South Carolina DEN

As the school year is wrapping up, many teachers are making plans for vacations AND Professional Development!!!

Below are just a few summer opportunities for educators. Leave a comment if you will be attending these or let us know about other great educational possibilities.

Upstate Technology Conference, June 24-26, Greenville, SC
The theme for this year’s UTC conference is Adventures in Technology: Discovering the Key to Learning. The dates for the conference are June 24-26 with the pre-conference on the 24th. The conference will be held at the newly built, J.L. Mann High School. Fantastic speakers including Ewan McIntosh and sessions are being planned and this year’s conference will be the best ever.
http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/utc/ to register.

NECC 2008, June 29-July 2, San Antonio
29th Annual National Educational Computing Conference
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/

ETV Technology Workshop, July 29-31, in Columbia

Come try your hand at Blogging, Digital Storytelling, Google Earth, Movie Maker, Podcasting, PowerPoint and more. In the ETV StreamlineSC workshops, you are sure to find many new features even if you have been using it for a while. And see innovative ways to use iPods, Promethean and SMART boards, and Web 2.0 internet technology. We are excited to be able to offer technology workshops again for SC Educators and at no charge. We will have several DEN members as instructors and Brad Fountain of Discovery, too, will be with us again. Don’t miss the excitement! To Register, go to http://register.streamlinesc.org/

Questions? Write Donna T. at dthompson@scetv.org

Check out the DEN events calendar for other upcoming events: DEN events calendar at http://community.discoveryeducation.com/event

Gracious, y’all, we’ve added more STARS to the South Carolina DEN!Stop by and say howdy to the newest members of the family-

Tara Crewe, SC
Meagan Grand, SC

Thanks for becoming part of the crew, Tara and Meagan!

The SC DEN Leadership Council would like to welcome three new STARS to the South Carolina crew! Please show some of that Southern hospitality to our newest members:

Carmen Boheler, SC
Rebecca Maitland, SC
Susan McCarthy, SC

Welcome to the DEN! Please post a comment to tell us where your from if you see your name listed. Already a member? Then leave a welcome comment and tell these folks how the DEN has helped you as an educator.

Y’all come back now, ya hear!

ETV will be hosting ANOTHER round of free workshops this summer!

The dates for the workshops are July 29-31, and seats are still available if you register soon. Topics include StreamlineSC, Web 2.0, Blogging, Google Lit Trips, Movie Maker, SMART Board, Podcasting… it’s a really long list. Don’t believe me? Then check out sessions and times here.

Don’t take too long, seats are filling up fast! As if the lure of free technology workshops isn’t enough, then why not take advantage of an opportunity to connect with other DEN members, or sit in on a session with some of our very own STARS? Educators from every part of South Carolina are invited. And wait, did I mention it was FREE?

If you’re still not sure, here’s yet another excellent reason to sign up today: certificate renewal credits. Don’t be one of “those guys” that waits until the last minute to start working on certificate renewal. Get a jump start! ITV is offering renewal credits. Save this file to learn more: ITV renewal credit info.

More? You want MORE? Time to pull out the big guns… Brad Fountain. Don’t be fooled, it may sound too good to be true, but it’s not. Brad Fountain is returning to the ETV studios in Columbia once again. Didn’t get enough of Brad last time? Here’s your chance to rub elbows with the big guy himself!

Now you have a bunch of great reasons to attend the ETV workshops in July. Did I leave anything out? Leave a comment and tell the world why these technology workshops are an absolute MUST to your summer!

WOW! The STARS are certainly shining this spring!

SC DEN would like to welcome our SEVENTEEN newest STARS to the family. You’re bound to know at least one of these educators:

Lori Alredge
Ramsey Calhoun
Celia Cooksey
Eileen Fernandez-Parker
Michelle Flamos
Steven Infinger
Debbie Lancaster
Bill Langston
Beth Leavitt
Sandra McLendon
Yolanda Moore
Carrie Ratliff
Joana Robertson
Heli Shelley
Bev Sparkman
Thomas Taylor
Kimberly Terre

Is that your name up there? Tell us where you’re from and make your first appearance on the blog. In fact, I hope that everyone will take a minute to leave a comment for our new members.

Congratulations!