Tech and Learning Magazine released their annual Awards of Excellence this week and guess who made the list? Discovery Education Science for Elementary! Every year, T&L has a panel of 30 educator...
Where are all the STARs? Presenting at state and national conferences near you, that’s where! We’ve put together an ever-growing list of presentations by STAR Discovery Educators at state and nat...
Unexpectedly, we had some highly creative submissions of people dressed as members of the DEN team! So, we’ve set aside one HD Flip Cam for the person who gets the most votes in the Best DEN Imper...
Saturday, October 24, 2009 9 AM to 4 PM ET Click here to register for the virtual sessions. 10. College football is overrated. 9. The digital treats you’ll take away won’t cause cavities. 8. Y...
We provide a lot of great webinars through the DEN (in my humble opinion), but our partners also do some amazing work. I encourage everyone to tune into a special webinar this Wednesday with Julie...
If you’re a Texas DEN member, you won’t want to miss our very first Fotowalk. It’s happening on Saturday and looks to be quite an exciting event! This Saturday, September 12th, four cities will be...
Suddenly no one is wearing white, so it must be after Labor Day! To much controversy and hoopla, the president has welcomed our students back and encouraged them to work hard. And we are all wonde...
Join Discovery Education and GPB at a special reception this week on September 10, 2009. Georgia Public Broadcasting 260 14th Street NW Atlanta, GA 30318 6-8 PM RSVP to Chrysti Hill at 240-662-283...
Join us on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 for a day’s worth of DE streaming! Click here to register for the DEN’s Annual streamathon. Schedule All times Eastern 9 AM Back to School Changes in DE ...
If you are on a Mac at school and you are considering using the latest upgrade to Google Earth–think again. If you have been using the great Jing trick (previous posts) to have your students repo...
If you live in California, then keep an eye out for the Discovery Education road show, coming to a location near you! Come explore the recent changes to the site as the DE team takes participants ...
Four STAR Discovery Educators are now in China representing the DEN in our third Discovery Student Adventures pilot trip for the summer. Brett Harvey, Rita Mortenson and Heather Sullivan and the...
We here at the DEN would like to congratulate educators and student from Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas and Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland, for reach...
NECC is just under a week away, and we hope you’re as jazzed for it as we are! Our home on the conference floor will be Booth #3228 and we’ve got a packed schedule there. You’ll be able to see pr...
We look forward to celebrating the DEN’s fourth birthday with many of our STARs at our pre-NECC Birthday Party Extravaganza on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Discovery Headquarters. If you are staying ...
Enjoy the DEN Weekly Update for June 5, 2009. And keep checking for the updates throughout the summer.
Enjoy the weekly update for May 29, 2009. Click here to see what’s new with the DEN!
DENny Awards 2009 View more OpenOffice presentations from lrougeux. It was a STAR-studded event last night as we unveiled our first-ever DENny Award Winners. Here they are in case you missed i...
Enjoy the update for May 8, 2009. DEN Geocaching Day - May 30 AFI SchoolDocs The DENnies Special webinars for your students STAR status LC elections and more!
It has been a pleasure and honor to work with our Discovery Educators for the past four years and we look forward to many more years of collaboration with our community. For our Friday celebrat...
The State Finalists have been announced for the Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge! The winning teams were posted to the We Can Change website this morning. We’d like to extend a hearty co...
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We’ll say it over and over this week so get used to it! We are so thankful to have a community of incredibly passionate and creative educators like our STARs. ...
Make sure to check out this week’s update. Teacher Appreciation Week DEN Geocaching Day (May 30) STAR Status Leadership Council Elections Pre-NECC extravaganza (June 27) Science Class broadcast Sp...
I think the title says it all! It was quite a long day, and my brain feels just a little oversaturated, but more than anything I feel full of new ideas that I can’t wait to try out myself. But th...
This is a must-read! Check out the DEN Weekly Update for April 17, 2009. Enjoy!
