REMC XI Discoveries

Intro to Discovery Education streaming at REMC XI

A free workshop is being offered to REMC XI new users of Discovery Education streaming on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The hands-on workshop will take place at the Berrien RESA Technical Training Center in Berrien Springs from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. Participants will lean to logon, search for content, and play and download videos.

Register online at http://www.berrienresa.org or call Jo at 269-471-7725 ext. 1149 and register for BC# 09-106.

There is a “Day of Discovery” event coming up soon, and you won’t want to miss it!  The Discovery Educator Network is having its second annual Virtual Conference on Saturday, October 25.   The DEN Virtual Conference provides a unique opportunity to learn powerful ways to integrate digital media and Web 2.0 tools into your instruction as well as discover an abundance of resources to expand your own personal learning network.

Educators can attend the conference from home, or they can attend a face-to-face event, where hands-on workshops are facilitated by Michigan STAR educators, in one of the following two locations:

1.    Haslett High School:  8:30am to 3pm. This event is jointly sponsored by the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) and the Discovery Education Network (DEN), featuring virtual sessions from nationally known speakers (see schedule below) and face-to-face sessions with experienced technology leaders. Attending is FREE and lunch will be provided!  All teachers are welcome, although space is limited.  Attend in-person sessions on digital storytelling, podcasting, new features of DiscoveryStreaming, Creating voice and screen capture videos, interactive websites, and more!  Click here to register.
2.    Macomb Intermediate School District: 8:30am to 3:45pm.  This event is sponsored by Macomb ISD and the Discovery Educator Network.  Virtual sessions will be provided by nationally known speakers (see schedule below). The hands-on breakout sessions will be presented by local technology experts and STAR Discovery Educators including Arnie Comer, Rita Hughes, Frank Miracola, Jennifer Parker-Moore and others.  The cost is $20.Click here to register.

Virtual Presentation Schedule

9 AM: Raise You’re Hand if You’re a Rock Star
Steve Dembo

10 AM: No Mind Left Behind: Using Media to Reach Your Students
Jannita Demian and Matt Monjan

11 AM: Discover the DEN
Lance Rougeux

12 PM: Power Up Your Professional Learning Network
Jennifer Dorman

1 PM: Moving Beyond the Information Age
Scott Kinney

2 PM: It’s in Your Pocket: Teaching Spectacularly with Cellphones
Hall Davidson

3 PM: Raise You’re Hand if You’re a Rock Star (encore)
Steve Dembo

4 PM: No Mind Left Behind: Using Media to Reach Your Students (encore)
Jannita Demian and Matt Monjan

5 PM: Understanding Your Students’ iBrain
Brad Fountain

On September 23rd, from 9 AM EDT until 9 PM EDT, the DEN will be sharing a new presentation every hour on the hour.  Come for 1 hour or spend the entire day with us! Click here to register for the event.

Streamathon 2008 Schedule

9 AM (Justin Karkow)
DE streaming 101 – New content, new features, same great product!

10 AM (Dennis Swain)
Taking it to the Next Level – Teacher Center Tools

11 AM (Lance Rougeux)
The ABCs (and D) of Free Professional Development from Discovery Education

12 PM (Jannita Demian)
Can You Hear Me Now? Audio files in DE streaming

1 PM (Steve Dembo)
Five Profoundly Spectacular and Amazing Web 2.0 Tools to Use with DE streaming

2 PM (Mike Bryant)
Frame-by-Frame: A Movie Integration Story

3 PM (Jannita Demian)
50 Ways to use DE streaming

4 PM (Brad Fountain)
WOW!  You can do that with DE streaming and PowerPoint?

5 PM (Matt Monjan)
Geekybird Presents: Answers to the Top Five FAQs about DE streaming

6 PM (Joe Brennan)
Digital Storytelling Resources in DE streaming

7 PM (Hall Davidson)
Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Video and Two Things You Did

8 PM (Lance Rougeux)
State of the DEN – News, Updates and Top Secret Announcements for 2008-2009

Over fifty educators from southwest Michigan and around the State participated in TechCamp 2008 August 19 & 20 at Berrien RESA in Berrien Springs in beautiful southwest Michigan. TechCamp 2008 was a Michigan DEN event sponsored by Berrien RESA and Discovery Education. Kevin Clark, Berrien RESA Instructional Technology Consultant, coordinated the event.

Participants engaged in active hands-on learning through 24 breakout sessions over the two-day event. A few examples of breakout sessions included KidPix for K2, Michigan LearnPort, Wonderful White Boards, Digital Storytelling and Weaving Voice Threads.

The first-day luncheon Keynote speaker was Matt Monjan (pictured) of Discovery Education sharing his humor, knowledge and great ideas in the presentation How to Reach the 21st Century Mind. The discussion centered around how to effectively reach and teach the digital natives in our classrooms.

Author Liz Kolb presented the Wednesday lunch keynote, From Toys to Tools, that focused on using cell phones in the classroom. Find out more at Liz’s blog at: From Toy to Tool.

Michigan DEN Leadership Council member Emma Haygood (pictured), a middle school teacher from Berrien Springs Public Schools, presented two sessions. Discovery Education streaming 101 introduced new or perspective streaming uses to the power of digital streaming. She also presented Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers.

