrilled to obtain so many Apps that reinforce learning through student productivity as opposed to games. But productivity Apps and Publishing Apps tend to work much better when you have a stylus. Budgets are tight, and the stylus price is modest if you are buying one for yourself, but when needing a [...]
Thanks to DEN STAR/GURU Rita Mortenson for sharing this information from the conference…. I am here at the 2011 SLATE Conference (School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education) and I was fortunate to attend an amazing Discovery Techbook Presentation by Laura Lamb, from Discovery. The long awaited Science Techbook for Wisconsin was just released for grades [...]
Although I teach honors algebra 2 as well as a low functioning Essential 1 freshman math class, I am striving to integrate iPads effectively in many ways beyond learning games for practicing computation and mathematical reasoning. IPads can be used effectively to remediate, extend concepts to STEM, and Publish. All of my students have access to using [...]
Edublog nominations are open. It’s a time to share the best that’s out there and discover some new ones. Discovery Education stands out as a nominee in a couple of categories. I’m thinking many people, including me, will be make some additions to their RSS reader over the next few weeks once the list of [...]
People attend conferences and events for a number of reasons. When the conference is over, people often walk away wondering what information is valuable and how it can be used in the classroom. Kari Huttner, a Wisconsin DEN LC member, recently shared a fantastic classroom experience. The idea began with a conversation at the DEN [...]
JellyCam With your students to make a fun easy 21st Century production! After fumbling around with moviemaker, taking loads of pictures, importing, organizing and time-editing, I finally completed my stop-action attempt one hour later… then my new friend and Mentor DENnis Grice from California, shared this amazing free web tool with me, (Thanks to DENSI). [...]
Have you taken advantage of Discovery Education Streaming? There is such a vast amount of resources ready for you to tap into – but who has the TIME? Well, I have taken advantage of Discovery Education Streaming while empowering my students to become stronger 21st Century Learners. Students are offered the opportunity to research the [...]
The Palm Beach County (FL) School District has put together an outstanding resource wiki for the use of iPads in schools. In addition to training videos, the highlight of the site is the list of apps that is shared. I’d recommend taking a look at the list of apps for Elementary, Middle School, and High [...]
Last week marked the DEN Fall Virtual Conference. Educators around the country took part in a free, online professional development opportunity. In Muskego, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin DEN LC team put on a great in-person event in conjunction with the VC. Karie Huttner, one of the Wisconsin DEN LC members, shares a little about the event [...]
Many of you already know about the DEN Virtual Conference this coming weekend. If you’re in Wisconsin, especially the southeast region of the state, you may want to check out the in-person event at Muskego High School. More information can be found here. Download this flyer for updated information.
Jen Wagner, one of the newer DEN Guru’s recently shared a post about something she’s planning on doing. And I think it’s going to be great. I’ve known Jen for several years and have greatly benefited from having her in my PLN. She is very knowledgeable, super nice, and willing to bend over backwards for [...]
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