March Madness is over. The Louisville Cardinals took home the NCAA Championship on Monday, April 8th, but there was another champion crowned that day as well. After almost 1,200 votes throughout DEN March Madness, Edmodo came out on top with Animoto coming in second. Once again, the DEN Community showed how awesome they are by […]
[Original Post by Kelsey Johnson] March may have come to an end, but the madness of the NCAA basketball tournament (March Madness) is still going strong! If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the majority of the past two weekends glued to your couch watching countless hours of college basketball. If you have spent your […]
Over 1,100 votes have been tallied and DEN March Madness is down to the final 2 entries. It’ll be Edmodo vs. Animoto in the final round. Now’s the time for you to cast your vote for one of the remaining tools to use with Discovery Education. Who will be the winner? You, the DEN Community […]
Almost 1,000 votes have been cast in DEN March Madness and we’re down to the final four. The tools below represent the top vote getters in this year’s competition. Members of the DEN Community submitted their favorite tools, apps, and sites to use with Discovery Education, voting in round one narrowed our initial list of […]
Over 650 votes were cast for Round 1 of DEN March Madness and now it’s time to unveil the Elite Eight! That’s right, our first round is over and it’s time to cast your vote for your favorite tool/site/app in the second round. If you’d like to read more about each of the 8 entries […]
Voting is now open for our 2013 March Madness Challenge. The community has entered their favorite tools, sites, and apps to use with Discovery Education and we’ve taken those submissions, narrowed the list to 16, and created a bracket. Now it’s up to you, the DEN Community, to tell us which ones should move on […]
DEN Team member Brad Fountain shares the final entry for DEN March Madness. Brad loves Coach’s Eye, an app (iOS & Android) that allows you to record a video on your device or import existing videos from coacheseye.com, your device, video cameras, or other apps. This app is designed for coach’s to use with their […]
Massachusetts DEN STAR Donna Criswell shares our 15th entry for DEN March Madness and it’s Padlet. You may not recognize the name Padlet, but you might be familiar with Wallwisher. Did you know that Wallwisher is now Padlet? According to Donna: Padlet is a virtual wall onto which you can post thoughts, link to videos […]
Puppet Pals is our latest entry in DEN March Madness. Texas STAR Kass Bates is doing great things with the Puppet Pals, a FREE app. Kass thinks this is a great app to use for storytelling, sharing information, or even for assessment. Students can use pictures they take or images that have been downloaded and […]
Sheila Fredericks, a DEN STAR from Pennsylvania, shares our next DEN March Madness site, Little Bird Tales. According to Sheila, “Little Bird Tales is a great tool for students to create a “book” or story online. Students can upload pictures, draw pictures, narrate, and write a story. The reason I love this program is that […]
California DEN STAR and LC Member Katie Warren loves SymbalooEDU and we’re adding it as another entry in DEN March Madness. SymbalooEDU is a great way to organize and share your favorite parts of the web with others, including your students. You can organize your teaching resources in one place! According to Katie, “SymbalooEDU makes […]
Texas DEN STAR Betsy Ruffin has nominated Pinterest for DEN March Madness. Pinterest allows users to create Boards that are organized by any topic. On each board, are pins. A pin starts with an image or video you add to Pinterest. The pins on Pinterest all link back to their source. It’s a great way […]
The tenth entry in DEN March Madness comes from DEN STAR Tracy Carpenter. Tracy brings our attention to Prezi. Prezi is a great presentation tool that allows the integration of many kinds of multimedia, including images and video from Discovery Education. Tracy nominated Prezi for a variety of reasons: – Web-based, ease of access to […]
South Carolina DEN LC member Karen Ogen shares one of her favorite apps and we’re adding it to DEN March Madness. PicCollage is a free app that creates amazing posters about any topic- great for education. On the iPad, students and teachers can access their DE account and save images to the camera roll, then […]
Wisconsin DEN LC member Rachel Yurk feels Animoto is a great tool to be used with Discovery Education content. She recently used Animoto as a tool for digital storytelling. If you’re not familiar with Animoto, it’s a great site that is used to create slideshows. Users upload their own images and video, including content from […]
DENnis Grice shared his knowledge of a fun and educational site and app. Read Write Think’s Trading Card tool is a great way to create trading cards for a fictional or real person or place, an object, or an event. Select the type of card and you’ll be given a series of questions to answer […]
DEN Team superstar Steve Dembo is bringing us entry #6 for DEN March Madness, Aurasma. Steve thinks Aurasma has a lot of potential in the classroom and besides, that, it’s cool. Using Aurasma, teachers can add digital layers to any physical object, whether that be a poster, a textbook, or even a student’s locker! Users […]
Texas DEN STAR Kass Bates recommended an iOS app that will be in this year’s March Madness challenge. The iPad app is called Book Creator and like the name says, can be used to create ebooks that can be saved to iBook or shared via Dropbox or Evernote. Images from Discovery Education are a great resource […]
DEN STAR Nancy Sharoff shares a fun tool that I’ve used myself and agree that it’s an extremely useful and a great tool for creating interactive images! The fourth entry in our March Madness challenge this year is ThingLink. With ThingLink, you can take an image, including those from Discovery Education, and use the tools […]
Today, we share our third entry into the 2013 DEN March Madness challenge. If you missed the previous entries, you can find the first here and the second here. Today, we share PhotoPeach. PhotoPeach is a great site for creating slide shows and more. DEN STARs have also used it to create formative assessments that […]
The second tool/site we’re unveiling for this year’s March Madness challenge is an iPad app. You might be thinking, “Hey, I didn’t know I could nominate an app for this!” Well, you can. We said to nominate your favorite tool/site that can be used with Discovery Education and apps are tools, right? So go ahead, […]
College basketball is heating up with March Madness only a few weeks away. For the DEN, March Madness is already here! Here’s the first team! Edmodo Marion Jacob nominates Edmodo. Here is Marion’s description of how she feels about Edmodo and how she uses in with her students. Edmodo is an educational social networking platform that […]
Sure, it’s only February, but before you know it, March will be here. Do you know what that means? Yep, March Madness! The DEN loves March Madness and we’re beginning to plan for our annual March Madness contest. This is where you, the community comes in. We need your help in deciding what 16 tools […]
The DEN March Madness event is over and LiveBinders has been voted the favorite tool for use with Discovery Education media. In a fairly lopsided vote, LiveBinders defeated Animoto in the final round. There were almost 600 votes cast is this year’s tourney – thanks to all who voted. Keep in mind, regardless of the […]
It’s Animoto vs. LiveBinders in the finals of the 2012 DEN March Madness contest. This is the last round and voting will close Monday night. Get your vote in for your favorite tool to use with Discovery Education media.
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