Justin Karkow is facilitating Part 1 of Sowing Seeds of Success by taking a closer look at DEN STARS. Traci Blazoski, Clarion PA, was honored by PAECT as Teacher of the Year. She is a first grade teacher, and she will move on to national level competition for National Teacher of the Year. We wish
PA DEN STAR Honored with Prestigious Teaching Award
That’s right . . . The PA DEN is proud to share that our own Maryann Molishus has received the prestigious Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. Maryann is a 2nd grade teacher at Goodnoe Elementary School in the Council Rock School District (Newtown, PA). Here is a little more information about Maryann (copied from
A Shining STAR In Wilkes-Barre
I subscribe to a Google News Alert for – what else – “Discovery Educator Network.” Guess what popped up today in my feed? Okay, you don’t really have to guess; I’ll just tell you. It is a proud moment both for Pennsylvania and the DEN . . . Scott Kinney — VP of outreach and professional
Catching Up on Speed DENing: Winners Alert!
A long while ago, I challenged you to participate in Speed DENing. I promised you prizes from the DEN Store, and after speaking to Lance, he will be mailing each of you a prize. Here’s the catch. I need your addresses, so could you please email me (rj22@ptd.net) your shipping address (or post the information
PA Discovery Educators Published!
Congratulations to PA STARs, Meg Griffin and Jared Mader. Both were published in the February 2008 (Vol. 35 No. 5) issue of ISTE‘s journal Learning and Leading with Technology. Meg, an elementary teacher in the Central Bucks School District, was featured in the Point/Counterpoint segment addressing the Yes side of “Has technology improved your home-to-school connection?”
Exciting Opportunities
I want to pass along two exciting opportunities from DEN . . . 1. Are you planning to attend NECC, the granddaddy of all ed tech conferences, this June? If so, you are definitely lucky and making me duly jealous. So, if you are one of the lucky attendees, the DEN team would like to assess
Spring Reminders
Since the PA Blog went live again in late February, we’ve posted a number of exciting announcements. I want to take a quick minute to recap two of those items that were originally posted on the DEN National Blog. DEN National Institutes They’re back! Last summer we sponsored a series of wildly popular DEN institutes
DEN National Institutes
Just in case you haven’t visited the DEN National blog recently and haven’t checked your e-mail . . . DEN has announced the three locations of the much anticipated summer institutes. Discovery Headquarters, Silver Spring, MDJune 18-22 Bahamas Cruise, leaving from Port Canaveral, FLJuly 14-19 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CAAugust 6-10 I had
What’s in your “bag” of tricks?
Have you shared your unitedstreaming knowledge and expertise? Did you learn something cool at a workshop and want to train others? If you are already a STAR Discovery Educator or aspiring to become a STAR Discovery Educator, we have a special opportunity just for you! Beginning October 1, 2006 through December 1, 2006, Discovery Educators
Exclusive STAR Discovery Educator Promotion
STAR Discovery Educators are entitled to an exclusive discount opportunity from Discovery Education and InFocus! The DEN wants you to teach brilliantly, and maximize the value of engaging multimedia content from Discovery Education. Through this partnership, STAR Discovery Educators can purchase the IN24 multimedia projector from InFocus at an incredible price of only $480.00.