Elaine Plybon’s Blog

This is a cross post from my personal blog. I decided to post this entry here because for a lot of people, my personal blog is blocked, and I really wanted this message to get out there. ***************************************************** I’m in a rocking chair in a darkened room. The only light comes from a small flourescent [...]

I’ve started posting to the Texas DEN blog, and I encourage you to read the other state blogs for additional updates, etc., but I thought I’d post a little about my personal experiences at the institute. Silver Spring is a nice town. There is free wireless all over the city, and the shopping area we [...]

What an amazing experience presenting at NECC was! I don’t think the full impact hit me until this morning when I received an email from ISTE that said there were over 17,600 people at NECC this year! Our room was packed, there were people standing, and about 20 people watched us on Ustream. We think [...]

Just finished with the DEN in Second Life Leadership Council’s presentation: “Creating a Personal Learning Network in Second Life” at ISTE’s NECC 2008. It was incredible. We had over 100 education professionals in the room and another 20 or so watching via the Ustream Steve Dembo set up. We had only one hour to talk [...]

I have to admit, since joining the Discovery Educator Network, I have become a little gung-ho about establishing networks. I never understood how powerful they can be until my experiences with the DEN. In the interest of expanding my network in the biggest possible way, I started checking out online networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, [...]

Well, I finally managed to get my flight arranged for the DEN Leadership Council National Institute in July. I’m very excited about the opportunity to connect with my fellow LC members. Some of them will be people I met last summer and others will be new people to meet. Either way, I can’t wait to [...]

Irving ISD, the district I work for, has an annual Technology Media Fair. This year, the district has opened up several categories for online judging. The hope, above all, is that this will help keep district students excited about technology and about sharing their work with a global audience. This is where you come in. [...]

I received official notice that I have been selected to be part of a panel presentation at NECC 2008 in San Antonio! I’m very excited. I’ve never been to NECC before, and it is wild to me that I’m going to be presenting at a National conference! I’m going to be presenting on the topic [...]

Today, I had the opportunity to present a workshop virtually – in Second Life! The island where the DEN HQ is housed hosted an EduFair today, where educators had the opportunity to attend various educational sessions. The one I was tasked with presenting was “Digital Storytelling”. It was well-attended and, as usual, I learned so [...]

So what’s the verdict? What do you all think about the new Discovery website? I think it rocks! I also think that Steve Dembo did an awesome job getting it all set up! It is so much nicer to be able to access all the great Discovery products in one place. Tell me what you [...]