I spent the last few days in the province of Ontario with some fantastic educators, parents and students. Monday and Tuesday I was with the Learning Connections team in Ottawa from the Ottawa Catholic School Board. Karen McEvoy facilitated the work of nearly 60 teachers from grades k-6 who were exploring a variety of technologies [...]
This morning I had the privilege of joining in on a Social Studies Techbook webinar led by Kevin Jenkins and Dan Byerly. I’ve seen several SS TB overviews over the past few months and have even given it a go myself, but this morning’s discussion has me so excited, I just couldn’t resist sharing. (If you [...]
Now until the end of June, educators in North America can experience what Techbook can do for their classrooms. Get exclusive access to a comprehensive digital solution that replaces traditional textbooks, engages students, and enhances teaching and learning. Whether your district has one computer per student or one computer per classroom, the Techbook has options [...]
Join the Discovery Education Science Techbook team for a live broadcast series called Science Live Streams. During the Science Live Streams we will help you and your students make a direct connection between hands-on activities and digital resources. This month’s topic is “Science ROCKS”, a Lesson on rocks, minerals and the processes that create them. [...]
Join the Discovery Education Science Techbook team for a live broadcast series called Science Live Streams. This month, we’ll be coming live from Bay Lane Middle School in Muskego, Wisconsin. During the Science Live Streams we will help you and your students make a direct connection between hands-on activities and digital resources. This month’s [...]
Yesterday, we held our latest Discovery Education Science Techbook livestream event from Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, Texas. These are fun events for the Discovery Education team that is involved, but not many people get a chance to see the prep work involved in pulling something like this off. This time, we took a [...]
Beginning on time as any Discovery Education event does, Patti Duncan hosted the opening, noting she will share the honors with the DE Team. It looks like a really exciting day ahead of us. Chat room is open throughout with the DE Team and a “ton of DEN STARS” on hand live to assist our [...]
Saturday, November 3 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Samsel Upper Elementary School Sayreville, NJ Register at: http://beyondthetextbooknj.eventbrite.com Join the Discovery Education team for a free professional development workshop to help you go “Beyond the Textbook” with your instructional practices. Attendees will cycle through a series of workshops that provide practical strategies you can use in your [...]
Are you interested in taking your students to the tundra to observe polar bears? Is that slightly out of your field trip budget? Well, no worries. We have once again joined forces with our friends at Polar Bears International® (PBI) to bring four incredible virtual field trips live to your desktop. Through PBI’s Tundra Connections® you’re invited [...]
From interactive science journals to the writing prompt builder to core interactive text, here are some simple and effective strategies for getting your students to act like real scientists as they record data from a variety of “text” and synthesize the information. You can download the presentation here.
Discovery Education is always looking to stay on top of the latest developments and NASA’s successful landing of the Curiosity Rover is no exception. Discovery Education has provided some great free for educators looking for ways to capitalize on their students’ Curiosity about Mars. Check out the Destination Mars lesson plans for some great resources [...]
There was a great article today on eSchool News about Albuquerque Public Schools’ transition from textbooks to the Discovery Education TECHBOOK. Definitely worth a read - Albuquerque schools embrace ‘techbooks’ instead of textbooks. The article talked about some of the many benefits of this digital transition and also provided perspective from some educators about the challenges [...]
We are excited to announce an exclusive promotion for all STAR Discovery Educators. Discovery Education and 3M will be providing access to the Discovery Education Science Techbook for the entire 2012-2013 school year. Your access will be active through June 30, 2013. You are being rewarded with this service as part of 3M’s ongoing support [...]
There’s a lot going on at Discovery Education and we just wanted to make sure all of you are aware of a few great webinars coming your way! These webinars are a great way to gain more knowledge about Discovery Education services and provide ideas for use of these resources in the classroom. Discovery Education: [...]
For today’s post, Technical and Customer Operations Manager Payal Gulia was kind enough to share her recent experience in Brevard, Florida: A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a Family Night event at Suntree Elementary School in Brevard, FL. I have never experienced such a fun filled, cheerful and exciting environment like [...]
Join us for the Discovery Educator Network Virtual Conference! Social Learning Summit Saturday, April 21, 2012 Muskego High School Muskego, WI 8:00 AM to 1 PM The Discovery Educator Network is mixing it up a little this spring and trying something different. Instead of the typical Spring Virtual Conference, the DEN has partnered [...]
The Discovery Education Science Techbook is a complete digital curricular resource that replaces traditional K-12 science textbooks and lowers district costs. It ignites curiosity and enhances learning via a powerful, simple-to-use program that helps teachers transition to the exciting world of digital resources. This Techbook is making a great impact on integrating 21st Century STEM [...]
eSchool News is at it again! They’re accepting nominations right now for the 2012-2013 Ed-Tech Readers’ Choice Awards. So I was thinking… wouldn’t it be nice if Discovery Education got a shiny new badge for our website? You can help make that dream of mine a reality! I’d do it myself, but “nominations must come [...]
Had an article from The Town Talk passed on to me that features some of the work we’re doing with Rapides Parish. With all the talk about digital textbooks lately, thought some of you might be interested in reading it! Here’s just a snippet for you: Carol Passmore, a grants supervisor with The Rapides Foundation [...]
The CEO of Discovery Education, Bill Goodwyn, just weighed in on his thoughts about Apple’s entry into the digital textbook world. He makes some fantastic points in the post and it’s well worth reading in its entirety. Just to whet your appetite though, here’s a taste: My hope is that the proliferation of digital textbooks [...]
There has been a lot of buzz lately around digital textbooks due in large part to today’s announcement from Apple. As many of you know, Discovery Education has been in the “digital textbook” game for the last few years starting with the adoption of our science service in Oregon and now with our Discovery Education [...]
Psssst! Have you heard the new buzzword going around school? Something called a Techbook is replacing textbooks and grabbing student’s attention in science classrooms across the nation. Hi, everyone! My name is Emily and I’m here to tell you the inside scoop about this thing called a Techbook. The Techbook has transformed my world at work [...]
Thanks to DEN STAR/GURU Rita Mortenson for sharing this information from the conference…. I am here at the 2011 SLATE Conference (School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education) and I was fortunate to attend an amazing Discovery Techbook Presentation by Laura Lamb, from Discovery. The long awaited Science Techbook for Wisconsin was just released for grades [...]
Today, SXSW (South by Southwest) launched their PanelPicker voting for the second annual SXSWedu taking place March 6-8, 2012 in Austin, TX. A new component to the longstanding SXSW Interactive Festival, SXSWedu focuses on innovations in learning, bringing together a wide variety of education and business professionals who share an interest in 21st Century teaching [...]
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