It's Open House at the Discovery Educator Network This Week!

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img alt="" class="rg_hi" data-height="172" data-width="256" height="134" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" style="height: 172px; width: 256px;" width="200" /></div><br />The <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> is an awesome, free, resource for educators, filled with other educators. The <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">DEN</a> is a great place to connect with other educators and share resources, ideas, lesson plans, and much more. It's not just about <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education resources</a> either. I've met some great people in the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">DEN</a> and learned so much. It's a great Personal Learning Network for any and all educators.<br /><br />This week, September 10 - 14, 2012, the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">DEN</a> is having and open house to share resources and how the DEN can benefit educators. There will be webinars, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/den-blog-network-great-resource-for-all.html">blog posts from educators</a>, and much more, all for free. Come and join us!<br /><br />Check out the details below for details and more information. And don't forget to check out the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/den-blog-network-great-resource-for-all.html">Discovery Educator Network blogs</a>, with lots of great information and resources from other educators.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/08/31/den-open-house-week-sept-10-14/den-open-house/" rel="attachment wp-att-29996" style="color: #0a4c88; outline: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29996" height="300" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/DEN-Open-House-283x300.png" style="border: 0px; float: none; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DEN Open House" width="283" /></a><br /><br /></div>Help us kick off the school year with DEN Back-to-School Week. September 10-14, we’ve got a great schedule of activities to help you share the DEN and even learn more yourself about the community. In addition to daily blog posts about a variety of topics, we have a few special webinars and Google Hangouts scheduled. This is a great chance for you to grab a colleague and introduce them to the DEN.<br /><br /><b>Monday, September 10</b><br /><br />Best of <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/tag/matts-media-tip/">Matt’s Media Tips</a> for Back to School at 3:30 and 7 PM ET<br /><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?siteurl=discoveryed&confId=884072782">Registration for 3:30 session</a><br /><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?siteurl=discoveryed&confId=884072887">Registration for 7:00 session</a><br /><br /><b>Tuesday, September 11</b><br /><br />We’ve gathered a bunch of DEN Gurus for a Hangout (8pm ET, join at<a href="http://gplus.to/discoveryed">http://gplus.to/discoveryed</a>)<br />Jen Wagner<br />Karen Ogen<br />Traci Blazosky<br />Conni Mulligan<br />Rita Mortenson<br />Tim Childers<br />Kathy Schrock<br />David Fisher<br /><br /><br />Techbook 2.0 Preview at 6 PM ET<br />Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a><br /><br />Using Notebooks and Journals with the Discovery Education Science Techbook at 7 PM ET<br />Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a><br /><br /><b>Wednesday, September 12</b><br /><br />Celebrate <a href="http://fablevisionlearning.com/dotday/">International Dot Day</a> with our Livestream for classrooms with Peter H. Reynolds, author of The Dot at 1 PM ET<br /><a href="http://denblogs.com/live">http://denblogs.com/live</a><br /><br />Techbook 2.0 Preview at 5 PM ET<br />Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a><br /><br />Exciting Enhancements to Discovery Education at 7 PM ET<br /><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?theAction=info_start&confId=883602924&confID=883602924&siteurl=discoveryed">Register here</a>.<br /><br /><b>Thursday, September 13</b><br /><br />Exciting Enhancements to Discovery Education at 4 PM ET<br /><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?theAction=info_start&confId=883602925&confID=883602925&siteurl=discoveryed">Register here</a>.<br /><br />The Common Core Connection…. Resources from the DE Science Techbook that Build Common Core Skills at 6 PM ET<br />Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a><br /><br />Meet these members of the DEN Leadership Council at a DEN Open House via Google Hangout at 7 PM ET (<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGMtd3QwSmdkMWxUQjBTdDUwamZfTVE6MQ#gid=0">Register here.</a>)<br /><br /><u>Linda Rush</u><br />Linda has many years of teaching experience working with students with disabilities in public, private, hospital and university settings. For the last twelve years, Linda has been at the Notre Dame Special School of Dallas teaching technology and computer skills to children with cognitive disabilities. Integrating web 2.0 ideas, movie making and digital storytelling has been her passion. She is a SMART exemplary educator/certified trainer and a DEN Guru. For the past six years Linda has been on the Texas Leadership Council.<br /><br /><u>Heather Hurley</u><br />Heather Hurley has been in education for 21 years. She is an instructional Technology Coordinator in Arlington, VA. She supports and trains teachers at two elementary schools, Arlington Traditional School and Glebe Elementary School. In her free time she loves taking pictures and attending wine festivals.<br /><br /><u>Mary Carole Strother</u><br />Mary Carole is a Library Media Specialist at Finch Elementary in McKinney, TX. She been a member of the DEN for 6 years, serving on the Texas Leadership Council and has been an active member of the Events team. This year Mary Carole wanted to be a Rising STAR mentor to share all the things she loves about being a part of the DEN.<br /><br /><b>Friday, September 14</b><br /><br />Live Podcast with Steve and Dean (Time TBD, Join at <a href="http://gplus.to/discoveryed">http://gplus.to/discoveryed</a>)<br />Prize opportunities in the DEN Weekly Update<br /><br /><br />This is a great opportunity to learn more about Discovery Education and the Discovery Educator Network.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>

It's Open House at the Discovery Educator Network This Week!

