The ICE Conference is quickly approaching! On February 29th Discovery will be hosting an evening event at the Phesant Run Resort in conjunction with the ICE Conference. This event will challenge your skills in many “Minute to Win It” type games. Come join us at Phesant Run!!! If you can’t make the conference join us [...]
Our own Texas DEN STAR and LC member, Andrea Keller, was named Classroom Teacher of the Year at the TCEA 2012 convention. “This award is presented to a teacher who exhibits exemplary use of technology in the classroom. The teacher recognizes and uses a wide variety of technology tools to enhance the learning of all [...]
Now that February is upon us we have a lot to look forward to and I have heard the weather men are predicting a lot of ICE (the ICE Conference that is)! Quickly approaching are Valentine’s Day, President’s Day but most importantly ICE Conference Week!! In less than a month a large group of teachers will [...]
Download a printable version of Discovery Education’s TCEA corporate room schedule here: DiscoveryEducation_2012_TCEA_flyer Discovery Education will be in lots of places at TCEA – from the exhibit floor (booth #1551), to featured sessions from Hall and Steve, to our very own room at the Austin Hilton where we’ll be doing sessions all day, every day, [...]
The 3rd Annual DEN SCIcon was held this past Saturday, January 28th. The DEN SCIcon provides participants with effective strategies for transforming science classes through effective integration of digital media content. The conference was broadcast live and online so many people joined in from home. There were also in-person events around the country, hosted by [...]
Northern Illinois Computing Educators held their Mini-Conference on Saturday, January 28th. The Keynote speaker was Steve Dembo of Discovery, and his presentation of cutting edge Web 2.0 apps provided an energetic beginning to the event. Would we expect any less? The crowd was enthused, and Steve was dynamic – his breadth of knowledge and ability [...]
By David Andrade I’m a physics teacher, so I don’t need to carry much to and from school (I have everything in the cloud). I only carry my smart phone (Droid Incredible 2) with me. Everything else is synced through Dropbox between my home and school computers. At school, if I am going [...]
Northwest educators, come Blaze the Educational Technology Trail at NCCE 2012 – Seattle, March 13-16! Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson are featured speakers at this action-packed conference, and no doubt they will be sharing all kinds of great ideas and resources that will keep your fire ablaze! Early bird registration is available until February 10, [...]
By David Andrade, http://tinyurl.com/edtechguy Being an educator is a great, responsible job. When we go out and educate, we need to make sure we are prepared and have back up plans. Here are some tips to make sure your presentation and training goes well. As educators and presenters, we can find ourselves at [...]
Hello OH Stars! If you are headed to eTech next month, please be sure to check in with Discovery Education. Kyle Schutt is a featured speaker this year and will be sharing the latest and greatest technology tips and ideas for boosting your instructional practice using Discovery Education resources. Also, we are having a special [...]
Educators, are you coming to Annual CUE 2012 in Palm Springs? Annual CUE 2012 March 15-17, 2012 – Palm Spring Convention Center Discovery Education will be there sharing great resources, connecting educators, and having fun! We’ll be joined by the one-and-only Matt Monjan – a spotlight speaker at this year’s conference! Check out Matt’s sessions [...]
SIT Conference-2012 – Students Involved with Technology When: February 18, 2012 from 8:00am – 2:00pm – 6 locations throughout Illinois Adult volunteers needed for Woodridge or Lincolnshire locations. Click HERE to Volunteer!! Get your students involved to present and be wowed by what each group of students has accomplished!! What is SIT? It is a conference [...]
Professional Development for Educators needs to change. I know many schools and districts that do it right. I know many educators who have organized EdCamps to provide excellent, teacher driven professional development. I also know, and have experienced first hand, professional development that is not effective. Professional Development in many school systems is driven by [...]
This past weekend, the CT DEN LC sponsored the CT Day of Discovery. We held in-person sessions, along with having a room set up to participate in the Fall Virtual Conference. I presented a session on 25 Free Resources from Discovery Education. Here is the list and links to the sites. Please share it [...]
FETC’s Fall Virtual Conference is Thursday, October 27th, from 10:30am – 6pm. This is a great way to get some excellent professional development and connect with other educators without traveling. There is a keynote speaker, multiple sessions, and even an exhibit hall, all accessed online for free. Hall Davidson, Director, Discovery Educator Network, will be delivering the [...]
The Connecticut Day of Discovery is just over a week away and there is still space for you to join us! The Discovery Educator Network Pre-CECA Conference Day of Discovery will be held on Saturday, October 22 from 8:00 am – 3:30 pm at the Lincoln Middle School in Meriden, CT. This is [...]
Texas educators are encouraged to attend the annual TCEA regional conference “The Power of U” being hosted by Regions 10 and 11 (Dallas-Ft. Worth) on October 22, at Timber Creek High School in Keller ISD. The small conference fee includes lunch! This year is the first time academies will be included. The academies currently [...]
The deadline for call for proposals of The 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT) has been extended until August 26, 2011. With the theme of the conference as “Do IT! Transform Learning, Shape the Future”, the organizers invite educators, school leaders and researchers in the education-related field to submit papers [...]
Edcamp is a great series of free, unconferences for educators. Edcamp comes to CT this coming August 18th. It is a great method of professional development, being run by teachers, for teachers. The Edcamp model is unique in that attendees set the agenda the morning of the conference and the sessions are not led by one [...]
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 [...]
June 1 Workshop Join us for an afternoon and evening of 21st Century Classroom Ideas! Education Leader of Iditarod Education, Diane Johnson will conduct two workshops for teachers who would like to participate in creative lessons to engage their students in many curriculum levels. Iditarod – a 21st Century Teaching Tool for the Classroom Embassy [...]
By David Andrade, http://tinyurl.com/edtechguy Some of the readers of my blog and colleagues have asked me how I find the resources that I share on this blog, so I decided to tell you. 1. Google – I do Google searches for different things like “educational technology”, “social networking”, “web 2.0″, “project based learning” and any other [...]
These are the days of “less is more”. Teachers need to embrace the technology that is going to make teaching this generation affordable and possible. John Dewey said “… if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”. So how can teachers, technophobic and otherwise, incorporate this new resource to [...]
It’s serious crunch time in regards to education budgets. Budgets are staying flat or shrinking as costs go up. So, how do we cut costs to get the most bang for our buck? Here are some tips: 1. DIY Whiteboards – a regular whiteboard can cost hundreds of dollars. If you go to a home improvement [...]
HUGE Success! The New England Day of Discovery, held this past Saturday (March 26th) at the Mary E. Baker School in Brockton, MA, was a huge success. More than three hundred educators from Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and more, came out on this bright, brisk Saturday to further their curiosity about technology and [...]
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