We have an exciting new project to announce called the BulleDEN Board Project. Bulle – a – what? BulleDEN – just like bulletin, as in bulletin board. I bet this rings a bell now. We’re looking for the best of the best bulletin boards out there. These won’t be your average bulletin boards – these will [...]
Have you visited the blog or website of a fellow DEN member and noticed the cool DEN badge or logo on their site? Are you a DEN STAR looking to add the DEN STAR to your website? Have you put together information for colleagues about the DEN but didn’t have the DEN logo to add? [...]
What’s so great about the DEN? Ask any active DEN STAR or LC member and they’ll give you plenty of reasons. We’ve decided to take those reasons and have an infographic created. Take a peek and let us know what you think.
The Discovery Education webinar series continues this week, this time focusing on engaging your students with Discovery Education! There will be two sessions, with the first session being held on Wednesday, August 22 at 7 PM EST and the second session being held on Thursday, August 23 at 4 PM EST. The general information [...]
So many Blogs and so little time! DEN is such a healthy sharing community! How can you easily take advantage of The Collective Brain? Start your day with a jolt of coffee and a side of DEN! It’s easy to become an active DEN Member. Keep growing with the global community! Get daily updates [...]
We are excited to announce an exclusive promotion for all STAR Discovery Educators. Discovery Education and 3M will be providing access to the Discovery Education Science Techbook for the entire 2012-2013 school year. Your access will be active through June 30, 2013. You are being rewarded with this service as part of 3M’s ongoing support [...]
On Friday, we hit the 50,000 follower number on our Discovery Education Twitter account. That’s right, 50,000! Thanks so much for supporting the Discovery Education Network. Thanks to Angelica Townsend for putting together this incredible video. Angelica is a Discovery Education intern working with Steve Dembo.
It’s August and whether you’re ready or not, school will be starting shortly. It’s also Connected Educator Month, a month centered around community and learning with others. With this in mind, we are pleased to announce an exciting Back to School promotion with our friends at PhotoPeach. The promotion starts today and ends August 24th. [...]
It’s August and August brings a range of emotions for those in education. Educators across the country are getting that strange feeling in their stomach this time of year. For some, it’s an eager feeling of excitement because the new school year is starting. For others, it’s a different feeling because their summer break is [...]
After a session of morning DEN line dancing and Yellowstone “Rap” review lead by Rita Mortenson, we turned our undivided attention to Paul Andersen, an award winning Science teacher from Bozeman, MT who had much more to offer than fun and games! Paul’s Keynote challenged us to consider how gaming is a natural form of [...]
If you have seen Jerry Maguire you can appreciate the title of this post. At a pivotal point in the movie, Jerry Maguire (played by Tom Cruise) begs his pro football client (played by Cuba Gooding, Jr.) to “help me help you!” As entertaining as it might be, I’m not going to follow you into [...]
I can’t believe it has already been 6 months since I joined the DE family. Time sure does fly when you are having fun. Jannita and I recently decided to start a monthly newsletter which we are calling DEN UP. We wanted to come up with a creative way to connect with the DEN and [...]
We are thrilled to welcome educators from Romania into the Discovery Educator Network (the DEN). Our community is very active and the members involved love sharing. We’re looking forward to connecting and learning with you as we continue striving to make everyone a better educator. If you’re a DEN member, do you have any advice [...]
Prior to today, I didn’t use Pinterest. I’ve seen a lot of tweets and Facebook posts about it – people sharing recipes, fashion ideas, etc., but for the most part, it was of no use to me. Or so I thought. Scrolling through Twitter this morning, I came across this tweet: [...]
Register today! 2012 ISTE Pre-Conference Day of Discovery University of San Diego Saturday, June 23, 2012 http://links.discoveryeducation.com/2012ISTE Join Discovery Education, Adobe Youth Voices, Discovery Educator Network Gurus, and educators from across the country for a Day of Discovery in San Diego, CA. This unique day of free professional development will highlight creative ways to engage [...]
Social Learning Summit Archives If you missed all the fun on April 21st, do not worry. There were so many sessions it is likely that even if you did attend that day, you found it hard to select just one session each broadcast time. Do not fear. You have not missed out because in typical [...]
That’s right. Today is the final day we’ll be accepting submissions for the DEN’s Dr. Lodge Video Challenge. If you have already filmed your video and simply delayed in uploading it, wait no more! If you haven’t taken part in the contest, you can still participate next Wednesday, May 9th when we launch the public voting phase [...]
Be the first to get a look at back-to-school updates to Discovery Education resources! You’ve asked for it, and we’ve listened: get a sneak peek at the exciting changes we’re making to Discovery Education this summer, and find out how we’re going mobile, social, and adding even more functionality for you and your students. [...]
That’s right, this Friday, May 4th is your last chance to submit your videos! Looking for more info? Check out the contest website or keep on scrolling… What’s the Dr. Lodge Video Challenge? Simply select one of Dr. Lodge McCammon’s pre-selected, standards-based songs, learn the corresponding moves from the kinesthetic lectures, film your music [...]
If you’ve missed a DEN webinar, you don’t have to! We’ve recently added an Archived Webinars page that will let you view our full webinar calendar and find events by day, week, or month. You can even sign up for one of our featured programs. Now you can always go back and find out [...]
I am excited to announce the start of a new DEN program called the Rising STAR. This is an optional 6 week program designed for all new STARs to welcome them into the DEN and connect with this amazing community. Over the years the DEN has flourished into a wealth of information and resources and we [...]
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 [...]
DEN STAR and GURU Finalist, Elaine Plybon is a super-nova. Get your seat belts ready for a fast ride. An IT in a 1:1 district for 10 years, Elaine’s session will be about a way of thinking, a philosophy, and not about 1:1 and what can be done with it. This session targets high school [...]
DEN STAR Rita Mortenson uses QR codes to do scavenger hunts, catalog their school library, for their freshmen transition program and so much more. There are so many unique and creative uses to include audio files, video files as well as various handouts and assessments. This session will be a great way for you to [...]
Want to empower your students to create 21st century STEM projects. Want to help close the STE….M Gap? DEN STAR Peg Hartwig shows you how to close the gap with web 2.0 tools and iPad apps to create dynamic, engaging STEM application productions. I joined this session about 5 minutes into the presentation (apologies, Peg). Peg [...]
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