Contributed by Rita Mortenson WI DEN LC / DEN Advisory Board Member This past week, I was able to attend and present at the ICE (Illinois Computing Educators) Conference at the Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center in St. Charles, Illinois with a few other Wisconsin DEN Stars. First, let me begin by giving a [...]
Greetings, DEN STARs of the great Northwest (and beyond)! We’re looking forward to seeing many of you at NCCE 2013 in Portland next week! Discovery Education will have many exciting things happening at the conference, and we can’t wait to connect with you. Be sure to RSVP for our learning carnival reception, and read on [...]
Discovery Educator Network TCEA 2013 EveningCon Join the Discovery Educator Network for a hands-on evening of connections, food, prizes, and fun! With special guests Mike Bryant and Texas Leadership Council Members Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner provided Travis High School Library 1211 E Oltorf St Austin, TX 78704 For more [...]
Hello and Happy New Year! Let’s kick this year off right with a Day of Discovery in sunny Florida! We are very pleased to invite you to the FETC Pre-Conference Day of Discovery in Orlando in a few weeks and we hope you all can join us! This interactive day of free professional development will [...]
The DEN is about bringing educators together to network by creating common experiences. This past Saturday DEN members met in our state capitol, Madison to learn and share with each other. Starting at the Capitol building, participants learned about the history of one of the most important buildings in our state. The beautiful holiday tree [...]
Will you be in the Baton Rouge, LA area November 5th? Stop by the Barnes and Noble in Citiplace for some app sharing. Grab a pumpkin spice latte and meet us at the DEN table in the cafe. Bring your iPad and join us at 3:15 pm. The Rover app http://www.theroverapp.com/ will be shared as [...]
On Saturday, October 20th, well over 60 educators from around the state traveled to Neenah, WI to participate in a Day of Discovery. Whitney Mihoulides created a day packed full of live sessions while tapping into the DEN Fall Virtual conference for virtual session options. WI Educators found a wealth of information from DEN presenters [...]
DEN Fall VirtCon LIVE October 20th, 7AM-?2PM MST Star Elementary – Star, Idaho To register for this Fall VirtCon LIVE Face 2 Face event, visit: https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/s5k2q9/ Join thousands of educators online and Face2Face as the DEN team goes house to house to house to explore the many digital treats available today. During this unique professional [...]
This week is Open House Week at the DEN, so I decided to share what I like about the DEN. Discovery Education is an excellent resource for educators. They have great fee-based products (Streaming, Assessment, Science and more) and over 30 free resources available for educators. The Discovery Educator Network is also a great resource for educators where [...]
The car songs ran through my head … G.T.O., Mercury Blues, Little Deuce Coupe, We’ll have fun fun fun, Hot Rod Lincoln… Discovery Education and the Velocity Channel had come to the Dallas Mecum Auto Auction. I was walking with a group of excited students through rows and rows of cars- muscle cars, classic cars, even a couple of race cars [...]
The conference style format continued through the day today. Camp Counselor, Rita Mortenson, started our day teaching us a modified version of the electric slide, then she, Jan Abernathy, and Traci Blazosky performed a rap song about the Yellowstone trip. Our opening keynote speaker was Paul Anderson, who was Montana Teacher of the Year in [...]
Today was the first day of the conference-style learning for DENSI participants. The day started off with camp counselor, Rita Mortenson, leading the group in the DEN shuffle. Once we were all awake and ready to go, the keynote speaker, David Warlick delivered a talk that got us all thinking about how we handle information [...]
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Today we had a field trip to Yellowstone National Park. We loaded onto three large buses and drove for three hours to Wyoming to see Old Faithful. Participants were given a photo challenge and around four hours to hike, walk, or just sit and enjoy the view. Porter scheduled it well – we loaded back [...]
As Jannita Demian said, Discovery is all about wide open opportunities. Beautiful Bozeman, Montana seems to be the perfect place for educators to explore them. The first day of DENSI started off with registration, a photo op with Lance Rougeux and a networking activity during dinner. Participants had the opportunity to talk to and get [...]
Today is the first day of the DEN Summer Institute in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. I’m Elaine Plybon, and I’m one of the camp counselors for the institute. Here are some of the ways I will be keeping everyone back home updated on the events at DENSI. I will be posting quick, unedited video snippets called [...]
On May 19th we hosted a Day of Discovery in Miami. About a week ago DEN STAR Glenda Moton from Miami-Dade County Public Schools reached out to us to share what she had done after being inspired by a “Flipping Your Classroom” session (delivered by the talented Emily Murn) she attended at the DoD. Below [...]
June 19th, 7 pm to 8 pm CST Topic: Using Apps and Devices with Special Needs Students Moderator – Betsy Ruffin with Special Guest Linda Rush Use hash tag #AppyHour #AppyHour is a Tweet Chat held on the third Tuesday of each month and hosted by the Texas Leadership Council of the Discovery Educator Network [...]
On June 4th a few of us from Discovery Education spent the day celebrating educators across Milwaukee Public Schools. Over 20 schools and 16 educators in MPS received recognition as top users of Discovery Education Streaming. Our “prize patrol” team spent the day surprising these deserving educators with a certificate, balloons and of course a [...]
Summertime is TREASURE HUNTING Time! The Georgia State Historic Sites History Trail geocaching game is underway- you can ‘Get Out. Get Dirty. And Get Fit.’ in a Georgia Historic Site this summer! It’s time to grab your cell phone, comfortable shoes, and a buddy – let’s go Geocaching! A few weeks ago the Georgia Discovery [...]
Live in the San Diego area of Southern California? Want an awesome way to spend a day in San Diego? Look no further than the 2012 ISTE Pre-Conference Day of Discovery at the University of San Diego. Held on Friday, June 22nd, this amazing day of FREE Professional Development is available to all CA Educators, [...]
Did you catch the DENny Awards last Thursday night? If not, take a look at the archive here, or read a quick recap by David Andrade. It was a fun evening of recognizing and giving thanks to what’s best about the DEN – the members! Dr. Lodge joined us for the evening to discuss the [...]
Last night was the DENny Awards 2012, the annual awards where the Discovery Educator Network and Discovery Education honor DEN members for their efforts throughout the years. It’s the Oscars for us. In fact, the Discovery Education employees that ran the event were wearing tuxedo t-shirts! You can view the entire thing, which was live streamed from Discovery Education [...]
Discovery Education has tons of resources, programs and applications for educators. How do you find it all and learn how to use them? The Discovery Educator Network and this blog is one way. Here are some more ways: Training Resources for Discovery Education Tools and Apps: http://goo.gl/usJsd - lots of great resources, tips, help and more. [...]
Come one, come all! We are super excited for the annual DEN Geocaching event in western PA this Saturday, May 19th. DEN Star Jan Abernethy will be guiding us for a game of hide & seek in the sunshine as we trek through western PA to hunt some caches. It’s going to be a gorgeous [...]
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