In the final stretch of the DEN Membership Season, who will take home the coveted DEN MVP jerseys? For most places, the game is down to the wire, but in some states and provinces, the field is wide open! I don’t want to totally give it away, so if you happen live in a [...]
As a DEN community, we need to recognize the achievements of our fellow DEN members. We are very proud of San Diego middle school teacher, MaryCay Densmore for being one of only 15 winners of Time Warner Cable’s National Teacher Awards. The award "recognizes outstanding teachers who develop creative learning experiences using cable television programming [...]
Dozens of DEN members were in search of a stash! It was the First Annual West Coast DEN Dash for the Cache — as in geocache — and they learned and laughed and had quite a bash! Okay, enough with the rhyming! Simply put, geocaching is so much fun! In case you have never heard [...]
As an added benefit of being a STAR Discovery Educator, we are pleased to offer you a special discount opportunity in partnership with eInstruction! Through this partnership, you can purchase the CPS IR 32-pad system from eInstruction at an incredible price of $995 (plus shipping). This is a discount of over 50% from eInstruction’s base [...]
I had a sixth sense about it. There was just something in the air. Negativity didn’t stand a ghost of a chance. At this time, Halloween was just over a week away and I think everyone was secretly hoping nothing would jump out and grab them during their overnight stay at the Hotel Jeffery in [...]
"A Year On Earth" Sunday, Dec. 3 5pm ET Discovery Kids Channel Three teenagers…five continents…one mission: to take the pulse of the planet and report back to their generation. Are they up to the task? A Year on Earth chronicles the adventures of three American teens: Jamie Fiel, 18, Arsen Ewing, 17, and Tyler Robinson, [...]
Discovery Education would like to thank everyone who made the first Discovery Education Network Podcast a big success. We received a lot of VERY positive feedback from the first show on Character Education and know that as word spreads even more people will be downloading this new resource. We also had a number of correct [...]
What’s in your “bag” of tricks?Have you shared your unitedstreaming knowledge and expertise?Did you learn something cool at a workshop and want to train others? If you are already a STAR Discovery Educator or aspiring to become a STAR Discovery Educator, we have a special opportunity just for you! Beginning October 1, 2006 [...]
So that we can share T+L with all DEN members, we are looking for three STAR Discovery Educators who would like to attend and share their learning through blogs and podcasts. Here’s the deal. If you are a STAR Discovery Educator and would like to attend T+L, let us know by posting your name and [...]
The T+L Conference, sponsored by NSBA (National School Boards Association), is being held next month from November 7 through November 10, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. If you are a Discovery Educator and are planning to attend, come join us for some special Discovery Educator Network events. Every day this week we will be posting additional [...]
They were wanted in several states. It wasn’t uncommon for them to shoot up the local saloon in search of their men. They were the toughest cowpokes in all of the Wild West and they were simply known as The Wild Bunch! It didn’t take them long to find their men in Vallecito, California. The [...]
As the DEN grows, we want to encourage our members to grow with us. Therefore, we are enhancing the Discovery Educator Network so that we can offer special recognition and opportunities to members that actively participate. The most significant change to the structure of the DEN is the addition of a new level of membership. [...]
In case you were unaware of this, we now have to read and then approve any comments that are submitted before they can be posted. Recently, DEN member Scott Johnson submitted a comment in response to the thoughts of Guest Blogger Ed Warkentin. While Scott claimed that they were just the 4:00AM ramblings of a [...]
by Guest Blogger Ed Warkentin There’s just something about going to a conference that is energizing, motivating, stretching, encouraging, and positive! The potency of these ingredients can vary, depending on the conference, but the DEN-NLC included an extra helping of all of these ingredients. Some conferences are heavy on sessions that could be described as [...]
by guest blogger Kim Randall What do podcasts, Java Works, filling out your star, America Revealed, chroma-key, an "Oprah’s Favorite Things" moment, Adobe Premiere, Atlas, Digital Storytelling, Audacity, limeade margaritas, G-Force, Inspiration, bowling, blogs, and more than 40 educators from across the U.S. have in common? Why the Discovery Educator Network National Leadership Conference, [...]
Are you a DEN member? Have you completed your end-of-the-year DEN survey? We want to make sure next year provides you with all of the benefits and resources you need to make the 2006-2007 school year your best one yet! To do that, we need to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to [...]
Whether you’ve always dreamed of being an astronaut or not, playing one for a day at the Challenger Learning Center in Atwater, California, was "out-of-this-world" fun! Our adventure began with a presentation by guest speaker, Michelle Chouinard, Assistant Professor of Psychology from UC Merced. Her thought-provoking presentation was entitled, "Children’s Questions: a Mechanism for Learning about [...]
The New unitedstreaming has another tool in its arsenal. Along with the Quiz Builder and the Assignment Builder, now there is the Writing Prompt Builder. You can create your own original writing prompts with embedded images from the unitedstreaming image library or search for ones already made. Create an entire library of writing prompts in [...]
Have you noticed the new search feature on the NEW unitedstreaming site? Are you aware of all it can do? You might consider it an advanced filtering system. For the purposes of this post, we are going to refer to it as the ability to "Drill Down" because it allows you to delve into the [...]
Here’s another tip for using the New unitedstreaming Version 3, but in a more personalized way. Ever wanted to make a really good and useful web page better by putting your own personal touch to it? Well, now you can. The New unitedstreaming is here to accommodate your own taste and cut down even more [...]
The New unitedstreaming is here and each day, the rest of this week, we’ll be presenting a new feature here on the blog. Be sure to tune in each day to find out about something new! "Listen up" for today’s feature. Have you ever wished you had cool sound effects when editing your digital story [...]
To celebrate the NEW unitedstreaming being released, the Discovery Educator Network is going to be hosting our very first 12 hour Streamathon! On Monday, June 5th, from 8:00am EST until 8:00pm EST we are going to be hosting a massive webinar that will be your opportunity to get the inside scoop on all the new [...]
The new unitedstreaming will include innovative teacher tools, such as the Assignment Builder and Quiz Center, allowing educators to select content for student access. The new Writing Prompt Generator tool will work with any image on unitedstreaming allowing you to create your own writing prompts. Teacher-Managed Student Access Students will be able to access and [...]
Besides an enhanced site design, the new unitedstreaming will include improved search functionality for more accurate results, faster. A dynamic drill-down navigation menu will drive targeted search results. In addition, you will continue to have the ability to search by keyword, subject, grade or curriculum standard. New Video Content More than 1,000 new titles will [...]
As a Discovery Educator and leader in digital media, you are one of the first to learn about the new unitedstreaming. Discovery Education unitedstreaming—the largest and most up-to-date library of video content and teacher resources—is getting even better. Coming early this summer, the new unitedstreaming will deliver new and enhanced features, as well as additional [...]
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