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Adobe Foundation and Discovery Education partner for Digital Media Curriculum

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="AYV logo" height="86" id="ayv-logo" src="http://youthvoices.adobe.com/images/ayv-logo.png" width="152" />      <img alt="" class="rg_hi" data-height="172" data-width="256" height="86" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" style="height: 82px; width: 156px;" width="100" /></div><br /><a href="http://www.adobe.com/corporate-responsibility/community.html">The Adobe Foundation</a> and <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education</a> have partnered together to provide free curriculum and resources to help educators use digital media to improve teaching and learning in the classroom. The curriculum will be provided through the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> and includes access to professional development resources, webinars, video tutorials, community forums, classroom materials activities and online resources. The curriculum offers material in print and web design, photography, motion graphics and video editing.<br /><br />It is part of the <a href="http://youthvoices.adobe.com/">Adobe Youth Voice</a> program which promotes technology based creative skills.<br /><br />Check out some more information about it: <a href="http://youthvoices.adobe.com/essentials/">http://youthvoices.adobe.com/essentials/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Adobe Foundation and Discovery Education partner for Digital Media Curriculum

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Discovery Educator Network Open House Sept 10-14. Great free resources!

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="rg_hi" data-height="172" data-width="256" height="134" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" style="height: 172px; width: 256px;" width="200" /></div><br />The <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> is an awesome, free, resource for educators, filled with other educators. The DEN is a great place to connect with other educators and share resources, ideas, lesson plans, and much more. It's not just about Discovery Education resources either. I've met some great people in the DEN and learned so much. It's a great Personal Learning Network for any and all educators.<br /><br />September 10 - 14, 2012 the DEN is having and open house to share resources and how the DEN can benefit educators. There will be webinars, blog posts from educators, and much more, all for free. Come and join us!<br /><br />Check out the details below for details and more information.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/08/31/den-open-house-week-sept-10-14/den-open-house/" rel="attachment wp-att-29996" style="color: #0a4c88; outline: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29996" height="300" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/DEN-Open-House-283x300.png" style="border: 0px; float: none; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DEN Open House" width="283" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s the beginning of school, time for Open House. Well, the DEN is hosting our own Open House this month!  September 10-14, help us kick off the school year with DEN Open House Week.  We’ve got a great schedule of activities to help you share the DEN and even learn more yourself about the community.  In addition to daily blog posts about a variety of topics, we have a few special webinars and Google Hangouts scheduled.  Take a look at the information below and join us as much as possible!  This is a great chance for you to grab a colleague and introduce them to the DEN.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday, September 10</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Best of <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/tag/matts-media-tip/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Matt’s Media Tips</a> for Back to School at 3:30 and 7 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?siteurl=discoveryed&confId=884072782" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Registration for 3:30 session</a></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?siteurl=discoveryed&confId=884072887" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Registration for 7:00 session</a></li></ul></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesday, September 11</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DEN Guru Hangout (8pm ET, join at <a href="http://gplus.to/discoveryed" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://gplus.to/discoveryed</a>)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Techbook 2.0 Preview at 6 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a></li></ul><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using Notebooks and Journals with the Discovery Education Science Techbook at 7 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a></li></ul></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, September 12</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Celebrate <a href="http://fablevisionlearning.com/dotday/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">International Dot Day</a> with our Livestream for classrooms with Peter H. Reynolds, author of <em style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Dot</em> at 1 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://denblogs.com/live" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://denblogs.com/live</a></li></ul><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Techbook 2.0 Preview at 5 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a></li></ul><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exciting Enhancements to Discovery Education at 7 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?theAction=info_start&confId=883602924&confID=883602924&siteurl=discoveryed" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Register here</a>.</li></ul></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thursday, September 13</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exciting Enhancements to Discovery Education at 4 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://discoveryed.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/join.do?theAction=info_start&confId=883602925&confID=883602925&siteurl=discoveryed" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Register here</a>.</li></ul><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Common Core Connection…. Resources from the DE Science Techbook that Build Common Core Skills at 6 PM ET</li><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Register at: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sciencetechbook</a></li></ul><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DEN Open House via Google Hangout at 7 PM ET (<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGMtd3QwSmdkMWxUQjBTdDUwamZfTVE6MQ#gid=0" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">Register here.</a>)</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Friday, September 14</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Week End Wrapup!  Live Podcast with Steve and Dean (Time TBD, Join at <a href="http://gplus.to/discoveryed" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;">http://gplus.to/discoveryed</a>)</li></ul><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div>

Discovery Educator Network Open House Sept 10-14. Great free resources!