Our own Digital Storytelling guru, Joe Brennan, was recently interviewed by Techn & Learning about his thoughts on techniques, software, and how to get the best bang for the buck! A selection from ...
DEN Spring Training is here! We’ve had a lot of new recruits in the past year and we expect big things from the community this spring. Last year the stat we focused on the most was ESA (Earned...
Congrats to Star Discovery Educators Christine Southard and Lisa Parisi for winning the 2009 Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Awards Competition for Denton Avenue Elementary School in New Hyde P...
The DEN book club is about to get started! Our first meeting will be on Monday, February 9th at 7pm EST. We’ll be discussing Chapters 1 and 2 at that time. If you haven’t started yet, read as fa...
The DEN book club is about to get started! Our first meeting will be on Monday, February 9th at 7pm EST. We’ll be discussing Chapters 1 and 2 at that time. If you haven’t started yet, read as fa...
I’m very excited to announce that the DEN will be participating in the next global collaborative project that Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay are creating! You can read the entire announcement below...
I’m very excited to announce that the DEN will be participating in the next global collaborative project that Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay are creating! You can read the entire announcement below...
Access 10 detailed strategies to help you promote healthy eating and fitness among your students. There are also Employer and Family Resource toolkits available. Get fun downloadable worksheets to...
After tons of suggestions and much deliberation we have narrowed the location of this year’s DEN National Institute down to five possibilities. Cruise (San Diego to Mexico) Boston, MA Monterey, ...
After tons of suggestions and much deliberation we have narrowed the location of this year’s DEN National Institute down to five possibilities. Cruise (San Diego to Mexico) Boston, MA Monterey, ...
You can click here to download the Powerpoint presentation about Tech Tips for Going Green. I’ve also included a mini-tutorial about customizing your own Google Earth tours. Enjoy! Tech Tips Gre...
We’re looking forward to seeing STARs all next week at FETC. We have a lot lined up for the conference so make sure to take a close look below and join us throughout. DEN Pre-Conference Event at t...
If you missed the DEN 2009 webinar last night make sure to check out the slideshow below. We have a lot of great things coming up very soon for the DEN this year. Also, make sure to add your sugg...
Are you gearing up for Science Fair season? We have two great ways to help you get your students excited. First, assign them some TV for homework. Ten of the greatest young minds in America will ...
The summer will be here before we know it (at least that’s what those of us with snow-covered driveways keep saying) and that means the DEN National Institute will be back. This year Jannita sugge...
Time is running out to register for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the first and only national K-12 sustainability education initiative aligned to education standards and uniquely t...
There’s quite a few exiting webinars in the next few weeks that I’m sure you won’t want to miss! First of all, as our next EdTechConnect presenter we have Dr. Tim Tyson. While I had known of him ...
Happy New Year! Here is the first DEN Weekly update for 2009. Enjoy! And, don’t forget to join us next Wednesday, January 14 at 7 PM EST to hear about what’s in store for the DEN in 2009. Just vi...
Of course you do! Who wouldn’t? Well over the past 6 years, Discovery Education and CDWG have given away no less than 18 wireless labs to schools, and this year is your chance to win one of your ...
We hope you enjoy the final DEN update for 2008.
FETC is right around the corner and we’re planning a series of fun activities for STARs to connect while in Orlando. On Wednesday, January 21st we will be hosting a pre-conference event at the Cen...
Did you every want to try the Iditarod, but didn’t want to travel through real ice and snow? Here is your chance! Based very loosely on Discovery’s World’s Toughest Race join us for the first eve...
In the flurry of emails it’s always great to get one that makes you smile and want to break into song! Check out the tribute Mr. Vasicek’s Class gave to Discovery. Boom De Yada!
I know, I know, it is not even Christmas yet…but we’re that excited to be back in Hershey, PA for the PETE & C Conference. With that in mind…
As I was trolling through the EduBlog Awards this year, I was thrilled to see the DEN represented a few different times! In particular, the DEN in Second Life team has been nominated for the Best ...
