Dorman’s Trouvailles

I’m here in Austin, Texas, at the Bob Bullock State History Museum for the TCEA Discovery Education pre-conference.  We are joined by the phenomenal Texas Leadership Council.  They will be ustreaming the entire day!

Join us online and watch the 2010 TCEA DEN PreCon at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tcea-2010-den-pre-con

You can also revisit each of the sessions by viewing the recordings.  Thanks again to Elaine Plybon for streaming/recording them for us!!

Here are the take-away resources from my presentations on integrating DE media into language arts and social studies.

Oh, the Humanities!

Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery and Google Earth

Click here to see the rest of the resources from the event posted on the DEN National Blog.

If you have not had a chance to share you thoughts about the day with us, please click here to do so.

Image Citation:

Stephen F. Austin, the “Father of Texas.”. IRC. 2005.
Discovery Education. 9 February 2010
<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

Saturday, January 9, 2010

9 AM to 4 PM ET

It’s virtual and it’s FREE!

Register for the online sessions at:

http://links.discoveryeducation.com/denscicon

or

Register for one of many in-person events hosted by our DEN Leadership Councils.

Terramar School

7000 W. Happy Valley Road

Peoria, AZ 85383

7 AM to 2 PM

Cartwright Elementary School District

3401 N. 67th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85033

8:30 AM to 1 PM

Snowflake High School

190 W. 2nd Street South

Snowflake, AZ 85937

8 AM to 2 PM

Esperero Canyon Middle School

Sabino Canyon Road

Tucson, AZ 85750

7:30 AM to 2 PM

Corner Bakery at Irvine Spectrum

91 Fortune Drive

Irvine, CA 92618

9 AM to 1 PM

Connecticut Science Center

250 Columbus Blvd.

Hartford, CT 06103

8:30 AM to 4 PM

Electa A Lee Magnet Middle School

4000 53rd AveWest

Bradenton, FL 34210

9 AM to 4 PM

All Saints Catholic Academy

1155 Aurora Ave.

Naperville, IL 60540

 9 AM to 4 PM

Dedham Middle School

70 Whiting Avenue

Dedham, MA 02026

8:30 AM to 4 PM

Holy Redeemer School

9715 Summit Ave

Kensington, MD 20895

8:30 AM to 1 PM

St. Therese School

7277 NW Highway 9

Kansas City, MO 64152

7:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Townsend School

201 N. Spruce St.

Townsend, MT 59644

9 AM to 1 PM

Discovery Times Square Expo

226 West 44th Street (between 7th & 8th avenues)

New York City, NY

9 AM to 1 PM

Registration limited to 25 participants.

Propel Montour

340 Bilmar Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15205

9 AM to 4 PM

Sarah Simpson Center

805 Tipton Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37920

8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Finch Elementary

1205 South Tennessee

McKinney, TX 75069

8 AM to 4 PM

Verona Area High School

300 Richard Street

Verona, WI 53593

9 AM to 3 PM

Download an informational flyer about DEN SCIcon to share with your colleagues.

Discovery is in the Music City – Nashville, Tennessee – for the Tennessee Education Technology Conference.  We are excited to join hundreds of Tennessee educators and our Tennessee Leadership Council for this fantastic conference at the Nashville Convention Center.

Discovery is sponsoring a series of 13 breakout sessions and the keynote presentation – Discovery’s own Brad Fountain will be presenting the Thursday keynote, The iBrain and Education: A Terrible Thing to Waste.

If you are planning to attend TETC, be sure to stop by the Discovery Education booth at space 222 in the exhibit hall and visit the Discovery Education presentation room, 210, to see the Discovery Education Difference in action!

Here are the take-away resources from the sessions in the Discovery Education presentation room.

• Discovery Education streaming Overview
• Discovery Education streaming PLUS Overview
• Discovery Education Science Elementary Overview
• Discovery Education streaming Getting Started Guide
• Discovery Education Science Getting Started Guide
• Discovery Education streaming – Integration Strategies
• Discovery Education Science – Integration Strategies
• Beyond the Stream: Integration Strategies for Discovery Education streaming
• Creating Classrooms and Assigning Targeted Content with the Discovery Education My Classroom
• Build a Bigger Builder
• Widgets for Your Builders
• DI Made Simple with DE
• Thinking Outside the Slide
• Embedding Video Into PPT 97/2003
• Embedding Video Into PPT 2007
• Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery Education and Google Earth
  Click here to download the presentation file.
  Click here for additional training and integration resources

Don’t forget to check out the Discovery Educator Network and learn about all the benefits of becoming part of our STAR community. If you are already a DEN STAR get your DEN conference tag swag at the DE booth.