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DEN Virtual Conference Live is Oct 20th - free!

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education</a> is once again hosting a fall, online, free virtual conference for educators. These are great events and a great way to get some free PD and resources.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><center style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/DENVirtConLive-Final.jpg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="164" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/08/DENVirtConLive-Final-300x164.jpg" style="border: 0px;" title="DENVirtConLive-Final" width="300" /></a></center><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>October 20th, 2012.  9am-4pm ET</strong></h2><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/denvirtcon/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Register now!</a></h3><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I’m sure at this point you’re wondering what the BIG changes are.  Let me break it down for you.</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><li>More LIVE: Every session will be live-streamed.  This means that you’ll see full video feeds of every presenter throughout the day!</li><li>More keynotes: We’ve added one more keynote to the agenda.  Keynotes will be at 9am, 12pm and 3pm ET.</li><li>More sessions: Each concurrent slot (10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm ET) will have up to 5 sessions being broadcast for you to pick and choose between.</li><li>More Face 2 Face events: As of today, we already have 14 F2F events to choose from, with more coming!  Even better, we’ve made it easier than ever for ANYBODY to host their own F2F event.  You put it together, large or small, and DiscoveryEd will provide lunch for your attendees!</li><li>More presenters: We want YOU to present at the Fall VirtCon LIVE!  The Call for Proposals is open now,<a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/denvirtcon/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">visit the conference page</a> to learn how to submit.</li><li>More ways to get involved: Attend online, attend F2F, present a session, host an event, share the event with colleagues…  Whatever your comfort level, there are a slew of ways for you to join in the fun!</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fourteen Face 2 Face events already, up to 23 sessions to attend, and every single session LIVE streamed out…  This is looking to be the best Virtual Conference yet!!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And what’s the cost for this incredible day??  <strong>FREE</strong>.  And as I mentioned, if you choose to host a F2F event, we’ll even spring for lunch!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As always, while costumes aren’t required, they are certainly encouraged.  I wouldn’t be surprised if we even had some giveaways in the ol’ prize closet for the best costumes of the day!  Bonus points for incorporating a Discovery theme <img alt=":)" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So what are you waiting for?  Visit <strong><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/denvirtcon/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://lanyrd.com/2012/denvirtcon/</a></strong> to register! </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> And while you’re there, check out where the F2F events will be, considering hosting your own or submitting a presentation proposal, and SHARE it out with your colleagues!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div>

DEN Virtual Conference Live is Oct 20th - free!

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Some more great, free, things from Discovery Education

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><br />I am a STAR Discovery Educator and a member of the <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/meet-the-ct-leadership-council/">CT Leadership Council </a>(group of educators who work with Discovery Education to provide support to teachers) and love their resources.<br /><br />They have a lot of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">great, free resources available for any educator to use</a> and provide a lot of free online and in-person professional development for teachers.<br /><br /><br /><b>Here are a couple of new things Discovery has:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/06/11/summer-tips-and-tricks-for-parents-and-teachers/">Summer Tips and Tricks for Parents and Teachers</a> - great presentation with some great resources and apps for parents and teachers to use themselves, and their children/students this summer. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNctcC5lh0KhiJ3Xb0BJ62fcfhsoZ6aO0tKpf-P-GijpUArINM0SuT894qwiM7KflQpYWOAjG4OLqFKJ3GZYFQfAbXrMkYFyS30XqrBbpn3fqmChj2ozGcjgxxr1TJGwtcosYBWrwEZ_V/s1600/Summer+Tips+and+Tricks+for+Parents+and+Teachers+%E2%80%93+DEN+Blog+Network-094240.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNctcC5lh0KhiJ3Xb0BJ62fcfhsoZ6aO0tKpf-P-GijpUArINM0SuT894qwiM7KflQpYWOAjG4OLqFKJ3GZYFQfAbXrMkYFyS30XqrBbpn3fqmChj2ozGcjgxxr1TJGwtcosYBWrwEZ_V/s320/Summer+Tips+and+Tricks+for+Parents+and+Teachers+%E2%80%93+DEN+Blog+Network-094240.png" width="320" /></a> <div><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/06/11/de-support-is-now-on-twitter/">Discovery Education Support is Now on Twitter</a> - get help, answers, and tips on using Discovery Education resources on Twitter. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPxMSdYpIyjhZxFurCAMXRzUHJDVcXxnxbu5w6rHACOz88kgzB1p5spQ1bhFDNw7kvAUb7f70A-A___rdckxq3pAQxDzJfcCCG5ys9oC6oPzLdXtdgJIbhXFlHyA8rCz3JSwTlVt-XYpF/s1600/DE+Support+is+now+on+Twitter!+%E2%80%93+DEN+Blog+Network-094211.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPxMSdYpIyjhZxFurCAMXRzUHJDVcXxnxbu5w6rHACOz88kgzB1p5spQ1bhFDNw7kvAUb7f70A-A___rdckxq3pAQxDzJfcCCG5ys9oC6oPzLdXtdgJIbhXFlHyA8rCz3JSwTlVt-XYpF/s320/DE+Support+is+now+on+Twitter!+%E2%80%93+DEN+Blog+Network-094211.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Related:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">Lots of Great, Free Resources from Discovery Education</a></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network - great resources and great addition to any PLN</a><div><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/den-blog-network-great-resource-for-all.html">DEN Blog Network - great resource for all educators</a><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>

