I Love to Fish and So Does the DEN
I may not be very good at it, but I love to fish. I don’t get a chance to do it very often and it wasn’t something I did at all when I was a kid. I did , however, take my own kids fishing and it was a blast. At 24 and 22, my kids still fish when they can. My family did have a boat. Some of my best memories as a kid were going to Mine Kill State Park and waterskiing on the reservoir with my family and friends.
Explore the Blue is an online initiative by partners Discovery and Take Me Fishing to encourage students to get outside and enjoy water activities. The site they put together provides teachers with resources to share with their students about outdoor activities and the value of the various water
bodies as clean and natural resources. In addition the site provides online activities for students to learn about fish, catch fish and fish hatcheries. Here is an example of a fish I created, I call it a Blue Fin Bubble Trout! See what you can come up with at http://exploretheblue.discoveryeducation.com/explore.cfm.





Summer school is fun for teachers too! The DEN is hosting an amazing series of webinars on many topics of interest: Digital Storytelling, School Leadership (one with Dr. Scott McLeod), Science Integration of Discovery Education, and many Web 2.0 apps. Visit the 
…………..just ask Anthony Cimino a 4th grade teachers at
This past weekend was an exhausting, fantastic, fun, informative , jam packed, 2 days for everyone who made their way to the NY/Northeast DEN Regional Conference. Educators from MA, CT, NJ and NY attended the event hosted at Hudson Valley Community College.
Tomorrow begins a two day workshop of learning and fun at 
Once again,
Oh my! I’ve been experimenting with a new blog theme with the help of Steve Dembo. I’m not all that familiar with HTML, but know enough to tweak here and there. I still had to bug Steve a few times during the day though for some help and suggestions.