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Call for Presentations- passed on to you from your caring DEN friends

We must receive your submission by Monday, February 18.

Each year, TechEd’s most popular hands-on lab is the Adobe Lab. Attendees literally line up to learn the latest Adobe Software.

Usually Adobe takes care of all the details, including providing the trainers… but this year, we have the opportunity to choose the trainers from among you and your colleagues!

Are you, or someone you know, an expert user of the Adobe CS3 products on a PC platform? Do you use any of the CS3 products listed below in your daily teachings or in a unique way that benefits your students?

Then submit your presentation abstract to TechEd 2008.

TechEd has a limited number of additional opportunities for hands-on Adobe software presentations from educators who want to present on the following Adobe products:

• Adobe InDesign CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Extended Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Adobe Fireworks CS3
• Adobe Contribute
• Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
• Adobe Soundbooth CS3
• Adobe Encore CS3 Plus
• Adobe OnLocation CS3
• Adobe Ultra CS3

To submit a new presentation on any of the software listed above, please go to www.techedevents.org click on the presenter’s link and follow the special Call for Presentations instructions.

"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, 16, who have little in common except for a shared concern that time is running out for endangered species and ecosystems in decline. Nominated by their respective science teachers, the teens join Earthwatch research projects around the globe to discover how ordinary people can get involved. They study the most pressing environmental issues of our time, working alongside leading researchers who explore the ecological effects of global warming, the decline of coral reefs, the impact of deforestation, and more.

The three teens in the show chronicle their experiences through video and blogs as they visit:

Bahamas
Costa Rica
Brazil
Sri Lanka
Kenya
Thailand
Malaysia
Australia

If you are interested in involving your class in this environmental adventure, we’re looking for 8 classrooms to help us create a global map of the Year on Earth project.  Using unitedstreaming resources, Google Earth, and other research tools in your classroom, each classroom selected for this project will create a full “Country Study” of one of the countries featured on the show.   Each country study may include:

Google Earth Pin
Research information that includes the following facts:
·        Demographics

·        Primary Industry

·        Cultural review including links, major events,

·        Historical timeline of at least 5 major events in the countries history

Any other creative ideas that your class deems important

If you are interested in having your class participate, please send an email with the subject line of “Year on Earth” to betsy_whalen@discovery.com