Join us on September 23, 2009 for our annual DEN streamathon. Twelve hours of back-to-back sessions about the latest and greatest with DE streaming. Check out the schedule on the DEN blog and don’t forget to register today!
*Originally Posted on the DEN Blogsite.
Join the staff at the Western Suffolk BOCES for an engaging technology-infused Day of Discovery on May 13th, 2009. From 8:30 am to 3:00 pm, Western Suffolk BOCES has a full-day session of learning that will focus on creative ways that educators can use digital media in the classroom. During this free professional development opportunity, you will learn techniques to inspire students and how to maximize the resources in Discovery Education Streaming. Novice to advance techniques will be covered. This event will be held at the Wheatley Heights Facility (James E. Allen Alternative School) at 31 Lee Avenue, Wheatley Heights, New York. *Note: If you’re using a GPS system to find your way, use Wyandanch as the city instead
Participants can register for this event at https://www.mylearningplan.com/webreg/catalog.asp?H=1&D=13208
You may need to create an account for mylearningplan, but there is no fee for this.
Thanks to Video on Demand Service Program Specialist, Laura Benin and our Regional Manager, Dennis Swain, for hosting two Discovery events this Spring at Nassau BOCES! Check out this Animoto Laura made of the events!
FYI - Nassau BOCES has a Special Discovery Streaming price offer through May 31, 2009. Be sure to alert your technology staff as they prepare to renew their services for the 2009-2010 school year. Please have your Computer Teacher or Library Media Specialist contact Paula Pisano for more details.
Ok, I love my SMART board. I love my Discovery Education Streaming Videos. Putting them together makes for a powerful lesson. But, in order to embed streaming videos directly into Notebook files they need to be converted into Flash video. (We all know that conversion tools can be time consuming and sometimes difficult.) But thanks to a post on the SMART Exchange it is as easy as click and drag.
Start by downloading the free Riva Encoder . Then the next time you’d like to embed a Streaming video into your Notebook lesson, simply drag it in. The Encoder does the rest!
Thanks to Kellie English from Kankakee School District 111 for sharing this awesome discovery!
Discovery wants to hear from you.
Discuss the future of Discovery Education Streaming in one-on-one feedback sessions. Each session will last approximately one hour.
If you are interested in volunteering please send your name, school district, subjects/grades that you teach and time slot that you are interested in to Shelley Santora Jones
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As always, Discovery appreciates your help and support!
Here are some upcoming webinars from Discovery for January.
Dr. Tim Tyson on EdTechConnect January 21st at 7 PM EST
During this webinar, he will share a glimpse of what he sees when he peeks into the Classroom of Tomorrow. A fresh look at what is now possible, this webinar may well challenge some of our current thinking about school structures, roles, and relationships.
Shining Stars Webinar- January 6 at 7 PM EST
If every teacher is a Rock STAR, then this is your chance to shine! During these webinars, we will be featuring Shining STARs from around the DEN. Best practices, new technologies, collaborative projects… Come see what STAR Discovery Educators are doing around the world and learn from their experiences!
Lights Camera, Publish! - January 13 at 7 PM EST
Come see ways to share your videos and learn from others. We’ll take a look at the American Film Institute’s ScreenNation, TeacherTube and a few of the winners in various education video contests.
Builders Tips & Tricks: Student Access Anywhere - January 20 at 7 PM EST
Host, Dennis Swain, says, “Did you know that you can quickly, safely, and easily share Discovery Education streaming digital media directly with your students on a one on one basis, and track their progress? The Builders include Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, and Writing Prompt Builder. After demonstrating how these powerful digital media integration tools are utilized, I’ll review quick tips and tricks that make these tools even more accessible. I’ll finalize by creating a live quiz to email out to attendees to demonstrate how to share digital media directly with your students from anywhere they can get internet access.”
Discovery Education Science - Elementary school - January 9 at 1 PM EST
Discovery Education Science is the new online digital curriculum supplement for elementary and middle school science education. Enhance science instruction with up-to-date, standards-based resources coupled with a real-time assessment tool that allows educators to monitor student progress and recommend resources based on a students’ individual need. I have to say, DE Science is fast becoming one of my favorite tools ever.
