Can we expect students to know how to discuss topics with their teachers and each other on a daily basis? Of course we can! When teachers instill a positive classroom culture: Students are respectful of each other, their teacher and of their learning. Students understand and appreciate the viewpoints of others. Students are able to appreciate what
Recap: 9.11 Rise Reconnect and Remember
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Discovery Education partnered with classrooms nationwide to tell stories of hope, resilience and the rebuilding of Ground Zero. In partnership with Discovery Channel and SCIENCE, Discovery Education engaged students the world over—many of whom were not yet born or who were very young at the time of
Streamathon 2010
Mark your calendar! Next Tuesday, September 14, 2010, is the 5th annual Discovery Education Streamathon. Community Manager Steve Dembo, Discovery Educator Network Directors Justin Karkow and Matt Monjan, have put together 10 hours of information-packed sessions that will provide strategies for integrating digital content into your curriculum. Join Online any time from
DEN Book Club Part 2
DEN Book Club Part 2…. We are several weeks into the Book Club, reading the book ‘Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’ by Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams. The reading of each chapter has brought a bigger understanding of how business entities need to change with the tide, or in a sense, change with
Teachable Moments
Even during the summer months when I should be relaxing and lesson planning should be the furthest thing from my mind, I find that I can’t turn off my teacher brain. Like most people, from the moment that I turn on the morning news I am bombarded with news of the oil spill disaster in
DEN Book Club
This week the DEN Book Club began with the reading of the first four chapters in the book ‘Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything‘ by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams. Who came up with the idea of a book club for DEN members? Who decided to pick this particular book? Why did I decide
The Latest event in Palm Beach…. the MILLIONTH stream!
Please watch the video of our Palm Beach School Districts for the MILLIONTH stream….
Sea World…. Welcomes Denny to the FL DEN LC!
Hello World! The November 7th Sea World event was a great eye-opener! Our group’s quest was to find out as much as we could about sharks for the day. We spent several minutes hunting and finding the ‘Shark Den’ and once we arrived, we watched the sharks swim and took many pictures! From there, we
Baby It's Cold Outside, or Is It?
Winter’s back in town…. somma1977. 2006. Flickr. 7 November 2008 <http://www.flickr.com> Opening If you live anywhere north of Florida, then the answer is yes, it’s cold outside. As a southern native living just outside of Chicago, yes cold hit today. Gray skies, cool crisp wind and threat of snow this weekend, all part of the