Mary Carol Strother has been named Elementary Teacher of the Year for McKinney ISD. She is a great asset to the DEN Leadership team and we want to recognize her hard work and dedication to her students, educators and the DEN Leadership team. Keep up the excellent work Mary! Steve Dembo has received an award for [...]
As a Discovery user for years, I would have never guessed that I could be any more excited about where Discovery is headed. I am a fan of all things discovery and believe that they do many things right! And guess what? They have stepped up and knocked it out of the park again! Discovery’s [...]
Welcome to San Antonio, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson! On behalf of the Texas DEN LC, San Antonio would like to extend a hearty welcome to the Dynamic DEN Duo, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson. Steve and Hall will be speaking to the management and supervisory school district personnel for the North East Independent School [...]
During the virtual field trip for Texas classrooms May 3rd , teachers who registered for the event were put into a drawing for a school visit by Philippe Cousteau. The winner of the event was Willie Trumbull, a 4th grade teacher at Williams Elementary in Austin, Texas. Williams Elementary students were treated to a great [...]
Each year, TCEA gives awards to teachers across the state. Two of the awards this last year went to two of our great DEN Stars out of Bastrop, Texas. Peggy Perkins (on left) won the Professional Educator Grant at TCEA in February. Her main job is to be the GT Support Teacher at Mina Elementary [...]
May 3 – 7 is National Teacher Appreciation Week and the DEN folks do appreciate their STAR members! Each day this week the DEN National team will post about something special for DEN Stars. Monday’s event was a free one-year account with Prezi, a slideless presentation tool. Check the National Blog (http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/) for more details — daily!
From the students via their appreciative teachers, these comments on what a typical group of students learned from Phillipe and the folks at Seattle Acquarium: My students enjoyed learning about and seeing some of the unique fish and sea creatures at the aquarium that they had never seen. They ALL learned about: why you should [...]
This morning we were able to experience the Seattle Aquarium with Philippe Cousteau. Many schools around Texas participated and had an amazing time. Williams Elementary even won a chance to have Philippe come to there school for a Day of Discovery with him. Isn’t that waonderful! If you missed it, you definitely missed a huge [...]
Another DEN Star has been featured by Smart Technologies also: Linda Rush. See her quote at http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/edcompass/october2009/edcompass-oct09issue.pdf , page 6
Lori Reed, a Texas DEN Star Educator, is featured SmartTechnologies website. Catch her shining moment at http://smarttech.com/ ! What creative ways do you have to use interactive whiteboards, like the Smart Board, with Discovery products? If you have a special moment – such as being featured on a website, presenting at a conference, receiving an award, or [...]
Mary Carole Strother: · ebooks for ekids 02-10-2010 TCEA Presentation – 50 Minute session #100527 Elaine Plybon: · Thursday, 02/10: Getting Started in Second Life – TCEA 90 minute workshop 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. session #100081 · Friday, 02/11: Discovery Streaming Exploration: Discovering What We Already Have! – TCEA 3 hour workshop 8:00 a.m. [...]
TCEA – the Texas Computer Educators Assocation — has opened nominations for their 2010 Educator Awards. Catagories include Classroom Teacher, Library Media Specialist, Instructional Tech Specialist, and more. Now, we know that DEN members and DEN Stars are some of the best when it comes to using technology in education, but we would like for [...]
Welcome back to school everyone! This is starting to look like one of the more exciting years yet with the Texas DEN. Please keep coming back to the blog this year as we will be keeping it more current throughout the year with the help of several Leadership Council Bloggers. Stay with us as we [...]
(Okay, start humming in the background now… “Take Me Out To The Ballpark..”) Hey, it’s still summertime and Discovery Education is bringing more fun to Texas! I’ve been a part of numerous Discovery Institutes and Days of Discovery and none of them failed to deliver on the promise of great professional development. Account Manager Justin [...]
Image by krossbow via Flickr This post is to let everyone know that with the recent Leadership Council election process we have had some changes to the Discovery Educator Network in Second Life Leadership Council (DEN in SL LC). Our blog chair – Laelia Laval will be taking a much needed breather and becoming a [...]
Actually, for three teachers and 12 students, an adventure has already begun! The Discovery Student Adventure pilot program to Australia has started. You can follow the blog HERE. For us Texans, the excitement is building for our representative, Linda Rush, and four students from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, who will leave on their adventure [...]
The Discovery Educator Network hosted its first-ever DENny awards on Tuesday, May 26. It was a night of recognition for DEN STARs from all over the country. Our very own DEN in SL Leadership Council members won several “real-life” awards, including Anne Truger and Lori Abrahams for being so helpful to everyone. In addition, Fred [...]
Tonight was the first-ever DENny awards – given to outstanding STAR educators and Leadership Councils for outstanding commitment to the DEN. There were lots of great awards given out to so many deserving people! One of those people is our very own Leadership Council chair, Linda Rush. She was awarded a Leadership DENny for her [...]
This is one that everyone will want, but not everyone has just yet – read on! Discovery Education streaming videos are now available in Flash! The catch is that it is not available unless your district DE administrator has requested it. So what are you waiting for? Get your DE administrator to call 1-800-323-9084 to [...]
This is a great opportunity if you manage to be one of the lucky few! According to the Wall Street Journal online, STA Travel is giving students and teachers the opportunity to buy round-trip tickets to London or Paris for only $30. The catch is that there are a limited number of fares and the [...]
From guest blogger, Howard Martin: Digital video has had a presence in Austin for a good number of years. The Austin Student Digital Film Festival (ASDFF) has been providing an outlet for teachers and student for the last 8 years to show off their digital films. This year, the ASDFF Showcase event will be held [...]
Maybe you are burned out, chilling out after TAKS, or maybe you would just like to get away, but need an excuse . . . you are in luck! Region One is hosting its annual Technology Conference in beautiful South Padre. The conference will be May 12-15, but it is not too late to register! [...]
Remember the last few years when spring at the DEN means recruiting? Well, this year, spring at the DEN means sharing! The DEN is building a wonderful library of resources for teachers which cannot be done without the help of fabulous DEN members like you! Between now and May 22, any STAR Discovery Educator who [...]
As a result of the growing presence of the state-based leadership councils and their activities, the DEN has decided to begin an annual review and election process. What does this mean to you? It means that now is your opportunity to express your interest in becoming an active member of the Texas Leadership Council. If [...]
The TCEA 2010 Call for Proposals deadline is approaching. You have until May 8 to submit your proposal to present at the 30th annual convention of the Texas Computer Educators Association. The theme is “Charting New Waters.” Submit your proposal as a presentation, workshop, BYOL, or model classroom. For more information, click HERE.
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