Friday, September 10, 2010 was a great day for Discovery educators in the state of Louisiana. LPB (Louisiana Public Broadcasting) and DEN (Discovery Educator Network) worked together to bring a Day of Discovery to Baton Rouge. The Louisiana State Museum donated the venue that was used for the day of workshop presentations. Hall Davidson, Steve [...]
I was so excited to be able to attend the VIP Reception hosted by Discovery Education Network (DEN) and Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) tonight at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge. Over 150 distinguished guests gathered to celebrate the announcement of the winning users of Discovery Streaming through the LPB portal. I got to [...]
Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Discovery Education will host a Day of Discovery in Baton Rouge on Friday, September 10, 2010. Educators from the great state of Louisiana [...]
Even during the summer months when I should be relaxing and lesson planning should be the furthest thing from my mind, I find that I can’t turn off my teacher brain. Like most people, from the moment that I turn on the morning news I am bombarded with news of the oil spill disaster in [...]
The new members of the Leadership Councils have been announced. Congratulations to everybody and let’s make this 25th anniversary year one to remember. You can view all the Leadership Council members on this document. I’d like to welcome back Susan Tompkins as the chair for our LC here in Louisiana. I’d also like to warmly welcome [...]
A great professional development opportunity is being offered tomorrow night. Check it out and register for the webinar. 21 Ways to Engage 21st Century Learners Comcast Learning On Demand Professional Development SeriesWednesday, June 9 at 7:00 PM ETLearn how to move beyond “stand alone” methods of teacher and replace it with a model [...]
Yesterday I attended Spotlight on the Gulf webinar featuring Philippe Cousteau. According to Steve Dembo there were a record number of attendees. Actually I attended the second session which was offered to people who live in the areas that are most affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. I received an email from Discovery saying that [...]
On the evening of May 25 we celebrated our second annual DENny Awards, and what a celebration it was! Please join me in congratulating this year’s DENny Award winners! PL-DEN Award Erin Misegadis, KS Dean Mantz, KS Mary Del Bianco, MD DENnis Grice, CA Best Individual Blog Krisitn Anquilino Caroline LaMagna Best Leadership Council Blog [...]
Join Philippe Cousteau Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 12:00 pm CDT, for a spotlight on the Gulf spill and learn how it affects us now and in the future. Register at this link .This webinar will be archived for future viewing and DEN will send an email to all registrants after the webinar with information on how [...]
What do tech-savvy teachers do when school is cancelled? A. Sleep in B. Catch up on emails C. Use their children as guinea pigs D. Try out new web tools E. ALL OF THE ABOVE I am taking a wild guess that many of you chose E. ( unless you don’t have children) With the exception [...]
February is the month of many things, but one of the most lovely things is the Webinar series! This month’s offerings include: EdTechConnect with Alan Levine Wednesday, February 17 at 7 PM ET Top Ten STEM Resources Wednesday, February 17 at 7 PM ET Shining STARs Tuesday, February 23 at 7 PM ET Register for the webinars [...]
As in years past, CDW-G & Discovery Education are teaming up to give us the opportunity to win a 21st Century Classroom. And Discovery announced a partnership with SIEMENS to support Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics with teacher resources, including webinars, and the STEM Academy. See the website for information how to apply [...]
DEN announces the first class of DEN Gurus. Over the past few months the great folks at DEN have been reviewing the applications for the inaugural class of DEN Gurus. They had a vast talent pool from which to select, but they were finally able to select the winners. · Traci Blazosky Creative Construction with Multimedia Clarion Area School District, PA · Tim [...]
If you read Robin Martin’s post about the gala premiere of TLC’s Brace for Impact, then you can sense how special the evening was. Courtesy of Robin, you can read more about the Brace for Impact here. Look for the public showing of the movie on Sunday, January 10, 2010. You can order copies of [...]
Yes Brace for Impact the DEN STARS arrive in New York City! Thirty seats were available for STARS to attend the premiere of the documentary of Captain Cheslely Sullenberger, the pilot of flight 1549, who had to land the aircraft in the Hudson River because a flight of Canada geese flew into both engines. Over [...]
I just show a tweet about another Top Ten List. I love these kind of lists so I opened the link and was taken to Times Online list of The 10 best educational websites. I scanned quickly down to see which websites made the list. Discovery got the nod at #4. Go Discovery. The competition [...]
Susan Tompkins, Louisiana LC Chair, did an awesome job of hosting the annual “Dining with the STARS” dinner. It was held at Shucks on Wednesday, December 2 at 7 pm. There were about 25 people in attendance and I got to meet the rest of the LALC face-to-face. Susan Tompkins, Susan Gauthier, and Cindy Wallace [...]
Please watch the video of our Palm Beach School Districts for the MILLIONTH stream….
We are very excited to welcome our new Louisiana STAR Discovery Educators! Beverly Barquet – Region 1 Teaching, Learning and Technology Center – Plaquemines Parish David Hand – Emily C. Watkins School – St. John Parish Denise Clark – Region 4 Teaching, Learning and Technology Center – Vermilion Parish We look forward to working with you [...]
Greetings LA DEN STARS! The following is an excerpt from guest blogger, Lisa Pumphrey. We are spreading the word about “ActivConnectLA” – a users group/mini-conference to be held at Cope Middle School in Bossier City on Saturday, August 29th. This is a tremendous opportunity for teacher/users of Promethean ActivClassroom products to gather, learn from peer/colleagues, [...]
DEN pre-conference was an awesome day of learning. We held school at DEN Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. DEN head quarters is a beautiful place, if you are ever invited GO!!! Even though, we were treated as students on this day (being required to have Hall passes) we were definitely given a fantastic day of [...]
Hello Fellow Lousiana DEN Members! Registration is now open for the Fall DEN Virtual Conference. If you missed the VC last February, you really missed more than you probably think. Where else can you get top-of-the line presentations from Discovery’s own team all in one day? Even the Discovery National Institutes cannot give us that! [...]
Cross-posted on Cliotech And I don’t mean flip-flop. I received an e-mail from Lizzy Berryman (Director, Teachers Center, NewsHour) that I think will appeal to many of my readers. She gave me permission to share this with you. Do you have students in your classes who are voting for the first time? Do you want [...]
Where do they come up with these challenge names? Well, I love this one – The DENliest Catch! Here are the details copied from the national blog. Come on, PA, let’s help out “Captian” Monjan set sail with the Mid-Atlantic DEN! The DEN fleet has left the harbor and is looking for a bountiful fall [...]
Cross posted on cliotech The folks at Common Craft created a terrific video that could prove really helpful for teachers who are using the presidential campaign as a “teachable moment.” Presenting Electing a US President in Plain English! If you are unable to access YouTube videos from school, you can also view this video on [...]
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