Want to join thousands of educators who are passionate about integrating media into their instruction and collaborating with each other to improve student achievement? Then attend the DEN Fall Virtual Conference on October 23! During this unique (and free) professional development event you have the flexibility to attend online or in-person at one of two regional [...]
What better way to kick off a new school year than with a whole day’s worth of DE streaming webinars? Join the DEN team on Tuesday, September 14 for the fifth annual streamathon! Come for an hour when you have a break at school or come for several hours! Here’s the schedule: 9:00 – 9:45 AM Back-to-School [...]
You’re invited to join us as we journey, “Beyond the Textbook” at an enriching and intensive professional development experience. REMC 13 and Discovery Education are excited to provide this Day of Discovery at no charge to area educators. Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM (registration begins at 8:30 AM) REMC 13 [...]
I’m at the DEN Leadership Council Institute in Boston this week with 75 other amazing DEN leaders from across the country. This evening we participated in an AmeriDEN Idol competition. What a fun structure for learning! Each team (of approximately ten people) were given four minutes to deliver a presentation to the others… a web site, online tool, video, etc. The DEN team hammed [...]
DEN Summer School 2010 Who ever said summer school isn’t fun? Get ready for your school year with an amazing series of free professional development sessions from the Discovery Educator Network (DEN)! DEN Summer School begins August 2. Click on any of the session titles below for more information and to register. All sessions start [...]
Due to the AWESOME number of people who have registered for the Battle Creek session of Geocaching Day 2010, we have had to make a change of location for the morning meet up. We will be meeting in the back parking lot of Urbandale Elementary School. The address is 123 N. Bedford Rd., Battle Creek, [...]
Greetings fellow Michiganders. The DEN team here in Michigan is hosting two locations for DEN Geocaching Day on May 22nd, 2010. One location will be in West Bloomfield, MI and the other will be in Battle Creek, MI. Click on the city names to register for either location. Below you will find a flyer for [...]
Spring Virtual Conference 2010: Connect the Thoughts Saturday, April 24, 8:30AM – 4PM Join the Discovery Educator Network for an in-person event at: Genesee Intermediate School District 2413 W. Maple Ave. Flint, MI 48507 Breakfast, lunch and prizes will be provided for FREE! Come spend the day learning and networking with colleagues and friends. Register [...]
Spring Virtual Conference 2010: Connect the Thoughts Saturday, April 24, 9AM – 4PM Join the Discovery Educator Network for an in-person event at: Gesu Elementary School, 2045 Parkside Boulevard, Toledo, Ohio 43607 Breakfast, lunch and prizes will be provided for FREE! Come spend the day learning and networking with colleagues and friends. Register at: http://tinyurl.com/ykcj97n [...]
For those who are interested in what was tweeted out during the Day of Discovery at KRESA in Kalamazoo, here is a link to the tweets that were associated with the hashtag. Day of Discovery Tweets
Beyond the Textbook A Day of Discovery for Michigan Educators Join MACUL’s Keynote Speaker, Steve Dembo, for an engaging, technology-infused professional development workshop focused on creative ways to use digital media in the classroom. Learn techniques to inspire your students and maximize the resources from Discovery Education streaming. A former kindergarten teacher and school [...]
Saturday, January 9, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ET Drop by for an hour or stay for the whole day! It’s virtual and it’s FREE! Register at: http://links.discoveryeducation.com/denscicon. About DEN SCIcon DEN SCIcon 2010 is an online conference (with a twist) focused on providing participants with some of the most effective strategies for transforming [...]
There are some interesting webinars coming up. Check them out! Becoming a Storm Ready School Webinar Monday, November 16 at 4 PM ET Learn how your school or district can easily become certified as StormReady. Guest speaker Angelia Enyedi from NOAA’s National Weather Service will walk educators and district administrators through the simple process as [...]
Day of Discovery: Tech or Treat Conference Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:30 am to 3:15 pm Registration is now available for the “Day of Discovery: Tech or Treat Conference” at Harper Creek High School (map) in Battle Creek, MI. Click here to register now. This event is jointly sponsored by the Michigan Association [...]
This year’s Discovery Education Virtual Conference will take place on Saturday, October 24. The Michigan face-to-face site will be at: Harper Creek High School, Battle Creek, MI. Time: 8:30am – 3pm More information will be coming soon! Stay Tuned!
Get ready for a new school year with the DEN! The entire month of August is jam-packed with free webinars. Tell a colleague, invite your principal and join us for Summer School with the DEN. Enroll today at: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/webinar.All sessions begin at 11 AM EST. Digital Storytelling Week 8/3/09: Thinking Outside the Slide: Creating non-linear [...]
The Michigan DEN had two teams: one in Commerce and the other in Battle Creek/Kalamazoo. The Commerce team had a blast! We found 5 caches and hiked some beautiful trails in Proud Lake Recreation Area. We saw snakes, spiders, frogs, herons, and of course lots of mosquitos. We nearly lost a couple of teachers who [...]
The Spring DEN Conference is coming up soon! When? Saturday, April 25, 2009 9 AM to 3 PM EDT Where? Online How much? Free. The day will feature a special presentation from Chris Lehmann, Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in the School District of Philadelphia as well as a great lineup of sessions from [...]
Join us tonight (March 23) at 7:00 PM EDT for a very special webinar with Grown Up Digital author Don Tapscott. IT’S FREE! About Grown Up Digital Poised to transform every social institution, the Net Generation is reshaping the form and functions of school, work, and even democracy. Simply put, the wave of youth, aged [...]
Join us for an engaging, technology-infused professional development workshop focused on creative ways to use digital media in the classroom. Learn techniques to inspire your students and maximize the resources from Discovery Education streaming. “50 Ways to Integrate DE Streaming” and “Extreme Makeover: Education Edition” are just a couple of the sessions that will be [...]
The Educon Conference took place the last couple of days in Philadelphia. I sure wish I had been able to attend. You may wonder what Educon is… the quote below is from their wiki. EduCon 2.1 is both a conversation and a conference. And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. [...]
Last night I attended a planning meeting/webinar with the DEN Leadership team. Many topics were discussed: retreats, state Leadership Council elections, a Symposium before the NECC Conference, Virtual Conferences, a Geocaching Day, and DEN Gurus! Want to know more? Dates and details are in the presentation below. Den 2009 Webex View SlideShare presentation or Upload your [...]
Some outstanding & free teacher professional development webinars are coming up soon. Click here for descriptions of session offerings, dates, and times. They are one-hour sessions and will be worth your while!
Jason Ohler is this month’s featured speaker on Discovery Education’s EdTech Connect. I got to know him last March when he came to the MACUL Conference. The Elemenary Education Special Interest Group sponsored a digital storytelling pre-conference session faciliated by Jason Ohler and it was FANTASTIC. He understands the importance of telling a good story, and [...]
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