Some more great, free, things from Discovery Education

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DENny Award Winners 2012 - Discovery Educator Network Awards

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-25973 alignleft" height="165" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/04/DENny2012_featured.jpg" title="DENny2012_featured" width="275" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Last night was the DENny Awards 2012, the annual awards where the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> and <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education">Discovery Education</a> honor <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">DEN</a> members for their efforts throughout the years. It's the Oscars for us. In fact, the Discovery Education employees that ran the event were wearing tuxedo t-shirts!<br /><br />You can view the entire thing, which was live streamed from Discovery Education HQ last night, below:<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XzxmM90395g" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br />You can also check out some of the tweets from last night <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23DENnyAwards">#DENnyawards</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0TyoFld8IdgGCAI8OUA5alloSli7vCizm3uZJ3PABvJnP8a4W9uKUVbbGrDc639UlWr1b53VyOsIyoF-Dtfe6d_J7WA_J7ijHoctDQoxhIeDh_gK98rwNibl6OB_J5oOo38GaKL2HoIg/s1600/denny+award.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0TyoFld8IdgGCAI8OUA5alloSli7vCizm3uZJ3PABvJnP8a4W9uKUVbbGrDc639UlWr1b53VyOsIyoF-Dtfe6d_J7WA_J7ijHoctDQoxhIeDh_gK98rwNibl6OB_J5oOo38GaKL2HoIg/s320/denny+award.png" width="320" /></a><br /><br />I was honored to have won a DENny for "PL DEN", a play on PLN (personal learning network), for my work sharing and connecting with other educators about Discovery Education resources on social media and the <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/category/connecticut/">DEN blog for the CT Leadership Council</a>. I according to DEN, I've tweeted over 132 times sharing Discovery Ed resources and posted over 100 blog posts on the DEN Blog.<br />(I was also honored last year with a DENny for my contributions to the DEN blog. I'm truly humbled by the awards).<br /><br />Connecticut had a good showing last night, with Howard Gunther winning a DENny for <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/den-scicon-great-learning-experience.html">Best DEN Event for the SCICon Event held at the Mark Twain house</a> and Joe Fromme, the CT Leadership Council's fearless leader, winning a DENny for Leadership. Lynn Reedy and I were also finalists to be DEN Guru's this year and, while we weren't selected, were both honored to be part of such a distinguished group of educators that were the 12 finalists.<br /><br />It was a fun event and I love the people in the DEN and from Discovery Education that I get to work with.<br /><br />Discovery Education and the Discovery Educator Network do so much for educators and education. They are a dedicated group of educators and professionals that work to support educators in their job of educating our youth.<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" /><br /><br />Why don't you join the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> and become a STAR Educator!<br /><br />More about the Discovery Educator Network: <a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/about.cfm">http://community.discoveryeducation.com/about.cfm</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

DENny Award Winners 2012 - Discovery Educator Network Awards

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Discovery Education - Sneak Peek of Back to School Updates

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="rg_hi" data-height="172" data-width="256" height="134" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" style="height: 172px; width: 256px;" width="200" /></div><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education">Discovery Education</a> and the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network </a>are great resources for educators and students. They have over <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">30 free resources for educators</a>, Discovery Streaming Plus, Discovery Assessment, <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/discovery-education-science-techbooks.html">Discovery Education Science TechBook</a> (really awesome) and much more.<br /><br />They are hosting a sneak peek webinar series of some of the changes coming to Discovery Education this summer. You can find out about product updates, mobile and social products and updates and all the newest, latest, greatest features and resources available.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26157" height="231" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/04/Sneak-Peek-12-300x231.png" title="Sneak Peek '12" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The webinars are scheduled for Tuesday, May 8th at 7pm ET, Tuesday, May 15th at 3:30pm ET and Tuesday, May 22nd at 7pm ET. You can register to attend these free webinars here: <b>Register: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sneakpeek2012">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/sneakpeek2012</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><br /><br /><b>Related:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network - great resource for all educators</a><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education">Discovery Products, News, Lesson Ideas, Resources and more</a><br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">25 Free Resources from Discovery Education</a><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/discovery-education-science-techbooks.html">Discovery Education Science TechBooks - great resource - more than an e-text</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Discovery Education - Sneak Peek of Back to School Updates

