Re-posted from the National Blog
Our reporter on site, Alice Mercer, has gathered together for you the CoverItLive notes, links from AmeriDEN Idol, and a photoset from the event. Thanks Alice!
Live Blog of DEN National Institute brought to you by Dean Mantz from the Kansas DEN, thank you Dean!
Reposted from the National Blog
Couldn’t be at the DEN National Institute this year? Don’t worry, neither could I! But thanks to the efforts of Alice Mercer, I’ve been able to attend several sessions virtually. She has graciously shared links to the live streams of sessions done by Adam Frey (Wikispaces), Claudia L’Amoreaux (Linden Lab/Second Life) and our very own, Hall Davidson.
Adam Frey of Wikispaces
Claudia L’Amoreaux of Linden Lab
Hall Davidson of the DEN
Reposted from the DEN 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:
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!
Reposted from National Blog.
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 AMWhere?
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
Time flies, especially at this time of year. I can’t believe that NECC is just around the corner. If you are planning on attending, 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 WorkshopsJoin 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. For those of us who are not going to NECC this year, hopefully DE will run back channels so we can attend virtually. More about that later.
Note: Copied from National Blog
June 27, 2009
9 AM to 3:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Discovery Educators are invited to join us for an engaging day of networking, professional development and fun at the world headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD. The day will give you the opportunity to network with colleagues from all around the world prior to NECC and provide you with amazing professional development sessions 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
Director’s Cut: Animoto, MovieMaker, and Premiere Elements
And more!
Space is limited. Registration closes June 5th. Enroll today!
One of the best things about DEN is the network, and Jennifer Dorman is like Christmas; she’s the gift that keeps giving. Under her tutelage, I’m getting comfortable with anchoring PAs blog, and with her help, I’m learning how much she really did. For her, it has always been intuitive; for me, it is always a learning curve, and I’m enjoying the ride. Copied from Dorman’s Trouvailles, here’s the update on FETC Online (I may learn how to spell in French yet).
Before we Spring Into Action at the DEN Virtual Conference the DEN will also be participating in FETC’s first online conference.
What is FETC Online?
The award-winning producers of FETC and T.H.E. Journal invite you to participate in a FREE virtual conference for K-12 educators and technology staff exploring the most pressing issues related to 21st Century Skills.
Join your peers and industry experts as they investigate a range of compelling topics including:
- Career and technical education
- The Obama administration’s global workforce development agenda
- Digital teaching methods and tools
Stop by the DEN virtual booth on April 23 from 11 AM to 7 PM EDT. For more information and to register check out http://virtual.fetc.org.
While at the Palm Beach Educational Technology Conference, Jennifer Dorman live blogged David Warlick’s Keynote Presentation. Here is the CoverItLive record of the keynote:
You can continue to follow Dorman here:
Websites - http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/
Blogs - http://cliotech.blogspot.com/ http://denblogs.com/jendorman
http://www.retaggr.com/page/jenniferdorman
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We are in Hershey, PA, for the DEN pre-conference at PETE&C and we are having a TERRIFIC day chock full of tips and tricks for digital storytelling.
The day was kicked off with an inspiring keynote, Beyond Essays: Digital Stories, New Media Narrative and the Emerging Nature of Literacy, featuring Jason Ohler, digital storytelling extraordinaire. You can click here to read the live blog from the keynote.
The break-out sessions that followed Jason’s keynote allowed participants to differentiate their learning and jump into the storytelling process through various entry points.
[Note: This blog post will be updated with the URL addresses for the resources for the break-out sessions.]
As you can tell by the session titles, digital storytelling was the topic for the day and it was truly motivating.
The only thing that put a damper on our DEN fun was the conspicuous absence of the heart of the PA DEN, the Rougeuxs - Lance and Martha. Lance and Martha have been fixtures at PETE&C for as long as I can remember. Lance is the Director of the Discovery Educator Network the the driving force behind the DEN pre-conference and Martha is a teacher in Harrisburg and a member of the Pennsylvania Leadership Council. Unfortunately, Martha had a medical scare last week and has been in the hospital. She is doing much better and is in good spirits, but is really upset to miss seeing everyone in Hershey. Lance is also bummed to miss one of his favorite conferences (okay, I can totally say that because Lance IS from PA - no offense to all the other states . . .)
I think it would be wonderful for everyone to leave some words of support and encouragement for Lance and Martha. Keep in mind that although he was not here with us today, Lance did a lot of work coordinating the pre-conference and lining up all the presentations and speakers. Let him know what you learned today.
Thanks for joining us in person as well as online.
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