Thanks to Video on Demand Service Program Specialist, Laura Benin and our Regional Manager, Dennis Swain, for hosting two Discovery events this Spring at Nassau BOCES! Check out this Animoto Laura made of the events! FYI – Nassau BOCES has a Special Discovery Streaming price offer through May 31, 2009. Be sure to alert your
Embed DE Streaming into SmartNotebook
Thanks to my DEN friends Heather Hurley from Virginia, and Riptide Furse from the Illinois DEN Blog for passing this on: Ok, I love my SMART board. I love my Discovery Education Streaming Videos. Putting them together makes for a powerful lesson. But, in order to embed streaming videos directly into Notebook files they
DE Streaming Feedback
Discovery wants to hear from you. Discuss the future of Discovery Education Streaming in one-on-one feedback sessions. Each session will last approximately one hour. If you are interested in volunteering please send your name, school district, subjects/grades that you teach and time slot that you are interested in to Shelley Santora Jones Tuesday, February 17th
Upcoming January Webinars
Here are some upcoming webinars from Discovery for January. Dr. Tim Tyson on EdTechConnect January 21st at 7 PM EST During this webinar, he will share a glimpse of what he sees when he peeks into the Classroom of Tomorrow. A fresh look at what is now possible, this webinar may well challenge some of
Exciting Changes for DE Streaming
The DEN is rolling out some improvements to DE Streaming this January. If you attend one of the upcoming webinars, which begin this week, you’ll be able to get a sneak peek! Some New Features Include: an Enhanced MyDE Page Streamlined Discovery Education streaming search capabilities New, consistent login page for all Discovery Education services
Real Life Meet ups for the Virtual Conference
While I’m sure you already know about the DEN virtual conference that is taking place on October 25th, you should also know that the NY DEN is holding two face to face sessions in New York on the very same day. One event is in the town of Poughkeepsie and the other is in Scarsdale.
3rd Annual DEN Stream-a-thon
On September 23rd, from 9AM EDT until 9PM EDT, there will be a new presentation every hour on the hour during the 3rd Annual DEN Stream-a-thon. Since this event takes place on a school day, use your prep, lunch and/or free periods to learn about what’s new in technology and how you can use it
Learn to Speak Native w/ Steve Dembo
If you’re not attending the DEN National Institute, you can always watch from home. Video chat rooms at Ustream
Learning to Change Video
Thanks to David Warlick for blogging about this video on his 2 cents blog. He refers to the video as an “A-ha” video. The U.S. Department of Commerce Ranked 55 industry sectors by their level of IT intensiveness. Education was ranked number 55 — below coal mining. As educators, we have the responsibility to teach
Halloween in the DEN
Have you found a Halloween Costume yet for the DEN in SL Halloween Party? I’ve got mine ready to go. Hope to see you there. Don’t forget the party will be held on October 28th. Here are some DE streaming videos for this time of year. You and your students might find these interesting. http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/studentCenter/index.cfm?cdCode=TD4F4-FFC5