Discovery partners with lots of other organizations to bring exciting resources to students. Here are a few great STEM resources to motivate and inspire your students.
Fuel Our Future Now – STEM resources for elementary, middle, and high school students
I was thrilled to join Mike Bryant and Steve Dembo at the Anoka-Hennepin Day of Discovery in Minnesota earlier this week. There was so much positive energy I could practically hear bells ringing . . . okay, so maybe that was the fire alarm that forced us to evacuate the building towards the end of the day, yet this was a high-energy event and I thoroughly enjoyed working with the inspiring educators from Anoka-Hennepin.
Here are the take-away resources from my “Thinking Outside the Slide: Non-Linear Multimedia Presentations” session.
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.
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.
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 used Google Earth often when I was in the classroom. I used it to reinforce geographic literacy and engage my high school social studies students with a colorful and interactive data visualization. Today, I’ll be presenting “Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere with Discovery Education and Google Earth” as part of the DEN Summer School webinar series.
Click below to access the resources from this session. The webinar archive will be available on the DEN blog.
VoiceThread is one of my favorite Web 2.0 applications for education and it’s a perfect partner for Discovery Education’s rich media content. I will be featuring VoiceThread during the August 25, 2009, DEN Summer School Webinar.
You can access the resources from this webinar by clicking below. The webinar archive will be available on the DEN blog.
Get ready for a new school year with the DEN! Tell a colleague, invite your principal and join us for Summer School with the DEN. Enroll today at: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/webinar.
Web 2.0 Week
8/24/09
Get Your Glog On! The DE streaming Builders and Glogster
8/25/09
The Thread that Ties it All Together: Discovery Education Content and Voicethread
8/26/09
Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere in the World: Designing Virtual Field Trips with Discovery Education Media and Google Earth
8/27/09
Learning Through the Funnies: Mixing Discovery Education Content with Free Comic Tools
The applications for kmlfactbook are nearly limitless. The colorful and interactive interface make it perfect content for your interactive whiteboards, tablets, and LCD projectors. Importing the KML files into Google Earth adds additional functionality and allows students to use the data to build their own Google Earth tours and data sets and allows users to layer additional data to create hypotheses and generalizations. The ability to readily access data from all geographic areas instantly allows students to compare and contrast with ease. Downloading the KML files and opening them in Google Earth allows students to create their own thematic maps. (Not sure what a thematic map entails? Check out this great Google Earth resource on Thematic Maps.)
I was thrilled to join Mike Bryant and Steve Dembo at the Anoka-Hennepin Day of Discovery in Minnesota earlier this week. There was so much positive energy I could practically hear bells ringing . . . okay, so maybe that was the fire alarm that forced us to evacuate the building towards the end of the day, yet this was a high-energy event and I thoroughly enjoyed working with the inspiring educators from Anoka-Hennepin.
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.
