Discovery Educator Network – Events DEN Networking Social Thursday, February 28 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pheasant Run Resort • Pool Atrium Presentations by Comcast & Discovery Education Sneak peak at upcoming additions to Discovery Education streaming and beyond. Registration Page DEN Booth Presentations 20 min DEN STAR presentations in the booth Sign-up to [...]
Connect with educators from all over the country during this unique professional development experience where you can attend in-person, online, or both. When: Saturday, February 2nd from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: Adlai E. Stevenson High School, 1 Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire, IL 60069 in the East Commons, Room 4400 Register by Clicking Here: Select [...]
Hey everyone… Who is going to IL-TCE 2008 “Learning without Boundaries” Feb. 26-29, 2008? This is the biggest Tech Education event in Illinois. Workshops begin February 26th and 27th and the main events take place February 28th and 29th. Organizers of the event want to encourage you all to register asap as they will cancel [...]
The Irving Independent School District in Irving, Texas has an annual Technology Media Fair. This year, the district has opened up several categories for online judging. The hope, above all, is that this will help keep district students excited about technology and about sharing their work with a global audience. This is where you come [...]
Congratulations on joining the IL DEN. Carine (Wadsworth), Rebecca (Lindenhurst), and Carol from (Northfield). We look forward to your contributions. As the IL DEN continues to grow, does anyone have any suggestions for the council? Let us know… This might also be a good time to revisit the Council members as well. Here was the [...]
It is fast approaching the holiday season and things are already hectic in my part of the state. Turkeys and Pilgrims are beginning to appear in the hallways and my first graders came back from music this week with songs and parts to practice for the December music program. Along with all of this [...]
Registration is now open for the 14th Annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference (IETC)! http://www.il-edtech.org DATE OF CONFERENCE: Thursday, Nov. 15 – Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 WHERE: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, IL WHAT IS IETC? This conference is an exciting opportunity which will educators, technology coordinators and others interested in improving quality of education, an [...]
I can’t believe we are beginning our fourth week of school tomorrow. It has been an exciting and interesting start to my school year. I broke my foot two days before school started but I was stubborn enough to start along with my first graders. I couldn’t stand the thought of handing them over to [...]
I just returned from a fabulous conference with other Star Den Educators. We attended the National Discovery Educator Conference on the cruise ship Sensation. I enjoyed so much all of the information shared by Steve Dembo, Joe Brennar, Brad Fountain, Hall Davidson, Scott Kinney, and Jannita Damian. They did a wonderful job of inspiring me [...]
Since summer is upon us and we seem very quiet in IL, I thought it would be great to put out an entry to stir up the embers a little. If you are going to NECC, please volunteer as a guest blogger for the IL Den. Put together some thoughts on specific sessions, the overall [...]
The National Educational Computing Conference is June 24 through June 27, 2007 in Atlanta Georgia. Who is going to be there? Do you want to attend a DEN event? Give some feedback so that plans can be put together… Click Here to give your feedback!
The 13th Annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Conference Center in Springfield on November 16 and 17, and several Discovery Educators from Illinois played important roles at the conference. Over the course of the two day conference, the following Illinois DEN members presented breakout sessions on a variety of [...]
Greetings from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin! Nearly 90 Discovery Educators, active unitedstreaming users, and Discovery Education employees are all meeting today at The Abbey Resort and Conference Center. This Wisconsin-Illinois “Day of Discovery” is designed to focus on the important elements of the process of creating digital stories, and the keynote address this morning was presented [...]
All week we have been posting information on how you can get involved in the T+L Conference being held in Dallas. If you have missed any of the information, here is a recap. Get Your DEN RibbonIdentify yourself as a Discovery Educator by stopping by the Discovery Education booth (booth 236) to pick up your [...]
One of the highlights of attending a major technology conference is meeting other Discovery Educators at one of the many special events or dinners. If you are a Discovery Educator planning to attend the T+L Conference in Dallas or are close enough to travel to Dallas for the evening, please plan to join us at [...]
So that we can share the T+L Conference experience with all DEN members, we are looking for three STAR Discovery Educators who would like to attend and share their learning through blogs and podcasts. If you are a STAR Discovery Educator and would like to attend T+L, let us know by clicking on the link [...]
The T+L Conference, sponsored by the National School Boards Association, is being held next month from November 7 through November 10, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. If you are a Discovery Educator and are planning to attend, come join us for some special Discovery Educator Network events. On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, we will be hosting [...]
Bette Nelson was one of two Discovery Educators representing Illinois at the recent National Leadership Conference hosted by the Discovery Educator Network in Silver Spring, Maryland. I was pleased that she could join us for this event, particularly since Bette has the distinction of being the first teacher to submit an application and be accepted [...]
Last week, an outstanding group of Discovery Educators from across the country came together at the main headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Maryland, for the inaugural Leadership Conference hosted by the Discovery Educator Network. Bette Nelson and Joe Brennan represented Illinois at the conference, and I have asked each to share some observations [...]
The list of Illinois participants in the Midwest Summer Institute has been finalized, and I would like to congratulate the following active Discovery Educators who will join DEN members from several states in Chicago at the end of June for a five-day event that will cover a variety of topics including digital stories, blogs, and [...]
If you watch the Travel Channel, there is a good chance that you have already discovered a great series titled 5 Takes. The series is especially compelling this Spring since the newest venture titled 5 Takes: Pacific Rim is the first to feature a Teacher Journalist named Josh Wolff whose journeys to Australia, New Zealand, [...]
This summer, Discovery Educators from all over the Midwest have the opportunity to attend a 4-day DEN Regional Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The title of the event will be “Digital Storytelling: Where Learning Comes Alive,” and it will be a great opportunity for Discovery Educators to learn new ways to integrate technology into their instructional [...]
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