Discovery Education PowerMediaPlus - January 16 at 1 PM EST
This webinar will provide you with a guided tour through the many resources that PowerMediaPlus has to offer and how you can leverage it to increase student learning in the classroom.
The DEN is rolling out some improvements to DE Streaming this January. If you attend one of the upcoming webinars, which begin this week, you’ll be able to get a sneak peek!
Some New Features Include:
Review the dates below and sign up for the event that is most convenient for you.
On December 9, 2008
10AM EST
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=556811445&t=a
12 PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=551567387&t=a
On December 10, 2008
12PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=553693597&t=a
3 PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=553582811&t=a
7 PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=553277311&t=a
On December 11, 2008
12PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=552830292
3PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=557884028
7 PM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=551597981&t=a
On December 16, 2008
10AM EST -
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=550864287&t=a
3 PM EST
https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=551920370&t=a
Be sure to share this info with your DEN friends and colleagues!
While I’m sure you already know about the DEN virtual conference that is taking place on October 25th, you should also know that the NY DEN is holding two face to face sessions in New York on the very same day. One event is in the town of Poughkeepsie and the other is in Scarsdale.
We would love for YOU, our New York DEN members and YOUR FRIENDS to come out and join us.
You don’t need to be a DEN STAR to participate, nor do you need to have a lot of technology experience.
You just need to show up and be ready for a good time with your NY DEN friends.
Here is the schedule of the virtual sessions for the day, and here is where you should register.
*Even if you’re not attending one of our f2f events, please be sure to register as a virtual participant in the drop down menu.
The virtual conference in Scarsdale will be held from 8:30 am - 11:30 am at the Panera’s on Central Park Avenue. You can click here for directions.
The virtual conference event in the town of Poughkeepsie will be held from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Panera’s on Route 9 across from the Galleria Mall. Click here for directions.
Both events have access to free wifi. If you have a laptop with wireless, please bring it with you. If you don’t have a laptop, the presenters will and they are willing to share. We’re going to use our tech tools to connect with educators from all over the country during this “unique” professional development experience. Hope to see you there!
Reminder: Here is the schedule of the virtual sessions for the day, and here is where you should register.
On September 23rd, from 9AM EDT until 9PM EDT, there will be a new presentation every hour on the hour during the 3rd Annual DEN Stream-a-thon. Since this event takes place on a school day, use your prep, lunch and/or free periods to learn about what’s new in technology and how you can use it with your students. Learn about integrating video into Powerpoint. See how to integrate Web 2.0 into the Builders in Discovery Streaming. Share the latest in digital storytelling techniques with your colleagues by inviting them over to your classroom to watch the Stream-a-thon with you.
Attend for an hour or spend the entire day with the DEN! Make the best of this free professional development event by attending and inviting all your teacher, librarian and I.T. friends!
Get creative and use this event to maintain or obtain your Star status. It’s a wonderful way chance to learn some new skills, collaborate with your peers and celebrate the new school year with Discovery Education! Click here to register for the event.
streamathon 2008 Schedule
9 AM (Justin Karkow)
DE streaming 101 – New content, new features, same great product!
10 AM (Dennis Swain)
Taking it to the Next Level - Teacher Center Tools
11 AM (Lance Rougeux)
The ABCs (and D) of Free Professional Development from Discovery Education
12 PM (Jannita Demian)
Can You Hear Me Now? Audio files in DE streaming
1 PM (Steve Dembo)
Five Profoundly Spectacular and Amazing Web 2.0 Tools to Use with DE streaming
2 PM (Mike Bryant)
Frame-by-Frame: A Movie Integration Story
3 PM (Jannita Demian)
50 Ways to use DE streaming
4 PM (Brad Fountain)
WOW! You can do that with DE streaming and PowerPoint?
5 PM (Matt Monjan)
Geekybird Presents: Answers to the Top Five FAQs about DE streaming
6 PM (Joe Brennan)
Digital Storytelling Resources in DE streaming
7 PM (Hall Davidson)
Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Video and Two Things You Did
8 PM (Lance Rougeux)
State of the DEN – News, Updates and Top Secret Announcements for 2008-2009
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