Dorman’s Trouvailles

Thanks to our friends at mimio for outfitting our breakout presentation rooms with mimio systems and slates.  I’m psyched to be presenting with mimio’s interactive whiteboard system and Notebook application.

We are gathering at Discovery’s headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, for a day of learning and networking.  Here are the takeaway resources for my breakout sessions.

Power Up Your Professional Learning Network

PLN Workshop Wiki

Get Your ‘Og On

[copied from the National Blog]
NECC is just under a week away, and we hope you’re as jazzed for it as we are!  Our home on the conference floor will be Booth #3228 and we’ve got a packed schedule there.  You’ll be able to see presentations such as:

• Discovery the Possibilities with Discovery Educaiton Digital Services
• Multimedia Einsteins: Discovery Education Science
• Using Multimedia in the Classroom with Mimio
• 50 Ways To Use Discovery Education streaming 
• Bring 21st Century Teaching to Your Classrooms: Professional Development that Works
• Connecting Formative Assessment to the Power of Digital Media

And who will be presenting these sessions?  None other than your favorite DE and DEN presenters, including Hall Davidson, Lance Rougeux, Steve Dembo, Matt Monjan, Jen Dorman, Eren Koont, Alex Morrison, and more!

Download the complete Discovery Education Booth Schedule
Don’t forget though, that’s just a fraction of what we’re doing at NECC.  Be sure to attend the special Using Multimedia in the Classroom session we’re hosting with Mimio and the four DEN spotlight sessions.

Look forward to seeing you at the conference!

We look forward to celebrating the DEN’s fourth birthday with many of our STARs at our pre-NECC Birthday Party Extravaganza on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Discovery Headquarters.

If you are staying for NECC, I strongly encourage you to check out the following sessions from the DEN team.

Using Multimedia in the Classroom
Join mimio and Discovery Education to learn how you can quickly and easily create interactive lessons using mimio Interactive systems and Discovery Education content. Get tips and hands-on experience making your own presentations with our small group demo stations.  All attendees will receive a gift bag and Discovery Education streaming 30-day trial subscription, plus be entered into a drawing for a complete mimio Interactive system!

Bring a friend!

STAR Discovery Educators who bring a colleague with them to the Using Multimedia in the Classroom session will receive a Discovery Education t-shirt.

When?
Monday, June 29th; 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Tuesday, June 30th, 9:00 to 10:30 AM

Where?
Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW (3 blocks from the Convention Center), Farragut Square and Lafayette Park Ballrooms.

Seating is limited so arrive early to guarantee your space.

Monday, June 29

The 10 Best Free Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
Steve Dembo
8:30-9:30 AM
Location: WWCC 146B

Eight Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Video
Hall Davidson
3:30-4:30 PM
Location: WWCC Ballroom B

Wednesday, July 1 

Moving Beyond the Information Age
Scott Kinney
8:30-9:30 AM
Location: WWCC Ballroom A

From Banned to Planned: Cell Phones in Schools
Hall Davidson
12:00-1:00 PM
Location: WWCC Ballroom C

Don’t forget to visit the Discovery Education booth in the Exhibitors Hall for engaging in-booth presentations from the DEN team.  

I can’t believe that NECC is just around the corner!  I’m thrilled to be heading back to D.C. for NECC.  If you are planning on attending NECC, here are some things to work into your schedule.

We have a fantastic lineup of sessions for the June 27 Discovery Pre-Conference Extravaganza at One Discovery Plaza including:

• 50 Ways to Integrate Discovery Education streaming

• More and Muir Tech Tips for Going Green

• Staggeringly Good Things Mixing Media and Google Earth

• Get Your Og On: Blogs, Glogs and Vlogs

• Power Up Your Professional Learning Network

• Top Ten FREE Web 2.0 Sites

• And more!

Space is limited.   Enroll today!

Using Multimedia in the Classroom - NECC Workshops
Join mimio and Discovery Education at NECC in Washington, D.C. for free educator sessions to learn how you can quickly and easily create interactive lessons using mimio Interactive systems and Discovery Education content. Get tips and hands-on experience making your own presentations with our small group demo stations.  All attendees will receive a gift bag and Discovery Education streaming 30-day trial subscription, plus be entered into a drawing for a complete mimio Interactive system!

• When:  Monday, June 29th; 3:00 to 4:30; Tuesday, June 30th, 9:00 to 10:30

• Where:  Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW (3 blocks from the Convention Center), Farragut Square and Lafayette Park Ballrooms.

Seating is limited so arrive early to guarantee your space.

NECC Workshops Featuring Hall Davidson, Steve Dembo, and Scott Kinney

Eight Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Video - Hall Davidson

Monday, 6/29/2009, 3:30pm–4:30pm WWCC Ballroom B

Follow video’s instructional path through Jing, Google Earth, blogs, Web 2.0, cellphones, flipcams, and edits. Touch assessment, teacher-training, evaluation. Web-based work has never been simpler.

From Banned to Planned: Cell Phones in Schools  - Hall Davidson

Wednesday, 7/1/2009, 12:00pm–1:00pm WWCC Ballroom C

Cell phones–like calculators–needn’t be banned from the classroom. Learn about technology use plans, model applications, best practices, amenable vendors, training, and bold thinking.

Moving Beyond the Information Age  - Scott Kinney

Wednesday, 7/1/2009, 8:30am–9:30am WWCC Ballroom A

Explore how consumers worldwide and students in your very own classroom interact with content differently than ever before.

The 10 Best Free Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers  - Steve Dembo

Monday, 6/29/2009, 8:30am–9:30am WWCC 146 B

Discover the 10 best free Web 2.0 sites and how to leverage them to transform learning–both your students’ and your own!

Check Out The Discovery Team Presentations at the Discovery Education Booth in the Exhibit Hall

The Discovery team will be facilitating presentations throughout the day on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  Stop by to learn about some terrific ways to integrate high-quality digital media into engaging 21st century lessons.  Or, just stop by to tell us how you are using DE media with your students.

I am looking forward to visiting with you at NECC!