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MassCUE Day of Discovery Agenda (Downloadable PDF File for Full Details)

Congratulations from the DEN Patrick!

I’m so glad that you won the GM Live Green Grant, and that you were profiled on UTICAOD.com. For anyone that wants to learn more about Patrick visit the link below.

 http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x877721695/Chalk-talk-with-Patrick-Ferrick

Learn more about the GM Live Green Grant and all of the winners this year.

http://livegreen.discoveryeducation.com/

This is an awesome competition that supports science education while teaching our students the importance of increased sustainability. I’m proud that the Siemens Foundation has come together with NSTA and Discovery Communications to produce this exciting competition. Please visit the link below for full details, and please share this with other educators!

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/aboutus/newsArticle.cfm?news_id=526

Thanks!

Dennis

Where: Discovery Communications Offices- 5th Floor Board Room
850 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

When: September 16, 2008

Cost: Free * Refreshments compliments of Discovery Education

Agenda:

3:00PM- Registration: Afternoon Dessert & Refreshments

3:45PM-  Welcome & Sneak Preview New Series Project Earth on Discovery Channel!
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/project-earth/project-earth.html

4:00PM-  Discovery Education streaming Overview & 50 Ways to Use DE streaming in Your Classroom
Come one, come all, this session is open to beginner as well as advanced users of DE streaming. We will cover the basics as well as explore what DE streaming has to offer beyond 50,000 video segments. We will learn powerful ways to integrate all of the resources available into your instruction. Embed video into your presentations, build an on-line assignment, and take your students around the world with the Discovery Education Interactive Atlas.

4:45PM- Discovery Education: Digital Media Technology to Engage 21st Century Students
Prepare to experience the latest in Interactive digital media content and technology, like our Virtual Science Labs, digital media sharing, and bandwidth solutions. We will cover everything Discovery Education has to offer, including Discovery Education streaming, Discovery Education Science, Discovery Education MediaShare, and Hardware Solutions.

5:30PM- Discovery Educator Network (DEN): Connecting Teachers With Their Most Valuable Resources – Themselves!
Twenty-five thousand DEN members provide professional development to more than 250,000 fellow educators worldwide, connecting both on-line and in-person via webinars and on-site training. Hear how the DEN and our Star educator community can effect real change within your school and district.

Please RSVP to this exclusive event using the link below! https://den.dabbledb.com/page/nyctristatedayofdiscoveryrsvpcopy/dTkCzuBv
(Limited seating is available.)

Where: Discovery Communications Offices- 5th Floor Board Room
850 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

When: September 16, 2008

COST: Free
 *Lunch included compliments of Discovery Education

Agenda:

11:30AM- Welcome & Intro

12:00PM- Lunch is Served & Sneak Preview:
Discovery Channel New Series Project Earth
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/project-earth/project-earth.html

1:00PM- Discovery Education streaming Overview & 50 Ways to Use DE streaming in the Classroom

We will cover both basic and advanced features of Discovery Education streaming as well as explore powerful content and tools beyond 50,000 thousand video segments. We will learn powerful ways to integrate all of the resources available into classroom instruction. Embed video into presentations, build an on-line assignment, take students around the world with the Discovery Education Interactive Atlas, and explore the Discovery Educator Network to support educators.

2:00PM- Discovery Education: Digital Media Technology to Engage 21st Century Students

Prepare to experience the latest in Interactive digital media content and technology, like our Virtual Science Labs, state of the art digital media sharing, and bandwidth solutions. We will cover everything Discovery Education has to offer, including; Discovery Education streaming, Discovery Education Science, Discovery Education MediaShare, and Hardware Solutions.

Please RSVP to this special event using this link!(Limited to 30 Attendees.)

The site below is connected to a Canadian contest last year, but I noticed that it also provides great tutorials for students on how to create video podcasts. Plus, you can view the winners from last year as an example of a great finished video podcast.