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DENny Awards 2012 - nominations open now! Discovery Educator Network Awards

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-25973 alignleft" height="165" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/04/DENny2012_featured.jpg" title="DENny2012_featured" width="275" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The DENny Awards are awards given to <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> members that go above and beyond for the community during the school year. I was honored to win a DENny last year for blogging on the DEN Blogs. </div><div><br /></div><div>Nominations are now open: We have many different categories, but the one that is coveted by STARs all over the globe is the Community Choice DENny. We encourage all STARs to take some time and nominate a fellow Discovery Educator for a Community Choice DENny <a href="https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/denny-awards-2012-community-choice/">by completing this form</a>. The deadline for nominations is May 15 (5 PM DEN Time).</div><br />Join us on Thursday, May 17th at 7 PM ET for the 2012 DENny Awards.<br /><br />This year, we’re thrilled to announce that the DENny Awards will be broadcast live from the HD Theater at the world headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD. If you are nearby, we invite you to join us in-person. <a href="http://denny2012.eventbrite.com/">Sign up</a> to join us in-person at Discovery Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD or join us online at <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/04/19/live">http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/live</a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Related:</b></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/discovery-educator-network-great.html">Discovery Educator Network - great resources and great addition to any PLN</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">25+ Free Resources for Educators from Discovery Education</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

DENny Awards 2012 - nominations open now! Discovery Educator Network Awards

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Discovery Educator Network - great resources and great addition to any PLN

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="64px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.6122485196683556" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7nQE-WvSjLXliR-qxnFlldzisOTMGqP_hrIgvgp-Mc_WgNUvmZhM_7jQ79kh-kGZ2xYNC6gkTLV-ykGpe8e4_nFHjA9jdkpPODwohc4jVKfh9CWNi10" width="220px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="rg_hi" data-height="172" data-width="256" height="134" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1gblmdpE9miZcGanw8XU2k-GpWn9RhprEE0xAdmf5_Hb6an0Zaw" style="height: 172px; width: 256px;" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discovery Education</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an excellent resource for educators. They have great fee-based products (Streaming, Assessment, Science and more) and </span><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over 30 free resources available</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for educators. The </span><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Educator%20Network" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discovery Educator Network</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is also a great resource for educators where they can connect with other educators and share resources and information. I've been a member of the <a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/about.cfm">DEN</a> for many years, am a STAR educator and am also on the <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/meet-the-ct-leadership-council/">Leadership Council for Connecticut.</a> The <a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/about.cfm">DEN</a> provides a community for educators where they can socialize, share resources, and learn from each other. There are online resources, videos, blogs, links, downloads, contests and prizes, and so much more. The state Leadership Councils are made up of educators who volunteer to create social events, learning events, and write the <a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/blogs.cfm">blog posts</a>. They work hand-in-hand with Discovery Education employees (like Steve Dembo @teach42) to support educators. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resources and post are not all about Discovery Education products, although many are. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've learned a lot from being a part of the DEN and have met some great people. Here's some details from research done on the DEN. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Star Discovery Educator / Leadership Council" height="50" id="Image1_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrAXfEPtHzguzklEy2egusYtk3Y1E1De0Z4LcAERR_qNjg1Qj9vfRjT9qpOsLPwdMgKXWZJPNIiTYgC77eDU58nXITk60OvEWL-VVTZ4e76MoALDzTxvHIg2yBct0f5owfk_41h9JUSI/s150/den+star+den+lc.jpg" style="visibility: visible;" width="110" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discovery Education had <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigate the Discovery Educator Network to determine how the DEN has affected educator’s professional development and their use of technology in their work. You can </span><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/06/27/does-the-den-impact-your-teaching-learning/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">read through the highlights here</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">, as well as find a link to the full study. For those of you that are more visual in nature though, we took a few of the key points and turned them into an infographic.</span><br />Click on the image below to <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/07/DEN-infographic.jpg">view the full infographic</a>. And don’t forget, many browsers will attempt to resize it to fit the screen. If your mouse icon is a magnifying glass, click on the image to see it full size.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YayoPCZSe2KKfN41GCm2y_oXrO1WZBNW78X9lnXpGQjGtr-k6SBdXu4vRCsjSk3SloL6tn2CGrCE_pdQK2nANu3feoJEsMplIy8ZEZwJAcNsB66T0VrzggbMuxqeLZ7VxPnA2HrdWPA/s1600/DEN-infographic-e1314979251863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YayoPCZSe2KKfN41GCm2y_oXrO1WZBNW78X9lnXpGQjGtr-k6SBdXu4vRCsjSk3SloL6tn2CGrCE_pdQK2nANu3feoJEsMplIy8ZEZwJAcNsB66T0VrzggbMuxqeLZ7VxPnA2HrdWPA/s640/DEN-infographic-e1314979251863.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/about.cfm">Discovery Educator Network</a> is a great addition to any educator's <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/create-personal-learning-network.html">Personal Learning Network.</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Discovery Educator Network - great resources and great addition to any PLN

