Comments for Mrs. Salahi’s 2nd Grade Resources

Comment on Discovery Educator Network (DEN) by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:43:44 +0000

Does it cost to belong to STAR? The best thing that I have used with DEN is the variety of united streaming
videos. I have used them for projects, introduction, and closing activities in my teaching of math and language
arts. My district subscribes to DEN, which is great for our students to use too. I have had my students use DEN
for many projects and research. Students seem to be more engaged when technology is incorporated.

Comment on Discovery Educator Network (DEN) by Debbie Salahi

Debbie Salahi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:57:16 +0000

There are a lot of events online. Try to get into the site this way. Go into Discovery as if you were going to stream a video. If you look on the tabs near Streaming you should see one that says DEN. After you click on DEN you will see a tab that says Blogs a little lower. After you click on that one, the left hand side under DEN blogs (above the states) you will see a button for National and many other interesting areas. I would click on National and start there. Here is the direct address to the website http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/
Scroll down on the National page to the DEN weekly update for July 24, 2009 and click on the link. Scroll down to Summer School with DEN to see what is going on in August. I hope this helps.

Comment on Discovery Educator Network (DEN) by Rebecca Hayes

Rebecca Hayes — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:19:25 +0000

I am relatively new to using Discovery Education and have really only used the streaming video for my class. I have learned more about the tools on the site recently (due to another class). I am curious about the events you mentioned. When I checked into them for my area (Mississippi) there are none listed. Are there online events I could “attend” since there are no events around me. The grant PBS had for the state has run out (I only found out about it in year 5 of a 5 year cycle) so no one around here uses the program. I still have access due to Wilkes. I am trying to convince other teachers to start asking for it so they can use it in their classrooms. I feel like I need to learn more aobut it if I am going to sell it here. Thanks for any info you may have. You can email at my wilkes account if you have any info.

Comment on Blogs and Wikispaces by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:01:59 +0000

Well, if you are k-3 this is definitely a great post. Thanks, Debbie.

Comment on Developing Respectful Students by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:49:23 +0000

Great application of the readings to your daily practice. I’ll have to check out Second Step. A great resource for character education,and a great person in general, is Thomas Lickona. I’ve read some of his books and they were very helpful when I was teaching.

Comment on Students Creating Content by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:23:32 +0000

Voicethread, skype and wikis. Nice combo! Voicethread, as you’ve noted, is a great resource for student publishing/authoring but even more powerful for its collaboration tools.

Comment on Enhancing Creativity with Kid Works Deluxe and Kidspiration by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:23:39 +0000

Fun post to read. Thanks, Debbie.

Comment on Language Arts and Science by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:19:07 +0000

I think your students will rise to the challenge. Having a template with the expectations for each slide (slide 1 = title, slide 2 = name of animal, picture, etc.) will definitely help guide them.

Comment on Teaching Long and Short Vowels with Discovery Streaming by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:48:22 +0000

This post is right on target. Nice work! Have you tried the assignment builder with your second graders? I’m curious to hear how it works with them.

Comment on Engaging Digital Natives by Lance Rougeux

Lance Rougeux — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:01:12 +0000

Interesting challenges ahead of us. I just ventured into Second Life last week for the first time. A step at a time