DEN Virtual Conference – Saturday, April 20th
Classroom 2.0 LIVE will not meet this Saturday, April 20th so that everyone can attend Discovery Educator Network (DEN)’s free online Virtual Conference. You can register at http://virtlivecon.com and find out more about the presenters and schedule for the day. The theme of the conference is ‘Connecting Communities‘ and the schedule begins at 9am EST [...]
First DEN STAR Teacher Appreciation Gifts
The first Discovery Education Network (DEN) pre-teacher appreciation week gifts for those that are DEN STAR educators received notification of a whopper of a gift today! If you are not familiar with the DEN, the DEN is a global community of educators around the world that use Discovery Education resources and are committed to the [...]
Come Join us at the TX DEN #Appy Hour iCafe
Come Join the TX DEN for our first Tweet Chat Appy Hour on Twitter ~ Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 6pm CST with hashtag #appyhour. During this fun hour of learning, the TX DEN will lead discussions on using Apps effectively throughout the content areas in k-12 education. While its important to know the best [...]
QR Codes and Cell Phones as Instructional Tools at TCEA
Next week, Feb. 6-10th is the Texas Computer Education Association’s Convention in Austin, Texas. I will be presenting two presentations. The first is on Wed., 2/8, in Room 19 B at 5pm titled, “Check this Out!” on QR Codes. I chose the title because cashiers have to scan bar codes on items to ‘check out’ [...]
Edublog Awards (Eddies11) Voting Time
It is time to vote for the Edublogs Awards again! Please vote for me/us in the following categories: * My blog – Best ed tech resource sharing blog – http://edublogawards.com/2011-3/best-ed-tech-resource-sharing-blog-2011/ Voting is open until 11:59 PM US EST on Tuesday, December 13th with the winners announced at the Edublog Awards ceremony on the 14th at 7pm [...]
Last Day to Nominate for the Edublog Awards
Today, December 2nd, at midnight EST is the last day to nominate a blog/site for the Edublog Awards (#eddies11). Our webinar series, Classroom 2.0 LIVE, was nominated last year and we won first runner up and were greatly honored to be nominated and to have won among some stiff competitors. The Edublog Awards is a fun [...]
Making A Difference Through Conservation Student Webinar
Discovery Education is sponsoring another webinar for students with Animal Planet’s Dave Salmoni on Wednesday, October 19th at 1:30pm ET. Content will focus on grades K-5 and feature information about survival needs for animals and plants, ecosystems and interdependence in habitats. An excerpt from the Discovery Education website follows: Dave Salmoni, Animal Planet’s apex predator [...]
DENny Awards – May 17th, 2011
Just wanted to remind DEN members and DEN STARS that the Third Annual DENny awards ceremony is scheduled for this Tuesday, May 17th at 7pm EST. It’s not too late to nominate a fellow Discovery Educator for a Community Choice DENny by completing this form. The deadline for nominations is May 16 (5 PM EST). [...]
DENny Awards – May 17th, 2011
Next Tuesday, May 17th, 2011, is the date for the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) DENny Awards ceremony. The session will start at 7pm EST/6pm CST and will be in WebEx. There is still time to nominate a DEN member or DEN STAR educator for one of the prestigious DENny Awards. You can register for the [...]
Great Ideas to Share and Publish Student Work
I wrote the blog post below for the Texas Discovery Educator Network (DEN) blog and decided to add additional resources for posting, publishing and printing student work. I didn’t mention another avenue for students to publish their work or creative writings is to post to a word cloud resource. With word clouds, you can’t necessarily [...]
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