Gina Hartman has developed a wiki, Twitter4TeachersWiki, that lists people based on teaching content area or teaching level. This is an easy way to find teachers with similar interests so that you can follow them on Twitter. You can also add your Twitter name to the list with your interests to help people find you [...]
Deborah Thonus suggested this great way to energize your staff and your technology workshops. She writes: Several times a year I offer after school workshops usually about Discovery Streaming and related Web 2.0 sites. This spring I decided to hold a tech workshop with a twist. Six of my most talented “techies” gave a workshop [...]
Edutopia, part of George Lucas’s Educational Foundation, has just issued their Summer Rejuvenation Guide. Their number 1 tip to rejuvenate is to … Grow your personal learning network! They offer a number of ways to connect with fellow committed educators. One easy way is to join the DEN and become a STAR. Get connected and [...]
“Changing the World of Teaching and Learning” The Massachusetts New Literacies Institute, running this June 21-25 at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge, MA, will focus on helping Massachusetts educators prepare students for the online literacy skills required in the 21st century. This week-long session, facilitated by leaders in the [...]
I recently received this e-mail from PBS and thought I would pass it on. Watching and voting provides a great way to have a window on what other teachers are doing as well as celebrate their accomplishments by voting. Hundreds of entries for the PBS Teachers Innovation Awards have been posted at pbsteachers.org/innovators. While the [...]
The DEN’s Fall Virtual Conference – Tech or Treat was replete with many great treats. For seven hours participants learned many tricks for using Discovery Education and Web 2.0 resources to enrich our student’s educational experiences. Don’t worry if you could not attend today. Each session was recorded and will be archived and available on [...]
Saturday, October 24, 2009 9 AM to 4 PM ET Cost: FREE Register for the Fall Virtual Conference Join thousands of educators online as the DEN team goes house to house to explore the many digital treats available to educators today. The day will feature special presentations from Justin Karkow and Steve Dembo along with [...]
10 Learn about the special “finger.” 9 Watch people perform the “happy dance” as they win prizes at events 8 Participate in prize winning opportunities during Teacher Appreciation Week 7 Have an opportunity to receive free software during vendor promotions 6 Interact with fabulous educators 5 Take a chance to attend an informative and fun [...]
The Discovery Education Network held a Leadership Symposium for three days in June at the Discovery headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Donna Criswell, Massachusetts Leadership Council Chair, and Robin Talkowski, Massachusetts Blog Coordinator attended the event with other Council members from across the United States. We had a great time learning about the recent changes [...]
The Massachusetts Leadership Council works to coordinate the Massachusetts DEN with the larger DEN community. We work as a team to keep communication alive, sponsor regional and state-wide DEN events, and keep our Massachusetts blog active and informative. Last spring Massachusetts STARS were asked to express their interest in becoming a part of a newly [...]
Massachusetts is now on the map with the Discovery Educator Network (DEN)! This is our place to keep you in touch with the Discovery happenings in our state and other things that may be of interest to our great state educators. Subscribe to our RSS Feed so you don’t miss a thing. Hopefully, everyone had a [...]
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