http://www.powtoon.com/p/dPk9HLLIVmQ/ Have you flipped your classroom, but find giving simple instructions online to be difficult and boring? Would you like to begin your classroom presentations with a motivational video hook? Powtoon is the answer for you. I discovered this product in the Beta stage and fell in love with it. I started with a free [...]
Be the first to get a look at upcoming enhancements to Discovery Education! This sneak peek will showcase integration strategies for leveraging new tools, content, and resources, including Discovery Education Student Board Builder and the new Discovery Education Streaming Plus with model lessons, assessments, and digital content designed to address specific Math and ELA Common [...]
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 [...]
As I write this, I’m on a plane on my way back from TCEA. It was a quick trip, but I did get to see a lot of our TX STARs and hang out with some of my colleagues over doughnuts at Gourdoughs. If you’re ever in Austin, you have to check it out. They [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Welcome 2012 Louisiana STARS to the DEN Community. We look forward to collaborating with you! Amy Ard Alice Aud Renisha Beaudoin Karen Berlin Karla Cooper Christina Gantt Debra Hale Jackie Jenkins Pierre LaCaze Jessica Landry Sue Ottesen Carol Passmore Tammie Santos Rae Self Emily Swenson Madison Wise
State and National Perspectives on the Digital Transformation of Education: A Conversation with Gov. Bev Perdue and Gov. Bob Wise Wednesday September 26th 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET) I received this invitation through The Alliance for Excellent Education. This Webinar is being sponsored by both the Alliance and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Because we [...]
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? [...]
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 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 [...]
Pennsylvania’s own Patti Duncan believes today’s student learns best when exposed to multiple modes of text. Helping them get all of the information they need from videos, images, reading passages, songs and interactive experiences can be a daunting task. Interactive notebooks, graphic organizers and reflective journals help them make the connections necessary to succeed. Get [...]
Kyle Schutt is part of the Discovery Team and part of what he does is let us know Discovery does. And that’s A LOT. How would you even know some of these things are there? That’s Kyle’s job. His resources can be found by clicking here. This presentation is about the gems of DE, and [...]
Day 2 of LiveStream-ing from Bozeman, MT at the DENSI 2012 Summer Institute begins with a keynote from Paul Andersen. For those of attending virtually, a special shout out to Steve Dembo, aka Teach42, for streaming all day from sessions in Ballroom A. Thanks, Steve! A very special thank you to Peggy George for providing [...]
As mobiles like the iPad developed great apps for cameras, microphones, sensors, images, an imagination, there is a lurking potential for playfulness. Can iPads really see through the human body, X-ray inanimate objects, see through metal, detect emotions, and print out rocks? It appears that they can — or you can certainly make it seem [...]
What does the latest brain research reveal about teaching and learning? Ginny Washburne will present the latest in neuroscience and explore how implementing a few simple brain friendly teaching strategies can assist in fostering a successful learning environment. Ginny’s goal is discussion, so our virtual audience will use the chat feature on LiveStream. Our session’s [...]
Our very own DEN Princess Porter Wideman Porter kicks off the Monday session in Bozeman, MT where DEN STARS and GURUs join the DEN Social Media Team to teach and learn at the premier Discovery Education summer event. Following Porter’s inimitable introductions, Lance Rougeux, Executive VP, welcomed his virtual audience. Shifting to the Bozeman team, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Educational Partnerships and Global Learning Initiatives Director of the Discovery Educator Network, Hall Davidson is the guru of virtual environments, learning with mobile devices, media technology, digital textbooks and quite honestly, whatever is trending in technology. For Hall’s resources, click here. Leave it to hall to do something uniquely different. I’d expect nothing less. He’s [...]
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 [...]
“There just isn’t enough time to learn something new!” Sound familiar? In this session Matt Monjan, Vice President Account Management for the Discovery Educator Network, promises you will learn 10 easy ways to use media in your classroom–and one thing that might inspire you. Take Discovery Education and add a few Web 2.0 tools and you [...]
Presenting from Fredriction, New Brunswick, Canada, Dean Shareski, featured presenter and Discovery Educator Network Community Manager explores the importance and necessity of being social and the increasing blurring of professional and personal. An important question with a divided answer, Dean asks how the use of Twitter, Facebook, and blogs impact professional learning in a social [...]
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