December 17th is going to be a phenomenal day for webinars here at Discovery Education. We’ll be closing the calendar year off with two holiday treats, one for you and one for your students. In t...
What an awesome turnout for the NSTA regional conference in Portland. I guess it helps when you have the Mythbusters kicking things off. Just in case you weren’t one of the 2500 teachers in the ...
Enjoy the weekly update for 11-21-08 and Happy Thanksgiving!
The Discovery Education product development team is constantly looking for ways to make Discovery Education streaming better and better. And you guys play an important role in the direction of our ...
Are you a fan of the Mythbusters? Think your students might be? Well, they’re going to be special guests of Discovery Education at NSTA tomorrow and Lance is going to be hosting a Q&A with them. ...
but it can be a lot of fun to do! Here’s a quick tip that is super cool. Find any image from the site - my favorite image is called “Federal Troops at Rest” Once you find the image, and it is di...
Congratulations to Maryann Molishus (STAR DE from PA) who was recently recognized with a Milken Family Foundation Award. The Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards program provides publi...
Classrooms around the globe will wish NASA a happy 50th birthday as part of an all-day virtual birthday party on Thursday, Nov. 13. The effort is the result of partnerships among NASA’s Digital Lea...
”The best way to predict the future is to invent it.“ - Alan Kay Next week we’ll be having a very special EdTechConnect presentation, featuring one of the father’s of modern programming. Alan Ka...
We just found out we have 50 free tickets to the Green Festival in DC this weekend! If you would like to attend please let me know how many tickets you need and where to send them. You can e-mail ...
In honor of World Diabetes Day on November 14, Novo Nordisk, Discovery Health, Discovery Education, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation invite your students with type 1 diabetes, their p...
How good was the Virtual Conference? So good that you need to share it. So good you need to watch it again. So good that you need to add each presentation to your iTunes library so you have it o...
As promised here is the “Seven Tech Tips for Teaching About a Greener Tomorrow” presentation I delivered at NSTA last week. Enjoy.
To attend this webinar, with or without your students, simply follow this link and register! Tomorrow is going to be our first Discovery Connect of the year. I really think both you and your st...
As promised, here is Bernie Dodge’s EdTechConnect webinar, entitled Webquests and Web 2.0. Description: The WebQuest model has been around since ancient times: 1995. The web has fundamentally chang...
It’s in Your Pocket: Teaching Spectacularly with Cellphones Hall Davidson (2 PM EDT) The technology wave that follows the web? Mobile. Cellphones text faster than email, spread video faster than ...
We host quite a few webinars. Yes, I know, that’s the understatement of the century. But what we’d really like is to put YOU in the spotlight! That’s why we’ve scheduled several “Sharing with th...
This month, we are honored to have one of the pioneers of web based education as our featured EdTechConnect Speaker. On Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm Eastern Bernie Dodge will be sharing his presen...
Moving Beyond the Information Age Scott Kinney (1 PM EDT) We live in an age where information on nearly every topic is only a few keystrokes away. Content consumers across the globe, and students ...
No Mind Left Behind: Using Media to Reach Your Students Jannita Demian and Matt Monjan (10 AM and 4 PM EDT) Has the art of teaching been lost for the science of instructing? Are we engaging or enra...
Raise Your Hand if You’re a Rock Star Steve Dembo (9 AM and 3 PM EDT) Over 15 million blogs? More than 3 million Twitter users? Over 150,000 podcasts in iTunes? It may seem like there’s so much ...
Join us in-person, online or both, on Saturday, October 25th for the DEN Virtual Conference. Registration is now open! The DEN Virtual Conference features an incredible lineup of online presentatio...
From STAR DE, Lisa Parisi This month offers a unique opportunity for learning. The third K12 Online Conference begins on October 13th. This conference is FREE, held entirely online and the presen...
We all remember what it’s like to walk into your first as a first year teacher. You don’t know your students, you barely know the curriculum, and you certainly have no what to do with yourself bey...
