Of course you do, because that is what the awesome educators in the Discovery Educator Network do, right? The other thing we do well is to collaborate and Indiana University needs your help! They are conducting a study on how teachers use technology in their classrooms, how they learn about technology, and how it impacts [...]
If you’ve been watching the announcements from the Discovery Education team about what is in store for 2009, you’ve been blown away by their commitment to making the DEN stronger than ever, with more resources, more educators, and more activities that will enhance student success in all of our classrooms. Continuing long-standing programs (national institute), [...]
If you had a chance to attend one of the webinars discussing what is coming up for the DEN in 2009, you know there are a lot of exciting new programs coming our way! One of them is the national institute this summer. If you have ever been to a national institute, you know that [...]
We are gearing up for what will be another great DEN experience at TCEA. We’d like to recognize all the DEN STARs who will be presenting topics at the conference. If you will be presenting at TCEA, add a comment here telling us all what your topic is and when it will be.Let’s all be [...]
It’s time for TCEA and that means it’s time to register for the super amazingly awesome DEN Pre-Con event! It’s so easy, all you have to do is read the following, fill in the blanks, and click submit. Due to overwhelming response, the DEN pre-con is full and there is a wait list.
. . . to register for TCEA 2009: Accelerating Technology. The early-bird price of $145.00 will fly away on January 9! TCEA is a great opportunity to network with other technology-minded teachers while you learn some great new ideas to use in your classroom. As an added bonus, there are several DEN STARs who will [...]
This just in from Howard Martin, events planner for the Texas Leadership Council/Austin area: “Austin, Texas is gearing up for a great Day of Discovery on December 6th. Discovery Education Regional Manager Justin Karkow will be bringing a host of Discovery resources with him to provide an exciting day of discussion and training. Local DEN [...]
The Region One Education Service Center and Discovery Education will be hosting a Day of Discovery on November 15, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The day will include topics such as Streaming Overview, 50 Ways and Beyond to Integrate Discovery Education, Powerful Multimedia Presentations and Digital Storytelling. As with every Discovery Education event, [...]
The DENliest catch season is still upon us! I hope all of our STARs are out there recruiting new STARs so that Texas can continue to be the biggest and the best! Please take some time to welcome these new STARs: Keishla Ceaser-Jones Christi Hicks Jacqueline Mamou Joanna Ortega Carol Richmond Marlene Robbins Charlotte Solorio [...]
Virtual learning is virtually everywhere! (ok, sorry about that, just had to do it!). the Region XI ESC is hosting its first-ever virtual conference! The conference will be conducted November 10-14 and will have live sessions as well as on-demand sessions. One of the featured keynotes is Discovery Education’s own Hall Davidson! I will have [...]
Last Saturday, October 25, was the second Discovery Education virtual conference. The Texas Leadership Council hosted a live, in-person event throughout the day at the Notre Dame School in Dallas. Several area educators attended, watched some of the virtual presentations, enjoyed breakout sessions, and had a great breakfast and lunch from Cafe Express, courtesy of [...]
PC Mall Gov, along with Hewlett-Packard, InFocus, and T.H.E. Journal is sponsoring a contest that encourages middle and high school students to move towards a greener future. It is an essay contest entitled “Green Light”. Students in grades 5-12 (in two categories, 5-8 and 9-12), will submit essays of 1,000 words or less describing how [...]
Region XI (Fort Worth) is hosting a Virtual Technology Conference November 10-14, 2008. The really cool thing about it being a virtual conference is that you don’t have to be from the Fort Worth area to attend OR to present! They are still accepting proposals for presentations. If you’d like to join Hall Davidson (keynote), [...]
For several of us, September 23 was a special day that we spent, at least in part, listening to and watching the 2nd annual DEN Streamathon. For those of you who were not able to attend, the wonderful DEN has made all the sessions available for download. That’s right – you can watch and listen [...]
Whether you’ve ever been there or not, you have hopefully heard of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) sponsored by ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) every year. This annual conference is a definite must-attend, as there will be over 17,000 educators, administrators, and others interested in technology in education there to share their experiences, [...]
YouTube, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center has launched a new video contest that sounds interesting. This contest gives participants an opportunity to show their journalism skills and report on issues and individuals who are under-covered in today’s media. The first round of the contest requires entrants to produce a video about an individual in [...]
Well, there seems to be lots of stuff going on right now and all of it is stuff that YOU should be taking advantage of! Aside from the fact that our very own account manager, Justin Karkow, is featured not once, not twice, but THREE times on the main DE page, there are several things [...]
As we near the first of many national and regional DEN institutes, I’m putting out the call for guest bloggers. I’ll cover the National LC institute coming up next week, but I’ll need a guest blogger for the National institute the next week and also for the regional institute in Dallas August 1-2. All this [...]
The Infinity Project, creators of a nationally recognized curriculum designed to bring math and science to life for students in grades 6-12 through engineering principles, have announced that they will be offering professional development scholarships to 48 middle and high school teachers in the state of Texas. The Infinity Project operates with support from Southern [...]
Panopto has announced that it is making its new classroom capture platform, CourseCast v2, available to K-12 educators free of charge through their Socrates Project. They do ask that educators who take advantage of this opportunity agree to participate in its beta testing, as the official software will not be released to the general public [...]
Well, we didn’t win, but we sure did get score a lot of runs! We had a respectable lead during the DEN Spring Training recruiting season, always on the list of top states with new recruits. The official totals are not in yet, but here is a list of the new STARs we have as [...]
Earthwatch Institute is offering Live From the Field Fellowships to K-12 educators. The program has become so popular that they have received additional funding to add another 40 educator fellows each year for the next three years! Here’s the overview (from the Earthwatch Institute website): “Live from the Field Overview Live From the Field fellows [...]
Okay, first of all, I cannot believe it has been two weeks since I posted to this blog! It seems like when the school year starts to wind down, everything ramps up and guess what gets set aside? That’s right . . . everything we enjoy! I wanted to be sure to make everyone aware [...]
The third annual K12 Online Conference will be held October 20-31, 2008. This is a wonderful opportunity for professional development which is conducted entirely online. Deadline for submissions is June 23. The theme for this year’s conference is “Amplifying Possibilities”. Accepted proposals will fit into one of four strands: Getting Started; Kicking It Up A [...]
Part of the exciting new AFI ScreenNation program is to encourage young filmmakers to submit their work to the website. In this light, AFI has announced its first challenge – “Hometown Claim to Fame“. Submissions will be accepted through June 30, 2008, and the winner will be announced July 15. The winner will receive a [...]
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