Teachers and students of all ages! Join the Kansas DEN Leadership Council as we host Geocaching Day at Chisholm Creek Park in Wichita (Near the Great Plains Nature Center!) on Saturday May 19th starting at 8:45 a.m. We will have a great time learning about Geocaching and how to incorporate it in to your classroom!
Evening of Discovery with Matt “Geekybird” Monjan
Come and meet Matt Monjan, Vice Present of Discovery Education, this Tuesday night, Jan 24th at Hero’s in Old Towne, 117 N Mosely in Wichita. The event will begin at 7:00 and we will have snacks for your dining pleasure. Please reserve your spot at https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/den-kslc-evening-of-discovery-with-matt-monjan/by the 22nd. Matt Monjan has blended technology and education for
Flat Stanley and Google Earth
Google Earth is a great way to help you meet your state and content standards! As a part of my Flat Stanley project, I use Google Earth to track the places our flat people have visited. Google Earth adds the ability for my students to see many places they have never seen in person. It
Kansas Geocaching Day
Discovery Day of Geocaching is planned for May 21st. The Kansas Leadership Council is hosting an event at Herman Hill Park in Wichita. We will convene in the meeting room at the Wichita Water Center at 8:45 that morning. I have attached a flyer that has information about the day. Please let other people know
Making the Most of DE
Have you noticed how different your dashboard looks when you log in to DE this year? Well there are a number of new features on your dashboard that will help you maximize your use of DE content as well as help you keep up to date with upcoming events within the DEN. I will highlight
DENSI Projects Now in DE streaming!
This summer educators from across the U.S. and Canada traveled to Bentley University in Waltham, MA for the Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute. As an attendee I can definitely say that it was an amazing learning and growing experience and that I now have SO MUCH to share with educators “back home.” While we were
DEN Summer Institute 2010
This week I was privileged to attend the Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. It was an incredible learning experience! I it just such an uplifting experience being among so many amazing educators who share a similar vision for education as I do. To be able to converse and share
DEN Geocaching in Wichita
Thanks to the DEN and great weather, we had almost 90 people join us at Pawnee Prairie Nature Center for the Wichita Geocaching event sponsored by Discovery Education. The feedback was incredibly positive. Here are just a few samples: “Thank you so much for our fun-filled morning on Saturday and for the delicious lunch! We
DEN National Geocaching Day – Kansas Events
Mark your calendars for the second nationwide DEN Geocaching Day! There will be two DEN sponsored events in Kansas this year, one in Wichita and one in Olathe. Here’s the scoop: Wichita: This event will kick off at 9:00 AM on Saturday, May 22nd, in the south parking lot off of Tyler Road. We will
A New STAR!
On the tail of an AMAZING virtual conference, we have a new STAR to welcome to the DEN Community: Patricia Mandala. Welcome to the DEN Patricia!!! For those of you that were not able to attend the virtual conference, it has now been archived on the DE National Blog. CLICK HERE to be taken to