Even though many of you follow our beloved online community manager via the DEN blogs, Teach42 and a hundred other social networking tools, micro-blogs and nano-micro-blogs you might not have heard...
Ok ok ok, put your hands down. If you’re a DEN member, then we know you qualify! Well, this is your chance to apply for Cable in the Classroom’s Leaders in Learning Awards. The application proce...
A few days ago, the NSBA released their annual list of educators that have made noteworthy uses of technology in education and are worth watching over the next several years. We are thrilled to sh...
DEN PreConference InviteDEN PreConference InviteTime is ticking away for to register for the upcoming Innovative Learning Conference in San Jose, CA. It’s a conference you won’t want to miss! So ...
We are very excited to welcome the Missouri Leadership Council to the ranks of over 20 DEN LCs. We are sure they will do some exciting things across the state and look forward to seeing the DEN gr...
Just in case I haven’t thanked the 2400+ attendees of the Streamathon enough, once again I’d like to extend my appreciation for your attendance. Additionally, we received over 150 comments on the ...
The DEN team is going to be at ILC 2008 this year, and we hope that you will too! We’ve partnered up with the ILC team and gotten permission to extend a $40 discount to any DEN members who pre-reg...
As requested by hundreds of people (literally), we have now posted the vast majority of the 2008 DE streamathon presentations as archives! If you visit our streamathon page you’ll see that most of...
The DEN fleet has left the harbor and is looking for a bountiful fall harvest of STARs from all around the country. It’s a short season and the six DEN captains need your help catching new STARs. ...
On Tuesday, Tim Magner kicked off this year’s EdTechConnect series in grand by speaking about School 2.0. As the Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Tim coordinates the development a...
If you’ve been salivating over the of jumping into the Challenge since we first announced it, then today’s your lucky day! Starting today, middle school students across the Unite States are being ...
Need to supercharge your Discovery Education streaming skills? There’s no better bang for your buck than the Discovery Education National Training Academy. Two days of intense training and resourc...
On September 23rd, from 9 AM EDT until 9 PM EDT, we’ll be sharing a new presentation every hour on the hour. Come for 1 hour or spend the entire day with us! Click here to register for the event. ...
Here at Discovery Education, people are doing daily calisthenics, stocking up on coffee and preparing I.V.’s full of Red Bull. And that can only mean one thing… The third annual Discovery Educati...
On Wednesday, Sept. 17th at 7pm EST, we will be kicking off our monthly EdTechConnect series with none other than the Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Tim Magner. Tim coordinates ...
On Wednesday, Sept. 17th at 7pm EST, we will be kicking off our monthly EdTechConnect series with none other than the Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Tim Magnar. Tim coordinates ...
I can’t tell you how many people I speak to that have a ton of great information to share, but come up with one excuse or another not to bother submitting any proposals to the various state confere...
Another award? You bet! Learning magazine has honored Discovery Education with a 2009 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom, recognizing the value of the Planet Earth Education Edition in teach...
America Supports You, a partner of the Military Channel, is a Department of Defense program dedicated to connecting members of the U.S. Armed forces and their families with individuals, groups, an...
Okay… I feel like that game “Where in the World is Carmen..” I have received hundreds of emails…. read all your posts…. and have been meaning to send out pics… but let me break it down for you…. E...
As many of you know, Discovery Education and Wilkes University are collaborating on a fully online, 30 credit Master of Science degree in Instructional Media with courses designed by some familiar ...
A plethora and then some! As we head into the 08-09 school year, I look over the webinar schedule and I am just stunned by what we have to offer. As of right now, we have over 100 webinars on the...
Classes all around the world are trying to find ways to “go green.” Discovery Education, Siemens and the NSTA are partnering up to help you and your students take it to the next level! The Siemen...
What do Whale Sharks, Hammerheads, Mako Sharks and teachers have in common? They can all be seen at the DEN in Second Life “Swim with Sharks Underwater Scuba Adventure” on Monday July 28th at 5 pm ...
