(Reposted from Porter Palmer on the DEN National blog) Mark your calendars! At 1pm ET on Monday, September 13th Danny Forster from the Science Channel’s Build It Bigger is joining us for a special webinar event “A New Way to Look at Architecture.” Danny loves architecture, from the curve of a building’s roof line to [...]
DE Streaming has changed some of the formatting and flexibility in areas such as My Content and the Builders. These changes have really made DE Streaming even easier to use than ever before. With school about to start again in some parts of the country (and especially in TN), we thought we would add some [...]
Yesterday was a whirlwind first day for the DEN LC Symposium in Waltham, MA, and the Bentley University. We spent the morning with Dr. Lodge McCammon. The afternoon was a wild ride through downtown Boston. Not a good tour for pictures because we just didn’t get off the bus much due to time. Last night [...]
One of the coolest things I discovered (or re-discovered) at ISTE 2010 this year is the combination punch provided by YoLink and EasyBib for classroom research. I had used EasyBib before, but had not really looked that closely at YoLink. Well, Lucy Gray, Ken Shelton, and Julene Reed changed all that for me this past [...]
Spring Virt Con 2010 Connect the Thoughts! Saturday, April 24, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ET Cost? FREE Register for the virtual sessions Tennessee is not hosting a live event for the Virtual Conference this spring. However, the beauty of a Virtual Conference is that you can attend virtually! Here is a [...]
Saturday, January 9, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ETRegister for the live event in Knoxville sponsored by our DEN Leadership Council. Click Here to Register for the Knoxville Event! DEN SCIcon 2010 is an online conference (with a twist) focused on providing participants with some of the most effective strategies for transforming their science [...]
Alan November is one of those keynote speakers that rarely has a scripted plan in front of him when he gets up to speak. Rather, he tries to get a “feel” for the audience and then goes wherever karma leads him. For him, it works. He could probably stand up and just spout off random [...]
About the DEN’s Fall Virtual Conference Thousands of educators online and in-person congregated together, as the DEN team went house to ‘house to house’ to explore the many digital treats available to educators today. During this unique professional development event, attendees had the flexibility to attend online or in-person at one of many regional events [...]
This Saturday over 100 teachers are scheduled to meet together at St. George’s Independent School located at: 1880 Wolf River Boulevard Collierviille, TN 38017 8:30 to 3:30 There are still spaces available! You can register here. You can see the agenda for the workshop here as well. This is going to be an exciting day [...]
Our Punt, Pass, Kick workshop is scheduled for this Saturday, September 19th. It is not too late to register! We will cover DE Streaming and Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom in the half-day session. Don’t fear! You WILL get to see the TN vs. FL game in the afternoon! You can register by following [...]
That’s right Vols fans….It’s football time in Tennessee! And the TN Leadership Council is hosting a Punt, Pass, Kick DE Streaming training on September 19th at the Gresham Middle School in Knoxville! (See a map here) We will meet from 8:30 to 12:00 so you can have plenty of time to get the Tennessee vs. [...]
It is New Year’s Eve and time to consider what is coming up in the world starting tomorrow. Yesterday, our TN DEN LC met in Knoxville to discuss training possibilities and Days of Discovery for 2009. I have to say, I think we have some fantastic things in the works. As we get activities finalized, [...]
I just got this message from Scott Holcomb of the wonderful Memphis City Schools Technology Offices: Calling all TN and surrounding area DEN educators! Memphis City Schools is having their 14th Annual Educational Technology Conference November 6th – 7th, 2008 and we are looking for some exciting presenters and attendees! Click here to register! [...]
Plan on going to the Virtual Conference in Nashville on October 25th ? You can now register to attend. Space is limited, so sign up and confirm your spot early!Fill out the form at this site. Be sure to list Nashville as your event location.Let’s fill it up!
Registration begins today for locally hosted Discovery Education conferences around the country to be held on October 25th. These conferences combine live workshops conducted by local trainers with online webinars led by the Discovery Educator Network Dream Team.Even if you can’t attend the local event, you can still attend the Virtual Conference online from the [...]
We have finalized the plans for a June “Day of Discovery” at Woodland Middle School (thanks to Principal Fizer and her staff) in Brentwood, TN on Friday, June 20th. Our Day of Discovery is being held in conjunction with the Tennessee Association of Middle Schools (TAMS) state conference at the Cool Springs Marriott. TAMS has [...]
Yep, it is me again. I decided to slip away from the Discovery booth long enough to sit in on a session about Web 2.0. The presenters are Micki Daniel and Betsy Jones, both from the Knox County System. For me, I’m learning how to use Safari on a Mac, so just picture the geeky [...]
Image from WikipediaThat’s right baseball fans! Tennessee Spring training opens April. 26 at 9:30 AM and will continue until 2 PM. Our training headquarters is the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN (outside Knoxville). This is your opportunity to join the Major League with Discovery Education: We will warm up with [...]
There is a fairly new website out there geared to new teachers. It is called the New Teacher Hotline. This is how they bill the site: We at the New Teacher Hotline podcast know your pain, and we’ve got the aloe of veteran experience to soothe your blistered skin. Join Dr. Glen Moulton, a supervisor [...]
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