Participants had a great time and learned new skills to apply in their classroom to enhance student learning. You can visit the TechCamp 2008 wiki at: http://tech-camp.pbwiki.com

TechCamp 2008 – August 19 & 20, 2008, Berrien Springs, MIThe Michigan DEN event TechCamp 2008 is a two-day technology integration event featuring over 20 hands-on sessions for all K-12 educators. The host is the Instructional Technology Department of Berrien RESA in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Discovery Education is providing support for TechCamp 2008.Matt Monjan of Discovery Education will deliver a fascinating luncheon keynote on Tuesday, How to Reach the 21st Century Mind. He will also present two concurrent sessions.A few of the other presenters include:

• Author Liz Klob will present the Wednesday lunch keynote, From Toy to Tool, that will focus using cell phones in the classroom. Find out more at Liz’s blog From Toy to Tool.
• South Haven Teacher Cindy Liscow will share a session on Digital Storytelling.
• Michigan DEN Leadership Council member and Berrien Springs Middle School teacher Emma Haygood will present Web Tools for Teachers.
• Ben Rimes, MACUL board member, will focus on literacy in a session called Read, Please!
• Coloma Middle School teacher Tonya Kimmerly is going to lead a session entitled Google Galore. This session will highlight some of the FREE tools available from Google.

That’s just a few of over 20 sessions! View the entire line-up at At-a-Glance.Get geared-up for the new school year with the latest tools as well as proven lessons and ideas to use your available technology!For more information and to register for TechCamp, please visit http://tech-camp.pbwiki.comWorkshop (BC)#: 08-200Registration Deadline: 08/01/2008SB-CEUs will be available.Where? Here’s the map!Questions? Contact Kevin Clark at 269.471.7725 ext. 247

TechCamp 2008 – August 19 & 20, 2008

TechCamp 2008 is a two-day technology integration event featuring over 20 hands-on sessions for all K-12 educators. Matt Monjan of Discovery Education will deliver a luncheon keynote and will be on hand to present in concurrent sessions.

The host is the Instructional Technology Department of Berrien RESA in Berrien Springs, Michigan.

Get geared-up for the new school year with the latest tools as well as proven lessons and ideas to use your available technology!

For more information and to register for TechCamp, please visit http://tech-camp.pbwiki.com

Workshop (BC)#: 08-200
Registration Deadline: 08/01/2008
SB-CEUs will be available.

Questions? Contact Kevin Clark at 269.471.7725 ext. 247

Click here for a TechCamp flyer.

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Kevin Clark and Janine Lim have some outstanding June workshops coming up at REMC XI. Learn about Classroom Podcasting, Using Moodle, Jazzing up Your Curriculum with Videoconferencing and other topics. For information including registration go to Kevin’s blog – click here for REMC Ramblings.

Are you a new user that needs an overview of DE streaming (unitedstreaming)? Have you had access to DE streaming for a while but have not jumped in? There are three FREE Webinars scheduled in April to help you get started.

DEN members or prospective DEN STAR members – get several teachers together and use this as an event to get you on the way to becoming a STAR DEN Educator!

To participate in the Webinars, log into DE streaming, select Professional Development in the upper right hand corner and look at What’s New. Click on Register Here at the bottom of the column and then register. You will notice, too, that there are many valuable learning experiences available to you through DE streaming Webinars.

Look for DE Streaming (Basic & PLUS) on the following dates:

• April 15 at 10:00 am
• April 21 at 5:00 pm
• April 30 at 12:00 pm

REMC XI members (Berrien, Cass, Van Buren counties in Michigan) – You can call REMC XI to schedule a face-to-face overview at your schools computer lab as a PD event. Contact Dennis Lundgren at 269.471.7725.

Also, you can deliver your own PD using After School Discovery in a one hour workshop. Details are in an earlier Blog entry below or go to http://www.bcisdtech.org, select Discovery Education streaming and After School Discovery can be downloaded in a pdf from the green resource box.

If you are at MACUL

look for sessions with Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson! Also, visit the Discovery Education booth in the vendor arrea.

REMC XI DE streaming News

*Saturday, Feb 2 Virtual Conference!

Connect with educators from all over the country during this unique professional development experience where you can attend in-person, online, or both. The host site is Doherty Elementary School in West Bloomfield and it will run from 8:30am-3:00pm. Register at:
http://Community.DiscoveryEducation.Com/virtualconference

See the Michigan Blog for a flyer: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/michigan/

*REMC XI DE streaming Page

Check out our streaming Web page:

http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/united_streaming.html

*DE streaming server upgrade

REMC XI has upgraded the local host server. Your videos come to you from this server at the BCISD. For those schools connected to the BCISD Wide Area Network, this saves a considerable amount of Internet bandwidth and the multiple jumps associated with connecting on the Internet.

*Discovery Education Network

DE streaming users are encouraged to join the DEN – Discovery Educator Network. The Discovery Educator Network is a global community of educators passionate about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. With over 25,000 members providing professional development to over 250,000 educators worldwide, the DEN connects teachers both on-line and in-person.

To join: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/

*Discovery STAR

DEN members can also become STAR educators for access to more resources. This involves registering, sending in a lesson plan that uses digital media and hosting a local event – this can be as simple as getting three people together for an hour to share what you are doing with DE streaming.

For a one-hour training for your building – use the After School Discovery developed by Dennis Lundgren – see the earlier post.

*Michigan Discovery Blog – visit the new Michigan DEN

There is a Michigan DEN Blog at:
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/michigan/

*Discovery Education at MACUL

Finally, if you are attending the 2008 MACUL Annual Conference, look for Discovery Education sessions and speakers:

Hall Davidson – Closing Keynote, Friday, March 7, 2:30 -3:30 PM

• Thinking Big as the World Gets Small

Steve Dembo

• The 10 Best FREE Web 2.0 Sites
• Learning to Speak Native: How Education Can be Transformed in 140 Characters or Less
• The New Permanent Record

Jonathan Buntain – Our Michigan Sales Representative

• Vendor Exhibit Area