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DENSCcon 2012 -free professional development on Science

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqlH0np6Coqii7imGGA32b4vPzby03_ZDzgV2eSj30hO1iyK0Pz6kUqzxwvLb78n8LvlxIEJFT1ZWnriKPEI8q2zALrMV5wzMz8ux69g_3W7cMIvi3ugoQqD5xWfR9RA2Ie1cmA5QPpc/s1600/den+scicon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqlH0np6Coqii7imGGA32b4vPzby03_ZDzgV2eSj30hO1iyK0Pz6kUqzxwvLb78n8LvlxIEJFT1ZWnriKPEI8q2zALrMV5wzMz8ux69g_3W7cMIvi3ugoQqD5xWfR9RA2Ie1cmA5QPpc/s1600/den+scicon.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education">Discovery Education</a> is an excellent resource for educators. They have great fee-based products (Streaming, Assessment, Science and more) and <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">over 30 free resources available</a> for educators. The <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Educator%20Network">Discovery Educator Network</a> is also a great resource for educators where they can connect with other educators and share resources and information. They also provide excellent, free, professional development through out the year. These sessions are held online and there are in-person events to coincide with the online program. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/20/den-scicon-2012/">The 3rd Annual DEN SCIcon</a> will be held on Saturday, January 28th. The DEN SCIcon provides participants with effective strategies for transforming science classes through effective integration of digital media content. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The agenda is listed below and you can register for the online sessions here: <a href="http://links.discoveryeducation.com/scicon2012" style="background-color: white; color: #0a4c88; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="SCIcon2012">http://links.discoveryeducation.com/scicon2012</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will post a list of in-person events once they are announced. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a great opportunity to gain some great ideas and resources for free. I've participated for the last two years and it was well worth the time. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="content" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">General Agenda</strong> (all times ET)</u></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 AM<br /><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opening Session</em><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Your Attention Please: 10 Ways to Engage Your Students in Science - </strong>Lance Rougeux</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 AM<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Student Learning through Inquiry-based Instruction - </strong>Trinette Green</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 AM<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s the GIST? Bridging Literacy and Science - </strong>Brad Fountain</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 PM<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Common Core Connection - </strong>Kelly Pauling</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 PM<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Busting the Myths of Project Based Learning in the Science Classroom - </strong>Mike Bryant</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 PM<br /><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Closing Session</em><br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Scientific Method… It’s Not Just For Chapter One Anymore - </strong>Patti Duncan</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>In Person Events:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/22/ct-den-scicon-registration-is-now-open/">Connecticut </a>- <span style="background-color: white;">the CT DEN leadership council will be hosting a live event for the SCICon virtual conference at the Mark Twain House in Hartford on Saturday, January 28, 2012. For more information and to register,<a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/22/ct-den-scicon-registration-is-now-open/"> click here. </a></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div>

DENSCcon 2012 -free professional development on Science

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Discovery Education Summer Institute 2012 announced

<br /><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/25-free-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education's</a> DEN Summer Institute, DENSI2012, will take place July 21-26, 2012 at Montana State University.<br /><br /><br />The DENSI is a week long opportunity for up to 125 DE STAR Educators to connect with fellow STAR Discovery Educators during this exclusive and intensive professional development event.<br /><br /><br />For more information and to apply, go here:<br /><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/19/den-summer-institute-2012/">http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/19/den-summer-institute-2012/</a><br /><br /><br />Remember, you must be a DEN STAR to apply. For more information on the DEN and STAR, go here:<br /><a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/">http://community.discoveryeducation.com/</a><br /><br /><br />

Discovery Education Summer Institute 2012 announced

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Discovery Educator Network Fall Virtual Conference - Oct 22, 2011 - FREE

