Virginia

Wow…what a wonderful day was had by all at the Virginia DEN’s Day of Discovery! The event, held on Friday, July 17th at Best Buy in Newport News, had a packed agenda of cool digital photography sessions led by STAR DEN members and Best Buy personnel.. If you were not there, you missed some really cool tips and tricks on digital photography and technology integration.

We were hosted by David, a Best Buy supervisor in the photography department. He started our great day giving us photography pointers. He shared the new wi-fi SD card, Eye-Fi, which sends your photos from your camera through wi-fi to your home computer or to an online photo sharing site. After this awesome opener, we walked around Best Buy taking photographs to use in our next session on importing digital photos and creating a digital story using MovieMaker. To close out the morning sessions, the participants enjoyed a session on the new Discovery Education streaming site and learned how to set up student accounts. The afternoon sessions included a look at Animoto and VoiceThread. David, from Best Buy, closed out our event by sharing ways to create a home network. This session included an extensive discussion on blu-ray players, SlingBox, and other “convergence” equipment.

Special thanks goes out to…
* Kristi Hingerty, VA DEN Events Coordinator and CRS from Virginia Beach, for setting up the event and for presenting the new DEstreaming site
* Denise Thomas, ITRT from Norfolk, for showing everyone the basics of MovieMaker and the fun site, Gizmoz
* Katie Knapp, VA DEN Chair and CRS from Virginia Beach, for sharing the cool music video site, Animoto
* Sheila Teri, CRS from Virginia Beach, for presenting VoiceThread.
* the Tennessee DEN for suggesting this fabulous event!

An extra big thank you to Norm and Rob at Best Buy for allowing us early access to their store and use of their training room and laptops!

Best Buy Day of Discovery on PhotoPeach

Links for related information:
Eye-Fi
Best Buy
Animoto
VoiceThread
Gizmoz
VA DEN
PhotoPeach

Virginia DEN’s Digital Photography Day of Discovery !

Date: Friday, July 17, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location:
Best Buy
12151 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, VA 23602
757.930.8945

Summer is here! What better way to celebrate the summer than to learn new tips and techniques for taking some awesome vacation photographs…all right in the Best Buy store!

Join fellow educators and begin “snapping away” with great sessions on selecting the right digital camera, Digital Storytelling, Web 2.0 applications, home theatre tips, digital imaging, and more.

The event is free to any educator who is passionate about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. Continental breakfast, snacks, and lunch will be provided.

To register for this awesome event, email the VA DEN. Due to space limitations, the event is limited to the first 40 registrants. Confirmations will be sent via email on Monday, July 13, 2009.

This event is presented by the Virginia Discovery Educator Network. If you are not yet a member of this tremendous group, check out this site, http://community.discoveryeducation.com/star/index.html

Sponsored by CRSTE and Discovery Education

Register at https://discoveryed.wufoo.com/forms/crste-day-of-discovery-literacy-20/

When:     
May 30, 2009
8:30am – 3:30* pm – lunch is provided

An additional special session will be held for Staff Developers, ITRTs, Technology Coaches, and Curriculum Staff – 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Where:
Washington-Lee High School
1301 N. Stafford St. Arlington, VA 22201 (just a few blocks off of I-66)

Registration Fee:  $25

Registration will be open April 20 – May 11 on the CRSTE web-site

Session Titles

• 50 Ways to Use Discovery Education streaming
• Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere: Google Earth and Discovery Education streaming
• Digital Storytelling and Discovery Education streaming
• Get Interactive with Glogs, Voicethread & the Discovery Education Builders
• Powering up Your Professional Learning Network
• Professional Development and Second Life
• Literacy 2.0
• Building Internal Capacity with Professional Development and Discovery Education
• Special session for Staff Developers, ITRTs, Technology Coaches & Curriculum Staff
• Discovery Education is Pretty Suite – Lunch Time Speaker Session

Find out more about CRSTE at http://crste.org

I just wanted to let you know that we are having a Day of Discovery here at our Headquarters on August 13, 2008!  A number of you - Frederick County I’m looking in your direction -have already registered.

The new school year is fast approaching and we’re gearing up to provide you with all sorts of tools to take back into your classroom.

If you attend, Scott Kinney, Hall Davidson and a number of Discovery Education staff will share their expertise with you. We’ll not only fill your brains but we’ll fill your stomachs too - breakfast and lunch will be provided - and all at no cost to you!

So come join us for an interactive day filled with fun, networking, and of course, learning!

Check out the agenda here: Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC Day of Discovery Agenda

To register click here. Please a comment here on the VA blog if you are planning to attend.

Matt Monjan
DEN Account Manager