I’m joining the educators at the Western Maryland Regional Conference virtually via WebEx this morning.  Damien Padilla is kicking off the day with a keynote and I’ll be following up with breakout sessions presented through WebEx.

Professional Learning Networks 2.0 – Keynote

Developing Digital Leaders – Power Up Your Professional Learning Network – Concurrent Session

Professional Learning Networks – Wiki Resources

I’m at the Eastern Shore Professional Development Conference being hosted at the Worcester Technical High School in Newark, Maryland, today.   I will be presenting both a keynote and follow-up concurrent session.  Here are the resources from both.

Professional Learning Networks 2.0 – Keynote

Developing Digital Leaders – Power Up Your Professional Learning Network – Concurrent Session

Professional Learning Networks – Wiki Resources

The Eastern Tennessee Day of Discovery hosted by Bradley County Schools at Lake Forest Middle School was a phenomenal event.  It was presented in coordination with the DEN Fall Virtual Conference, Tech or Treat.

Tim Childers, the TN Leadership Council Blog Chair, posted a terrific summary of the event on the TN blog along with an engaging Animoto video that perfectly encapsulated the positive energy that infused the day.

Here are the take-away resources from the day.

Beyond the Stream – Integration Strategies for DE streaming

50 Ways and Beyond!  

Build a Bigger Builder

Widgets for Your Builders

DI with DE

Do You Have the Audacity to Podcast? 

Thinking Outside the Slide

Embedding Video Into PPT 97/2003

Embedding Video Into PPT 2007

About the DEN – Become a STAR

DE streaming Getting Started

(don’t forget to visit the DE streaming tutorials in Professional Development > Exploring Discovery Education streaming)

DE Assessment Overview

Promethean Planet

When my plane landed in Minot, North Dakota, I was treated to my first snowfall of the season.  I love winter weather and the beautiful snow that accompanies the chill.

I’m here in Minot for the North Dakota Association of Technology Leaders Fall Conference.  I’ll be facilitating two breakout sessions tomorrow.

Differentiating Instruction Made Easy with Discovery Education (click to download the presentation file)

Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery Education and Google Earth
Click here to download the presentation file.
Click here for additional training and integration resources

Pardon the cheesy blog title . . . I’m here in Oklahoma City, OK, for the Sharing Best Practices in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Fall Conference.  The theme this fall is “How Does Your Garden Grow?”

I am facilitating two sessions - Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery Education and Google Earth and Creating Online Learning Communities.

Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery Education and Google Earth
Click here to download the presentation file.
Click here for additional training and integration resources

Creating Online Learning Communities
Click here to download the presentation file.
Click here for additional resources.

I’m in Erie, Pennsylvania, for the 3CsETC. I’m excited to have the opportunity to meet so many from my PLN.

What is 3CsETC?

The 3Cs ETC Conference is a collaborative effort between NPAECT, IU5, CFF Coaches and the LEARN Initiative. The conference name was created using 3Cs (Connect, Communicate, Collaborate), which NPAECT has used as their day-conference theme in the spring and fall of 2008 combined with ETC (Educational Technology Conference) which was added to 3Cs as the conference joined forces with CFF and LEARN.

NPAECT, LEARN and CFF and IU5 separately were working toward the same goal of assisting teachers in changing their teaching practices using technology as an integral part of their curriculum, so this collaboration made perfect sense.

One goal of 3Cs ETC is to provide quality professional development and training and to host engaging and motivating keynote speakers, conference presenters, and hands-on learning opportunities to educators in the northwest Pennsylvania region. Our second goal is to develop a vibrant professional learning community of 21st century teachers who recognize the rapid changes in our world that demand changes in our classroom instruction and who are willing to invest in a vastly different educational system that still focuses on challenging our students to succeed.

Here are my presentation resources for my keynote and concurrent sessions. You can access more conference resources on the 3CsETC website and Ning network.

Power Up Your Professional Learning Network – Keynote
Presentation
Resources

Creating Online Class Communities – Concurrent Session
Presentation

Learning 2.0 – Engaging 21st Century Learners – Concurrent Session
Presentation

Thinking Outside the Slide: Non Linear Multimedia Presentations – Concurrent Session
Presentation

Welcome to the DEN National Institute 2009 at the Headlands Institute in Sausalito, California.

Here are the presentation resources for my breakout sessions.

Director’s Cut – Digital Storytelling with Photo Story and Movie Maker

Digital Storytelling 2.0 with Web 2.0

Google Tools for Schools

Cover It Live and ustream

Vlogging with DE MediaShare 

Discovery Education MediaShare Users Guide