webinar

Who ever said summer school isn’t fun?  Get ready for your school year with an amazing series of complimentary professional development sessions from the Discovery Educator Network (DEN). All of the sessions for the DEN Summer School Webinar Series begin at 11 AM ET.

Register today at : DiscoveryEducation.com/Webinars

DEN Summer Webinars –

Today, about 15 educators from districts in REMC 2 South joined me for a webinar.  The topic of this webinar, Discovery Education streaming.  Why the cheesecake? Let me explain… No let me sum up. 

We, the Discovery Educator Network(DEN), have a bit of a contest going on, Spring Training.  Be the state that adds the most STAR Discovery Educators by June 6, win a Day of Discovery featuring Hall “of-Famer” Davidson.  There are 6 coaches (DEN Account Managers) covering 6 regions.  Each, allegedly, using their own blend of performance enhancers.  For example, Matt Monjan has boosted his stats using corn, but not just any corn, his corn has been treated so when heated the pressure builds, leading to an explosion and the formation of gelatinized starch.  That’s right, as the junkies on the street say, “popcorn“.  Matt has made this part of his region’s weekly training regiment and the numbers don’t lie, popcorn adds STARs.  

Today’s webinar with REMC 2 South lead to the Midwest’s answer to Monjan’s popcorn booster, cheesecake.   Chicago is home to Eli’s Cheesecake.   REMC 2 South is certain this is “THE” performance enhancer of performance enhancers.  The group is fired up and ready to bring in the STARs.  I say you bring in the people, I’ll get you that cheesecake.    

Items promised from today’s webinar:DE streaming Tour ppt

Step-by-Step Become a DEN STAR Educator

Assignment, Quiz and Writing Prompt Builders Overview

Please contact me if you have any questions,  Mike Bryant, michael_bryant@discovery.com 

The Midwest is 4th in the race for the Spring Training Pennant.  We’ve got a great schedule ahead, with several large events, but as my coach always said, “practice makes perfect”.   To kick it up a notch, I’ve schedule some “Batting Practice” webinars.  Here’s what you do:

1. Pick a Tuesday afternoon practice from the below list.
2. Talk it up in the teacher’s lounge, over lunch or after-school.
3. Register those interested or just your self using below links.
4. Get that group together in a lab, around a computer or in a room with a digital projector.  (Make sure there’s a speakerphone)
5. Hand them off to me for a quick (30 minute) DEN overview.
6. Record those recruits.
7. Reap reward, Official DEN Jersey.

 Batting Practice Schedule(Click time to register) 

May 6 2:30 PM Central 3:30 PM Central 

May 13 2:30 PM  Central 3:30 PM Central

May 20 2:30 PM Central 3:30 PM Central

May 27  2:30 PM Central 3:30 PM Central

June 3 2:30 PM Central 3:30 PM Central 

Contact me if you have any questions, michael_bryant@discovery.com  

 A huge thank you to all that participated in the webinar this afternoon.  Great group with great questions and I look forward to working with them as Discovery Educator Network STAR members, as they are all logging on now and registering.  (here’s the link in-case you’ve misplaced it)    I have to give a shout out to Frank Miracola with the Macomb ISD and my teammate  Matt Monjan, without their work today’s  webinar would not have been possible.  Matt’s work on the streaming A-Z blog is jam packed full of DE streaming tips and tricks, including information from today’s “The Rise of The Video Game” webinar.  The “Earth Day” assignment can be found here, on the Digital Passport’s blog.  This blog is all about web2.0; specifically web2.0 apps we find useful for educators.   The assignment incorporates VoiceThread, the site we discussed during the webinar and incorporated into the Writing Prompt.   Below you will find links to the powerpoint, the entire archived webinar from today and a quick, 5 minute overview of voicethread.  I’ve also placed links for some powerpoint sharing websites other than slideshare. 

 Building a Bigger Builder 

 PowerPoint Presentation

Archived Entire Webinar 

Macomb ISD Advanced DE streaming Webinar 04/09/2008 

 5 Minute VoiceThread Overview

Quick video overview using Jing on Voicethread.com

Slideshare.net alternatives 

• www.authorstream.com Overview of Service
• www.photoshow.com
• docs.google.com provides word processing, spreadsheets and presentation tools

Remember if you have any questions please contact me and if you’re in the Macomb area, look for more information from Frank Miracola for a professional development opportunity in August.