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/09/fvc2011-300x171.jpg" /></div><br /><a href="http://top%2010%20resources%20from%20discovery%20education%20-%20all%20free/">Discovery Education</a> is an excellent resource for all educators. They have over 30 free resources available, have a thriving educator community in the Discovery Educator Network (DEN), and have some of the best educational products. Every year, they also run virtual conferences.<br /><br />This year's fall Virtual Conference is "Tech or Treat" and will have some great presentations from some very talented and knowledgeable educators. Discovery Educator Network also has some in-person events where people can go and participate in the online conference with a group of educators. In some cases, the in-person event also includes other presentations and activities in addition to having access to the virtual conference.<br /><br />From the Discovery Educator Network Blog:<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Get your crazy costumes ready, and mark your calendars! The fall virtual conference Tech or Treat has been scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 9am to 3pm ET. Join us for an hour or stay all day.<br />We have a spooktackular day of professional development (and PRIZES!)  planned for you. Join us online, or join one of the local events our Leadership Council members are planning.<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In-Person Events </strong>(MORE coming soon!)<br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-of-discovery-free-educational.html">Meridian, CT</a> (Register <a href="http://cecadod.eventbrite.com/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>) <br />Palatka, FL (Register here)<br />Atlanta, GA (Register here)<br />Mandeville, LA (Register here)<br />Branson, MO (Register <a href="https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/moarks-virtual-conference/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>)<br />Port Chester, NY (Register <a href="https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/fall-virtcon-2011-portchester-ny-nydenlc/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>)<br />Poundmaker Cree Nation, SK Canada (Register <a href="https://lrougeux.wufoo.com/forms/fall-virtcon-2011-chief-poundmaker-school-sk/" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>)<br />Knoxville, TN (Register here)<br />Pasadena, TX (Register here)<br />McKinney, TX (Register here)<br />Muskego, WI (Register here)<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Schedule (all times are eastern)</strong><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:00 am</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Monster Mash-Up</em> with Traci Blazosky, DEN Guru<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10:00 am</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No Tricks, Just Treats</em> with Nancy Sharoff, DEN Guru<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11:00 am</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Storytelling: Get it Write!</em> with Joe Brennan<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12:00 pm</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Collective Brain</em> with the DEN Team<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1:00 pm</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spotlight Session</em> with Wes Fryer<br /><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2:00 pm</strong> <em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Treat Yourself to A Story</em> with Dean Mantz, DEN Guru<br /><br /><a href="https://discoveryedevents.webex.com/discoveryedevents/onstage/g.php?d=666634823&t=a" style="color: #0a4c88; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Register here</a> to attend online. Keep an eye on the blogs for more information about the in-person events and the session descriptions.</span></blockquote><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a great opportunity to learn some great things while home in your pajamas, or join a group of educators for a fun day of learning.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div>

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Discovery Education on Twitter is now @DiscoveryEd - lots of great stuff

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8SBbiOsDIvOdpbhFXEkhTTOX_1R6K4Ha2Kjqtr1_nS_DE5eRLsPWVtxrO4pa92cIfZCELnkdUg6nzQpYIz3OjNuwjDpXcmsRkGdv1RXG1Y6x2NvdDyDJfiK_Z0S4SvsuBG82364y-Wk/s1600/discovery+education+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8SBbiOsDIvOdpbhFXEkhTTOX_1R6K4Ha2Kjqtr1_nS_DE5eRLsPWVtxrO4pa92cIfZCELnkdUg6nzQpYIz3OjNuwjDpXcmsRkGdv1RXG1Y6x2NvdDyDJfiK_Z0S4SvsuBG82364y-Wk/s1600/discovery+education+logo.jpg" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/03/tw8799d883010628e3c08a77b7edd38d2f.png" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-13602 aligncenter" height="49" src="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/03/tw8799d883010628e3c08a77b7edd38d2f-300x49.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="tw8799d883010628e3c08a77b7edd38d2f" width="300" /></span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education</a> used to be @DEN on Twitter (standing for Discovery Educator Network). But, lots of people thought @DEN had something to do with Denver, so they decided to change it. <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-resources-from-discovery.html">Discovery Education</a> on Twitter is now <a href="http://twitter.com/discoveryed">@DiscoveryEd</a>. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you already follow @DEN, you will be moved over to the new <a href="http://twitter.com/discoveryed">@DiscoveryEd</a> automatically. You should make changes to any bookmarks you have though for future reference. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Discovery Education has a ton of free resources and posts information and resources beyond their own products and resources. The <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2009/09/discovery-education.html">Discovery Educator Network</a> and <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/den-blog-network-great-resource-for-all.html">the Blogs</a> are also great resources for educators. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are a list of some great Discovery Education Twitter accounts:</span><br /><br /><div class="entry" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/03/tw8799d883010628e3c08a77b7edd38d2f.png" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/cbrown426" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">@cbrown426</a> – Cynthia Brown, DEN Account Manager</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/halldavidson" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">@halldavidson</a> – Hall Davidson. THE Hall Davidson.<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/teach42" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">@teach42</a> – Steve Dembo, Chief Twitter Officer for DE<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/teachersurvival" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">@teachersurvival</a> – Inspiration and practical advice for new teachers, from the <a href="http://discoveryeducation.com/survival/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">New Teacher Survival Center</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/discoverytrips" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://twitter.com/wmihoulides" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">@wmihoulides</a> – Whitney Mihoulides, Director of DEN Account Management</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And of course, to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/list/discoveryed/star-discovery-educators" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">visit this list to follow other STAR Discovery Educators on Twitter</a>. </span></div></div>

