Day of Discovery Event: Discover Our Heroes (sponsored by Discovery Education and the Kansas Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council) When: Saturday, November 6th Where: Bradley Elementary School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Time: 8:30 – 2:30 Cost: FREE (lunch will be provided) Join us for a day of Discovery Education and Digital Storytelling at Bradley Elementary, located [...]
As we kick-off the 2010-2011 school year the Kansas Leadership Council will be looking to highlight KS DEN STAR members new and old. We start of this year asking that you please welcome Tom Angelo to the Kansas Discovery Educators Network “STAR” family. Keep checking back for new postings as we look to host events [...]
This blog post is in cooperation with the DEN LC from Pennsylvania. RJ and Meg have shared their recent posting discussing all of the new updates with Diigo.
The Leadership Council members at this year’s symposium started the day with a 3-hour session of FIZZ with, Dr. Lodge McCammon. We actively learned about user-created videos in the classroom. There were a lot of creative ideas coming from the groups, and the products were just awesome. After a great morning with Lodge McCammon, we [...]
Join in the following initiative in support of Ed Tech funding sponsored by CoSN, and the EdTech Action Network: Join the campaign! Today, MAY 12, advocates from across the country are tweeting for education technology funding. Funding for classroom technology is in jeopardy, but together we can make our tweets heard and urge Congress [...]
Here are the session details and time slots as promised in the “First STAR” blog post. Please understand that Jennifer Dorman and Brad Hagaman will be presenting only on Thursday in “Banquet Room C”. Therefore, be sure to come by and catch the fantastic sessions being offered. If you can not attend MACE but want [...]
Heading to the MACE conference on the K-State campus March 4 – 5? Well Discovery Education will be having sessions all day Thursday, March 4 and we would LOVE IT if you came by to learn with us. There are a wide variety of sessions ranging from the basics of DE streaming to information on [...]
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge is Now Open for Grades K-8: Are You Up for the Challenge? A Rewarding and Unique Opportunity For Your Students. Join the nation’s premier sustainability challenge where students create solutions to environmental problems in their own backyard. Give your students the chance to make a difference in [...]
Today the KS DEN Leadership Council sponsored a Day of Discovery in conjunction with the Discovery Education Virtual Conference at Brooks Middle School in Wichita, KS. Over 20 educators from Wichita, Mulvane, and Hutchinson school districts arrived ready for a great learning experience, and that’s exactly what they got. Not only were there face to [...]
Hall Davidson provided the keynote for the MACE conference at KSU in Manhattan on March 5, 2009. As usual, Hall’s energy and enthusiasm were contagious as teachers laughed and learned how today’s technologies can (and should) engage and teach a new generation of students. Watch the ustream of the keynote at: http://www.ustream.tv/dmantz7/videos Thanks Dean for [...]
The Kansas Leadership Team would like to welcome Jim Clark from Wichita to the team. Jim has been a leader in the Wichita area, getting many educators involved in Discovery Education Streaming. Jim hosted an event on Oct 18 in Wichita attended by 50 educators. The presentations from the day are available here: http://technology.usd259.org/resources/unitedstreaming/index.htm. Please [...]
DEN Spring Training is back! This year the DEN coaches are scouting talent for the All-STAR team as well as looking for some new prospects to join the DEN squad. You have a couple ways to impress the coaches during DEN Spring Training and earn some DEN gear. Renegotiate Your Contract Every year STAR Discovery [...]
The Mid-America Association for Computers in Education will be hosting its annual education technology conference in Manhattan on March 6th and 7th, 2008 on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan. This is a wonderful learning and networking opportunity for educators, and a great low-cost option for school districts to support technological staff development. [...]
We’re very excited to be up and running with the Kansas Blog and Leadership Council. Your Kansas Leadership Council will be working to bring DEN events to our state. Please view the presentation to learn a bit more about YOUR leadership council. We are all educators, just like you! We all look forward to working [...]
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