DEN STARs Brandon Lutz and Tracey McGrath try to do the impossible: 60 tools in 60 minutes. My friend and DEN STAR Jennifer Brinson, who has seen 60 in 60 before, says they do not usually make it through to the end, but the presentation is always a delight. Judging from the packed room, this [...]
We’re in Period 2 and the session I’m blogging is with my guidance counselor and Discovery Manager Matt Monjan. Homework Gone Digital ~ Creating Student Access will change the way you think about constructing homework that students will do gladly. In order to assign content, you need to build content in your Discovery Education account [...]
Beyond the Writing, Top 10 Ways to Pop Your Blog: 1. First Impressions Count: Header and Tag Line If you are Steve Dembo, aka Teach 42, his domain name (and yes, his son has one too), you really do not need a tag line explaining what a reader can expect to find on your blog. [...]
(Cross-posted from Clif’s Notes) As I’ve previously mentioned AudioBoo is a service that makes podcasting and audio blogging a snap. Here’s my quick demonstration. Your “boo” (That’s what they call your audio file) will be uploaded to your AudioBoo profile. You can take a look at my profile page to get an idea of what [...]
(Cross-posted from Clif’s Notes) Our kids and I have a lot of fun with AudioBoo. AudioBoo is a service that makes podcasting and audio blogging a snap and can positively impact your classroom (See examples 1, 2, 3 and 4). Although the service has previously pretty much been limited to iPhone users it is now [...]
Do you guys know about the great classes the Orange County Department of Education is offering? They have a ton of sessions on everything from Grant Writing to Digital Storytelling to Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom, just to name a few. They also happen to be offering some great, in-depth, in-person classes on Discovery Education [...]
As you know, we recently had to cancel the live event planned for SciCon 2010 due to school closures and poor weather conditions. But, we aren’t letting that stop us from having our time of fun! We have scheduled to revisit the SciCon 2010 event in Knoxville on Saturday, January 23rd from 9 AM to [...]
Saturday, January 9, 2010 9 AM to 4 PM ETRegister for the live event in Knoxville sponsored by our DEN Leadership Council. Click Here to Register for the Knoxville Event! DEN SCIcon 2010 is an online conference (with a twist) focused on providing participants with some of the most effective strategies for transforming their science [...]
I just ran across this great site in a blog I was reading this morning. Its a framing engine for pictures you upload. Pretty simple. Upload your picture. Choose a frame. Save your picture. Wow!
EdTechConnect with Gail Lovely Webinar – Tools for Engagement and Collaboration in the Elementary Grades. December 16 at 7 PM EST. In the session we will explore online tools and the powerful ways they can be used to engage young students in learning environments and activities. The emphasis will be on collaboration and curriculum integration. [...]
Steve Dembo’s slides from Media Share for The New Permanent Record In partnership with Comcast from Discovery Education, this newest partnership is geared to students, teachers, and parents in Indiana, to provide great resources for this state. Available for Comcast subscribers, this service provides a web-based, online, on-demand library of DE resources of local, national, [...]
In this very special edition of Shining STARs, tonight at 7 PM we are featuring students from the Wilkes/Discovery Education Instructional Media program, who will be sharing some of the best projects that they’ve created during their coursework. Be prepared to be dazzled! You still have time to register. Vince Hill is the Director of [...]
In lieu of a Common Craft Google Wave in Plain English (soon, please, Lee LeFever), here’s one you might enjoy. The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. As a follow up to the Google Wave post, here’s the complete guide to Google Wave. Through the [...]
Image by curiouslee via Flickr I posted about Google Wave a while ago, but now happily am using it and must say I really love it. The Wave promise was that it would redefine email and web communication. You might want to try it yourself to see if it lived up to the hype and [...]
One of the more recent features of Animoto’s full-length video version (what you and your students get when you apply) is short video footage insertion. I tried this new feature and it works best when you select half-time for your video, another reason why you want Animoto in Education. It gives you speed features you [...]
While I’m catching up on just about everything on a rainy PA Saturday morning, I find that my inbox is full of Tech Tools updates, BETA launches, and we are the winners. In the case of Vimeo, we could quite literally be winners with $5 million up for grabs in a contest. Read on. Here’s [...]
If you were a Mogulus user, then you already know that it changed its name a while ago to Livestream, and you probably received the same email that I am copying and pasting. (If you get a login screen from owa.cliu, just click it closed and read on–a glitch we’re working on to remove permanently). [...]
Wikis can be used for many things by different people. Even with the limited editing tools, there is enough available to create some online content for any purpose. There is a blog post on the smarttech.com site that offers 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom. When you are finished [...]
If I could only use 3 Web 2.0 tools with my students, I would choose VoiceThread, Ustream.tv, and Animoto. Three days ago, Animoto made huge inroads, and in my opinion, just got even better by giving its clients the opportunity to add short video segments. According to the folks from Animoto, you do not need [...]
Last year I was looking for a decent time-line program that was web based and came up with a few, but difficult options. This year there are several new winners in this field. The first one I want to share is xTimline.com . This worked as a nice alternative to the current presentation programs such [...]
I found this fascinating quote today: Moodle does a very good job of monitoring students, giving assessments/grades, providing content, and doing discussion forums. It does not do a very good job of synchronous collaboration, wikis, email, or any of the other things that Google Apps does an amazing job at. I guess that is why [...]
As you begin thinking about the upcoming school year and your professional development, check out the DEN Webinar Series running August 3 – August 27. The sessions will include topics such as Digital Storytelling, School Leadership, Science and Web 2.0. All of the DEN Summer School Webinars will begin at 11 AM ET. You can [...]
DEN pre-conference was an awesome day of learning. We held school at DEN Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. DEN head quarters is a beautiful place, if you are ever invited GO!!! Even though, we were treated as students on this day (being required to have Hall passes) we were definitely given a fantastic day of [...]
Now is the time for change and the National Educational Technology Plan is the place to start. At NECC 2009, a collaboration event was created to gather “high impact, researched-based recommendations” from teachers and education professionals that would help drive the future of education and technology. Today’s students need a plan to bring their education [...]
Image via CrunchBase Can anyone keep up with Twitter? On a normal Twitter day, my PLN is always busy, but during NECC, well, the outage amps up and flies faster than double ground-strike lightning. From the folks at Common Craft collaborating with members of their Explainer Network, SayItVisually, comes a cool video, Skype Explained Visually. [...]
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