Dorman’s Trouvailles

You’re a teacher eagerly looking forward to a couple of weeks of summer bliss, right? Wrong! Summer is the time for intellectual rejuvenation, creative inspiration, and learning. Let the Discovery Educator Network help you meet these noble goals. Check out some of the fantastic FREE webinars from Discovery Education.

Discovery Education First Look: Back to School Updates 2010
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/DEFirstLook
June 1 – June 29
Be the first to get a look at back-to-school updates to Discovery Education streaming. With this insider access, we’ll take you behind-the-scenes as we show off the latest content, features, and resources months before it will be rolled-out to the public.

50 Ways in 5 Days
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/50Ways5Days
July 1 – July 29
This webinar series is packed full of the best instructional uses of Discovery Education, featuring content rich contributions from some of the top users of Discovery Education streaming.

DEN Summer School 2010
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/DENSummerSchool2010
August 2 – August 19
Who ever said summer school isn’t fun? Get ready for your school year with an amazing series of free professional development sessions from the Discovery Educator Network (DEN). Week 1 = Digital Storytelling, Week 2 = Professional Learning Networks, Week 3 = Project Based Learning

Click here to learn more about how Discovery Education is transforming teaching and learning.

I am so excited to be part of the awesome line-up for SummerSALT 2010 in Wilson County Schools.   Seriously, the program is stacked with inspiring presentations and engaging hands-on workshops.

Since DE is a green company, I decided to put all the take-aways and hands-on activities for our full-day workshop online.    We are also going to use a Google Moderator forum to collate the best of our integration ideas throughout the day. Click here to access it and share an idea.

DE SummerSALT Agenda
Hands On Activities

Discovery Education streaming

• Discovery Education Passcode Flyer
• DE streaming Overview (Screenshots) PowerPoint
• DE streaming Quick Start Guide
• DE streaming User Guide
• Closed Captioning on Video (PC)
• Closed Captioning on Video (Mac)
• DE streaming “Getting Started” Page
• DE streaming Help Page

Discovery Education MediaShare

•  DE MediaShare Users Guide

Don’t forget to check out the fantastic schedule of summer webinars being sponsored by Discovery Education.

Sandra Ford and I are in Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tennessee.  We are excited to work with Shelby County educators to explore how Discovery Education can transform teaching and learning.

Discovery Education streaming

• Discovery Education Passcode Flyer
• DE streaming Overview (Screenshots) PowerPoint
• DE streaming Quick Start Guide
• DE streaming User Guide
• Closed Captioning on Video (PC)
• Closed Captioning on Video (Mac)
• DE streaming “Getting Started” Page
• DE streaming Help Page

Discovery Education Assessment

• Predictive Benchmarking
• Progress Zone
• RTI and NCLB
• VAL-ED
• Progress Zone Users Guide
• RTI Users Guide

Discovery Education MediaShare

•  DE MediaShare Users Guide

As the new school year approaches, make sure your STAR status is intact.  All you have to do is report at least two events from this school year. 

When you log into the DEN website (http://dencommunity.com) you’ll see “Report Event” in your profile.  Let us know how you’ve shared the power of Discovery with your colleagues and you’re all set.

We are thrilled to be one of the sponsors for AETC 2010! We’d love to visit with Alabama educators in our booth (#502) and during our conference breakout sessions.

Discovery Education – Where Learning Comes Alive

Created by the Discovery Channel, and the energy that revolutionized media over twenty-five years ago, Discovery Education empowers educators to engage students and transform classrooms by providing dynamic curricular resources, comprehensive assessment services, and customized professional development plans with ongoing support that improve student achievement.

Discovery Education is the #1 provider of digital services to U.S. schools reaching 1 million educators, 35,000,000 students, and is in 60,000 schools

Wednesday

A Day in the Life of Discovery Education: 11 am – 12 pm, East Hall / Ballroom A

Beyond the Stream – Integration Strategies for Discovery Education streaming: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, East Hall / Ballroom A

Oh, the Humanities!: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm, East Hall / Ballroom A

See what they know. Teach what they need. Transforming Learning with Discovery Education: 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm, East Hall / Ballroom A

Thursday

Driving Instruction with K-12 Formative Assessment: 10:30 am – 11:30 am, North Hall / Room E

Click here for the take-away resources from all the Discovery Education presentations.

In addition to our presentations, we are excited for Danny Forster‘s visit to the Discovery Education booth on Wednesday. Danny, the host of the Science Channel series, Build It Bigger, will be signing autographs and speaking with educators from 2 pm – 3 pm in Discovery Education’s booth (#502). The first 100 visitors will also receive an autographed copy of a Build It Bigger DVD.

Are you planning to attend ISTE 2010 in Denver this summer? If so, Discovery Education would like to invite you to a special reception for Alabama educators.

Alabama ISTE Invite