Dear DEN members: I am doing some market research on a new offering that will provide video content in over 30 languages, aligned to curriculum standards for grades K-12 As our vault of wisdom, exp...
In case you didn’t see it, Hall’s mobile phone presentation was recently featured on the EdWeek blog. It’s has generated quite a bit of conversation already, so give the article a read and then ch...
What a week and I was on a mission. It started off with a teeny tiny fender bender on Tuesday which knocked off my front license plate (which I didn’t even bother to try to put back on yet), then w...
If we want to devote more money to education, one solution is to put more students into the system. Hardworking DEN leader Jannita Demian is doing her part one baby at a time: Today, David Matthe...
Is it ever too late to post a NECC round up? I hope not! Because the STARs were truly shining bright at NECC this year and I got a plethora of links to share. The Northwest Blog has a solid summ...
Better question would be where won’t we be?? I’m looking at the list of STARs that are presenting at NECC and I am blown away by the numbers. Hall and I are each presenting a few times. Hall is b...
Discovery Education is excited to announce many new GREAT additions coming your way to streaming! This includes the long awaited and asked for Student Center where your students will have ability ...
Discovery Education and Wilke’s University are launching a new online master’s degree program in instructional media! This has been in the works for a quite a while now, so I’m thrilled that we ca...
The final results are in and in an impressive, last week, come-from-behind victory, Kim Randall’s West Squad finished first for DEN Spring Training 2008. The West’s unbelievable run was spearhea...
Is there an award for winning the most awards? If so, Discovery Education would HAVE to be in the running. Last week we added to our total by snagging no less than four Association of Educational...
There is only one week left for DEN members to submit their video entries to the DE/3M Young Scientist Challenge and Teacher Challenge. The Teacher Challenge is open to educators of ALL grade level...
Next week, you’ve got two fantastic webinars to participate in. The first is the latest in our Discovery Connect series, as we get you up close and personal with the executive producer of When We ...
Dave Solon, STAR Discovery Educator hailing from Pennsylvania, is truly living it up ‘Discovery>‘ The most recent episode of his show Twenty Minutes For Tech features an interview with me about th...
Have you ever wondered where the Mythbusters get their myths to test? Or would you like to know a few myths they were not allowed to test? Well, here’s your chance. If you and/or your student(s...
We’ve got one final Discovery Connect for the 08-09 school year in us and we couldn’t be more thrilled to bring it to you as only Discovery Education can! WHEN WE LEFT EARTH: THE NASA MISSIONS pre...
Only two more weeks before the submission deadline for the DE/3M Young Scientist Challenge and Teacher Challenge. Two resources for you to help you and your students through the process. We’ve cre...
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was hopping on Sunday night after the Phoenix Mars Lander successfully landed on the polar ice cap of Mars. STAR Discovery Educators and AZ Leadership Council member...
Tomorrow night (May 30) in Philadelphia there is a special kick off reception to the Animal Planet Expo tour and I am looking for some STARs to join us. The reception will take place in downtown P...
Join us next Thursday, May 29 at 5 PM EST to learn how to use Frames from our friends at Tech4Learning. Just visit the webex page by clicking here. Enter your name and email address. Click “Join...
I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve launched yet another Leadership Council this week. I hope you all will join me in welcoming North Carolina into the fold! Their blog is up and has a slideshare...
On Wednesday, June 4, we will introduce Planet Green, the first-ever 24-hour eco-lifestyle entertainment network, to viewers in over 50 million homes across the U.S. Join us for a special Planet Gr...
Last night we had our final EdTechConnect for the year, and on Tuesday we’ll be hosting our final DEN webinar for the school year. Lance will be our host, and will be sharing our plans for the DE...
Have your students turned in their entries into the Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge yet? Have you turned in YOUR entry into the Teachers challenge yet? WHY NOT? The Mythbusters t...
This DEN Weekly Update is packed with new announcements so make sure you read it! DEN Regional Conferences NECC pre-conference and evening event NASA event invitation Webinars and more!