It was great to see so many friends at the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators in St. Charles last week, and I was pleased to see so many Discovery Educators, keynote speakers, members of the ICE Executive Board, and enthusiastic unitedstreaming users at the DEN Reception on Thursday evening. On Tuesday, Steve Dembo, our DEN [...]
With the launch of the new DEN web portal within the next two weeks, one of our main priorities is the development of a comprehensive library of lesson and project files that cover the full K-12 range and that focus on all subject areas. Many of the sample projects that Discovery Educators submitted when they [...]
I had the pleasure earlier this week to conduct unitedstreaming workshops in two school districts in central Illinois, and on both days I came away extremely impressed with the innovative ways that these teachers have found to use unitedstreaming resources with their students. On Monday, I worked with a group of more than twenty teachers [...]
Joe Brennan is a Discovery Educator who serves as the Visual Literacy Facilitator at Niles West High School and Niles North High School in Skokie, Illinois. Joe was awarded a scholarship from The Discovery Educator Network to attend the T+L Conference in Denver last week, and he has written his reflections of a very productive [...]
I have lived my entire life in Robinson, Illinois. I received both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. I have been teaching for Robinson School District for the past 25 years, mostly in first grade. This year I was excited to be chosen by Smart Technologies as an Exemplary [...]
Once again, it is my pleasure to introduce another group of outstanding teachers, Media Specialists, and Technology Coordinators from Illinois who have recently been accepted as members of the Discovery Educator Network: Lori Abrahams: Lori is the Information Specialist at Frederick School in Grayslake, Illinois. She has held a number of leadership roles as an [...]
As many of you probably know, one of the big technology conferences for educators in Illinois is scheduled for the middle of November. The 12th annual Illinois Education and Technology Conference 2005 will be held on November 17 and 18 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield. As always, the conference planners have put together [...]
It is my pleasure to announce the names of several teachers in the Illinois and Iowa region who have recently been accepted into the new Discovery Educator Network. All of the people listed below are leaders in the use of multimedia resources in their schools, and I am excited by the expertise and experience that [...]
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