Below is a message from Texas STAR DEN member Elaine Plybon. It would be great if you can help out.
Invitation to Online Judging
My school district has a Media Fair every year. This year, they are opening the judging to anyone with an internet connection and an interest in technology in education. My first thought was of my fellow DEN members, so here’s the request — Won’t you consider spending a little bit of your time judging a few of the entries? There are several different categories and the levels range from K through 12, so there is sure to be something of interest to you there! Also, please feel free to forward the request to other education professionals you think may be interested in helping with the judging. Click below for full details. To go directly to the judging, click HERE.
Visit the Texas Blog here.
A very exciting opportunity has come up for one of our DEN members. She is in a contest to be a torch bearer at the Olympics based on activities she is doing in her classroom! How wonderful if she won and was able to represent all of us there! Please take a moment to click on the following link and then click on LINDA BILAK (NY) if all of us voted today we could push her up to 1st place 
For more information on Linda, check out the New York Blog. Click here to vote for Lind. Good Luck!!
I hope you all are having a great summer! Our very own Leadership Council Chair Katie Knapp is the current DEN Spotlight Educator. Visit the DEN Educator Spotlight to learn more about Katie. Katie is a very accomplished educator who has shown a great commitment to children and technology integration. Please leave Katie a comment to express your support.
Heather
I hope this blog post finds everyone well and not going to crazy with end of year stuff. I wanted to give kudos to VA STAR DEN Member Paula White. Paula is a gifted resource teacher at Crozet Elementary school in Albemarle County. Paula was the recipient of the Red Apple Award. The award goes to an educator who excites interest in technology among students and is given by the Charlottesville region’s technology and entrepreneurship advocacy group.
Congratulations Paula!
If you would like to read the full article it is available online.
Support
our very own VA STAR DEN member at tomorrow’s May 23rd EdTechConnect. This is
going to be a fantastic webinar that will be full of learning and feature a VA
STAR DEN member. What more can you ask for?
The
following members will be giving presentations.
- Mary Mueller will demonstrate how to improve the literacy
skills of high school English Language Learners by using downloaded audio
books.
- Heather Sullivan will be sharing how her high school
biology students create digital lab reports with MovieMaker as an alternative to the "traditional typed lab
report".
- Diana Laufenberg will be sharing The Power of One, a
project that was developed around a visit by Paul Rusesabagina, the man
featured in the Hotel Rwanda story.
and a round of applause
please for…………….
-
Virginia’s
own STAR DEN member Fred Delventhal will be presenting
Spinning Toys: Balance and Motion in Microgravity. Fred was part of a
team of teachers that guided second graders through the scientific process to
find out the effect of gravity on spinning toys. They conducted the
experiments on NASA’s Reduced Gravity Jet - The Weightless Wonder. Fred
used this project to introduce new technologies to the teachers involved such
as blogging, Flickr, and Google Docs.
Space is limited so CLICK
HERE TO REGISTER to register.
Good luck Fred!!! We know you’ll make us proud.
Heather
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