Mary Carol Strother has been named Elementary Teacher of the Year for McKinney ISD. She is a great asset to the DEN Leadership team and we want to recognize her hard work and dedication to her students, educators and the DEN Leadership team. Keep up the excellent work Mary! Steve Dembo has received an award for
There's an App for that… Discovery style!
As a Discovery user for years, I would have never guessed that I could be any more excited about where Discovery is headed. I am a fan of all things discovery and believe that they do many things right! And guess what? They have stepped up and knocked it out of the park again! Discovery’s
Dynamic Duo in San Antonio
Welcome to San Antonio, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson! On behalf of the Texas DEN LC, San Antonio would like to extend a hearty welcome to the Dynamic DEN Duo, Steve Dembo and Hall Davidson. Steve and Hall will be speaking to the management and supervisory school district personnel for the North East Independent School
Thanks Discovery and Philippe Cousteau!
During the virtual field trip for Texas classrooms May 3rd , teachers who registered for the event were put into a drawing for a school visit by Philippe Cousteau. The winner of the event was Willie Trumbull, a 4th grade teacher at Williams Elementary in Austin, Texas. Williams Elementary students were treated to a great
Award-Winning Stars!
Each year, TCEA gives awards to teachers across the state. Two of the awards this last year went to two of our great DEN Stars out of Bastrop, Texas. Peggy Perkins (on left) won the Professional Educator Grant at TCEA in February. Her main job is to be the GT Support Teacher at Mina Elementary
Hooray for Teachers….
May 3 – 7 is National Teacher Appreciation Week and the DEN folks do appreciate their STAR members! Each day this week the DEN National team will post about something special for DEN Stars. Monday’s event was a free one-year account with Prezi, a slideless presentation tool. Check the National Blog (https://blog.discoveryeducation.com/) for more details — daily!
Dive Deeper: What I Learned
From the students via their appreciative teachers, these comments on what a typical group of students learned from Phillipe and the folks at Seattle Acquarium: My students enjoyed learning about and seeing some of the unique fish and sea creatures at the aquarium that they had never seen. They ALL learned about: why you should
Virtual Conference with Philippe Cousteau
This morning we were able to experience the Seattle Aquarium with Philippe Cousteau. Many schools around Texas participated and had an amazing time. Williams Elementary even won a chance to have Philippe come to there school for a Day of Discovery with him. Isn’t that waonderful! If you missed it, you definitely missed a huge
DEN Shining Star Update
Another DEN Star has been featured by Smart Technologies also: Linda Rush. See her quote at http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/edcompass/october2009/edcompass-oct09issue.pdf , page 6
A Den Shining Star
Lori Reed, a Texas DEN Star Educator, is featured SmartTechnologies website. Catch her shining moment at http://smarttech.com/ ! What creative ways do you have to use interactive whiteboards, like the Smart Board, with Discovery products? If you have a special moment – such as being featured on a website, presenting at a conference, receiving an award, or