It also provides a Teacher’s Toolbox, that includes lesson plans, strategies, and topics for inclusion of this technology in the classroom. Check it out an tell me what you think.

http://www.mediaeducationweek.ca/mymedia/default.htm

I know from experience that many of our Star Discovery Educators have produced amazing video projects like these.

Have you utilized video podcasting or editing in your classroom?

Does anyone have any examples of video podcasts that I can link to, or post on my Blog to share with other educators?

It’s great to share examples to help others take the next step in their own classroom.

Feel free to contact me for any additional information.

Dennis Swain

dennis_swain@discovery.com

What a great week at the DEN National Leadership Council Institute!

Hall Davidson, Director of The Discovery Educator Network, delivered a great presentation that captured the attention of Education Week’s Kathleen Kennedy Manzo. Wireless communications has become one of the most powerful catalysts of human interaction ever known. Does that make the widespread technology a possible educational technology tool? Hall’s presentation focussed on the possibilities and solutions that cell phones can already provide to educators and their students in the classroom.

Read Kathleen’s post about this topic on her Education Week Blog below. Please scroll down to her July 17th post.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/

What do you think about Katheleen’s blog post?

What are your ideas about how cell phones can be utilized as a wireless communications tool in the classroom?

Post your responses below to this blog, or feel free to contact me via email.

Dennis Swain

Account Manager, Discovery Educator Network

dennis_swain@discovery.com

5 Lucky Stars with Josh Bernstein Contest!All Star Discovery Educators in the NYC Tri-State area can register to win the chance to meet Josh at a special event hosted by Discovery Channel.

Current Star Discovery Educators that can attend attend please email your entry at dennis_swain@discovery.com with Josh Bernstein in the Subject line.

Become a Star Discovery Educator by August 19th by visiting the site below and completeling application process and you will be entered to win a ticket to the event.

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FREE Educator Resources: Become A STAR Discovery Educator!

Hi, Everyone.

I hope the summer is treating you well so far. It sounds like many DEN members had a great time at NECC. I found a great resource from a Microsoft site that lists dozens of free educational software downloads. Many of these tools can be utilized to integrate digital media that you find in Discovery Education streaming, but many more are very subject specific tools for educators.

I noticed several for language learning skills, vocabulary building, elementary education tools covering both literacy and mathematics, and multiple teacher aid applications. many of these tools are already rated by users across the country, while newer ones have not, but I’d appreciate it if you would review some of the applications and post your findings to the blog to help others identify downloads that will be helpful.

Note: There are also paid software titles available there, so double check that they are free. Its is visible to the right of each download. These software titles do not provide media content, but they do provide some fun and useful tools for educators.

Instructions:

• It might require you to register an email address with Windows Live to download, but if it is does it will be worth the time.
• Visit the link below, and notice that there are multiple categories.
• Click on the more link found on the left side of the page to display the Education category.
• Click there, and you will see all of the software titles broken down by subject area.

Have fun, and let everyone know if you find something here that you really like!

http://windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1

Let me know if you need help, or have a question about this blog post by posting your question below.

Enjoy your Summer!

Hi, Everyone.

I know this is several months away but I thought I’d put out some feelers, and hint at the possibility of a major NY Den Event at NYSCATE’s annual conference this year. Discovery Education will be there with an exhibit, and possibly some presentations.

http://www.nyscate.org/news.cfm?story=117

Is anyone from the DEN going to this conference?

Are you presenting at NYSCATE this year?

If so let me know, we’d like to help promote your presentations as a DEN member or Star Discovery Educator.

If you are going , or know someone who is, please let me know by posting a message about your plans or just that you are attending as a comment to this blog post. You can also email directly at dennis_swain@discovery.com.

 Thanks!

Dennis

 P.S.

We are holding the Northeast DEN Conference this year in Troy, NY. It’s free to attend, and will be packed full of educational technology training, and even more importantly FUN : )

For More information on the DEN Northeast Regional Conference, and to register, visit the link below.

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dennisswain/free-den-northeast-regional-conference-only-100-seats/