Many months ago I ran across a teacher wiki using glogster.  I loved the tool but was concerned about students accessing the other glogster pages on the site.  Some were not appropriate for children so I never used the web tool.  Now glogster has an educational version where everything is posted as private and yet [...]

I hosted a workshop this afternoon for beginning users of Discovery Streaming and Teacher Center.  The 8 participants arrived very curious and left very excited.  At the end of the workshop I showed them a sample of what can be done with all of the wonderful resources from Discovery.  Then I pointed out the Professional Development Tab [...]

Lights, camera, action!  My third grade class has a triumphant success with our performance of Journey Though the Solar System!  I have uploaded the video to the Educatior Resources section.  The performances are full of information about our wonderful Solar System. Enjoy!

Rocky Planets http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=showMedia&title=Rocky%20Planet%20Weather%20Reports%20shorter%5F0001%2Ewmv&vidPath=http%3A%2F%2Fmediashare%2Ediscoveryeducation%2Ecom%2Fassets%2Fflvs%2Fefd6d17c%2D1cc4%2D4143%2D6aad%2D9c12c5feaac7%2Eflv Gas Planets http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=showMedia&title=Gas%20Planet%20Weather%20Reports%5F0001%2Ewmv&vidPath=http%3A%2F%2Fmediashare%2Ediscoveryeducation%2Ecom%2Fassets%2Fflvs%2Fefe12508%2D1cc4%2D4143%2D6a51%2Df0839e6cabac%2Eflv

I just attended my first webinar.  It was titled Bend it, Break it, Bust it loose by Matt Monjan.  There were some great ideas and new things to learn.  I will definitely sign up for more webinars in the future.  Thank you Discovery Education and Matt for providing such a positive presence on the Internet.  [...]

Just in case you missed the free offer for STAR Discovery Educators from Tech4Learning, I pasted the notice below.  It was mentioned in the weekly update newsletter from March 27.  I just downloaded the Frames software and can’t wait to play around with it!  Check below to find out how to get your free full version.  Perhaps in [...]

I’m looking for motivational and exciting ideas for an introductory workshop on DiscoveryStreaming.  I have the promotional handouts but perhaps some of you have ideas for “games”, activities, or “competitions” that will raise the interest level in my staff.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks! 

I haven’t visited SL for months and months but would like to start attending some events to get back into it.  Tonight I updated what I was wearing.  That’s sooooo important in SL.  My SL name is Deb Telling.  Perhaps I will see you at this upcoming event in SL. March 18th Second Life Please consider joining [...]

Welcome to my blog!  I am not by nature a blogger.  I have an extensive online presence with a class website found at http://www.mrsthonus.com , and enjoy providing Internet resources for my students and their parents.  I plan on looking at other blogs to get ideas on what should be included.  This will be a [...]