Discovery Education on Twitter is now @DiscoveryEd - lots of great stuff

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Training Resources for Discovery Education tools and apps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/7160500/7160566_0bf1_625x625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/7160500/7160566_0bf1_625x625.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnGHBqfqxM3hljLzp1wRqkYuEDf0zUJbRKJ7LZOqLJK6uBJ9Asgxrd0ItXLAwQrEfG0WZ-ZdqHFmhQwu9KBAVPRwMharHPXy4zQBCKTVbxGwkTObedJdeG7V4EbMsC8mGkV7vgDVhHqw/s1600-h/discovery+education+logo.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found this great list of <a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/">Discovery Education</a> Training Resources on <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/jendorman/2010/03/09/training-in-paradise-for-the-kauai-school-district/">Jen Dorman's blog</a> (she is a DEN Account Manager).</span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most of the great resources Discovery Education has to offer for educators are listed here.</span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Training Resources</b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://community.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Discovery Educator Network</span></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/products/streaming/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education <em>streaming</em></a> - Links to service overviews, demonstrations, and efficacy research</span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/GettingStarted/streaming/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education <em>streaming</em> Getting Started Guide </a><br /><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education Classroom Resources</a> - Links to free resources, sponsorships, and competitions</span></div><ul><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Puzzlemaker</span></a></span></li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Lesson Plans</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://stem.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Siemen’s STEM Academy</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Web 2010</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ReadyZone-H1N1/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">ReadyZone H1N1 - Continuity of Learning</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://readyclassroom.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Ready Classroom - Emergency Preparedness</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://thinkgreen.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">ThinkGreen Classroom</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/survival/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">New Teacher Survival Guide</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/curriculumcenter/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Curriculum Center</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters/?campaign=BB" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Brain Boosters</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/wtg/index.html" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Worksheets to Go</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/students/?pID=learn" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Learning Adventures</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://discoveryeducation.com/NasaAt50/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">NASA at 50</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://discoveryeducation.com/epilepsy/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Understanding Epilepsy</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/diabetes/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovering Diabetes</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/parents/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Parent Corner</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://studentadventures.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Student Adventures</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Scotch Science Fair</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://siemensscienceday.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Siemen’s Science Day</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://siemens.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Siemen’s We Can Change the World Challenge</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://usada.discoveryeducation.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">USADA True Sport Award Program</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://fuelourfuturenow.com/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Fuel Our Future Now - STEM resources, Dash+, and Automotive Xprize</a></li></span></ul><h1 style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Tutorials and Learning Resources</span></span></h1><ul><li style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Glogster" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glogster</span></a></span></li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Voicethread" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">VoiceThread</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/diigo" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Diigo</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Google Tools</a> (Docs, Earth, Maps, Calendar, Reader, etc.)</li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Digital Storytelling</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/DigiStory20" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Digital Storytelling with Web 2.0</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/blogworkshop" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Blogging</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/podcastingworkshop" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Podcasting</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/wikiworkshop" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Wikis</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/ppln" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Digital Learning Networks</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/copyright" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Copyright and Fair Use</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://ali.apple.com/cbl/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Project Based Learning</a> (Challenge Based Learning) / <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Why Teach With Project Based Learning?</a> / <a href="http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb08/vol65/num05/Project-Based_Learning.aspx" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">EL Project-Based Learning</a> / <a href="http://www.bie.org/" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">BIE PBL</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=0388d1da-1cc4-41a8-32ec-6dd9236eea90" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education - My Admin</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=c4ebf8bf-1cc4-41a8-32ec-46162b52760d" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education -My Classrooms</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=6db94d43-1cc4-41a8-326b-e926ed71c0e5" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education - The Builders</a></li><li style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://mediashare.discoveryeducation.com/mediashare/index.cfm?event=pushFile&guidAssetMediaFileId=6dab6cf6-1cc4-41a8-328a-72e324aafc5a" style="color: #129ac4; font-weight: 800; text-decoration: none;">Widgets for the DE Builders</a></li></span></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a great list of resources for all educators. And remember, many of Discovery Education's resources are free.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Related Articles:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/discovery-education-turfmutt.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Discovery Education Turfmutt - environmental science lessons</a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-resources-from-discovery.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Top 10 Resources from Discovery Education - all free</a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/toyota-teen-driver-toyota-disc-educ.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Toyota Teen Driver - Toyota & Disc. Educ. team up to help teens drive safe</a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/den-blog-network-great-resource-for-all.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">DEN Blog Network - great resource for all educators</a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/upcoming-conferences-for-educators-lots.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Upcoming Conferences for Educators - lots of great events - UPDATED with more</a> - 2 from Discovery Education (both free)</h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; display: block; font: normal normal bold 135%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/seimans-science-day-learn-by-doing.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Seiman's Science Day - Learn by Doing - great resource</a></h3></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div>

Training Resources for Discovery Education tools and apps

I found this great list of  Discovery Education  Training Resources on  Jen Dorman's blog  (she is a DEN Account Manager). Most of the g...

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