New York DEN

Today, Long Island teachers will celebrate the third annual LI Technology Summit. The keynotes will be David Warlick and Will Richardson and all sessions are designed to be top notch.

Whether you’re attending the conference today or not, try to participate in the back channel chat by following the LI Tech Summit on twitter, or by following the hastag associated with the conference: #litechsummit09. You may also fan the LI Tech Summit 09 on facebook and view all of the conference session handouts on drop.io.

No Child Left Behind, For Real

This looks like an interesting workshop for NY Area teachers.  Meet other area educators and improve your teaching.  This might also be a great opportunity to spread the word about the DEN!

“Learn ways to make schools better for all kids. Friday, Nov. 13, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., SUNY New Paltz. 

Presenters include your colleagues from throughout the Hudson Valley plus teacher educators, parents, and more.

Please register by Friday, October 30. Adults $40, students $12, including breakfast and lunch.

Download a brochure  and registration form.  Additional program info: Nancy Schniedewind, 845-257-2827.”

Discovery is pleased to extend educators a special offer for your student groups to the Discovery Times Square Exposition in NYC now featuring Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and Da Vinci’s Workshop: Inventor, Artist, Dreamer.

- Student Tickets just $14 plus receive 1 free chaperon ticket with every 10 tickets purchased
- Free downloadable teachers guides including comprehensive lesson plans correlated to the state academic content standards
- Customized on-site activities for post-exhibit add-ons available for all grade levels
- Excellent teaching opportunity for History, Social Studies, Language, Arts, Math and Science.

DA VINCI’S WORKSHOP: Inventor, Artist, Dreamer    

Inspire a whole new generation of genius in this all-new exhibition which brings Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions to life with full scale, interactive models. Find out how Da Vinci’s vision for an airplane, automobile and bridge would have worked – long before they became the modern worlds’ reality. Plus, uncover the translations and hidden meanings of the masterminds’ paintings, sketches and notebooks through virtual and interactive touch-screen panels. Discover the mind of a genius in this limited, world premier engagement. Nov. 20, 2009 - Apr. 4, 2010

TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition

This educational exhibition allows your students to discover how the “unsinkable” Ship met its fate. Connect with passengers and crew through haunting personal stories and real artifacts recovered from the wreck site. Your group will explore magnificent re-creations of the Ship’s interiors, including passenger cabins and the renowned Grand Staircase. View never-before-seen treasures and the largest collection of Titanic artifacts ever assembled. Now through Feb. 28, 2010

For more information or to make your reservation, visit www.DiscoveryTSX.com  or call 866.9.NYCTIX

It’s not too late to sign up for the Fall Virtual Conference!

Here are the Top Ten reasons to attend as written by Lance Rougeux.

Saturday, October 24, 2009
9 AM to 4 PM ET
Click here to register for the virtual sessions.

10.  College football is overrated.

9.  The digital treats you’ll take away won’t cause cavities.

8.   You can attend in your pajamas (virtually or in-person, we’re flexible).

7.  Two full hours of the soothing sounds of Justin Karkow
Can I Help You With That?  The Student as Collaborator, Creator and Director (9 AM and 3 PM ET)

6.  A chance to win a HD Flip Cam for dressing up as your favorite Discovery personality

5.  Brand new interstitials

4.  Any time Steve Dembo uses the word “bling” in a presentation, watch out!
Putting the Bling in Your Builders (12 PM ET)

3.  The archived sessions just don’t have the same pizazz.

2.  Amazing professional development for the very reasonable price of…FREE.

1. Networking, networking, networking!

For the schedule and more information, visit: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/virtcon09.

“What if your students could experience the nation’s capital through the eyes of a National Geographic explorer, scientist, or photojournalist? They might capture the character of the city through a camera’s lens or interview a park ranger and get his perspective on preserving our national monuments.”

Middle School and High School classes have an opportunity to take an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. with National Geographic. Find out more here.

The Northern New York Library Network is hosting a 2009 Conference: “Choices & Challenges” on October 5 and 6, 2009 at the Cheel Center, Clarkson University, Potsdam. The special pricing for all attendees is $40.00 for the entire conference, or $25.00 per day.

There are sessions about Digitization, gaming, and Digitizing History.  To find out more, go to the NNYLN website.

Attention Long Island and NYC educators!  Mark your calendars!  Western Suffolk BOCES will be hosting a Day of Discovery on October 6, 2009! Please see the attached PDF for more details on the sessions and how you can register for this event!

Western Suffolk BOCES - Day of Discovery PDF

Save the date!  The SUNY Oswego Department of Technology Annual Fall Conference will be taking place on October 29 & 30, 2009. They are now accepting presenters for the 2009 Fall Conference and registration is open.  Please visit their web site for more information.

Are you going to be in the city on Friday, September 11th?  It is the perfect opportunity to join the Cricket and KatyDid crawl.  Check out the specifics found on the Living the Scientific Life Blog.

As the blog explains, “The Cricket and Katydid Crawl of New York City and surrounding areas is a citizen science project in which participants will venture out between dusk and midnight to locations of their choosing throughout the NYC metro area to listen for the calls of crickets and katydids and document their observations.”

Enjoy this fun activity with your class, your family, other DEN members.  And don’t forget to blog about it.