den lc insider sept 2011
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DEN LC Insider
Sept. 19, 2011
Welcome!
Roles and Responsibilities
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LC Chair
» Serve as liaison between DEN LC and DEN Team– Share meeting notes, concerns, questions, ideas
» Maintain consistent communication with LC and state-level STAR DE community– Create and send email updates to state-level STAR DE
community» Organize and arrange LC team meetings
– Meetings held a minimum of five times per year (monthly if possible)
» Support LC members to ensure activity– Maintain activity report of LC members (meeting
attendance, event support, etc.)
Events Team
MD LC - Spring Virt Con 2011
WI LC - Spring Virt Con 2011
TX LC - Apple Store Event
MI LC - Tech or Treat
Events Team
» Work with Events Coordinator to schedule events in plenty of time to promote
» Build around DEN Global events - Virt Con, SCIcon, Geocaching Day
» Integrate DE» Obtain approval via the LC Event Request form before
scheduling/promotion
Some Guidelines:
Look for free venues$10 for food per educator
Some Guidelines:
Look for free venues$10 for food per educator
Blog Team
» Regular posts from each LC
» No need to repost global initiatives
» Keep it local
Social Media Team
» TechTreats for Oct.» #denchat» Book Clubs
» Propose ideas!– DEN March Madness
http://tinyurl.com/LCsocial
The Global DEN Team
Steve Dembo
Porter Palmer
Lance Rougeux
Welcome back, Jannita!
ExploretheBlue.com
The Take Me Fishing™ campaign and Discovery Education launched Explore the Blue, a comprehensive resource empowering K-5 teachers and parents to engage students in a dialogue about the importance of outdoor recreational activities, such as boating and fishing, and the value of clean and healthy natural resources.
Resources & Activities
Resources & Activities
Fall Webinar Serieshttp://tinyurl.com/exploretheblue
Join us for a unique webinar series featuring tips and tricks utilizing media and on-line resources that will help re-activate your students’ bodies and minds. Join us as we EXPLORE more!
Tuesday, September 27 at 7pm EST – Teacher EditionJumping in the Digital Stream- Back to School has arrived and things are heating up. Don’t just dip your toe in.... Jump in and cool down with tools that can help transform your classroom this year. We’ll introduce you to lesson plans and some of our favorite Web 2.0 sites that you can put to use in your class tomorrow.Tuesday, October 11 at 7pm EST – Teacher EditionClean Up Your Act- Are you beginning to lose sight of your desk top as the papers now stack up? Learn new and creative ways to go reduce the paper and increase the communication and collaboration in your class with Google Tools. We’ll show you a project based learning opportunity to clean up your students’ habitat and your class.Tuesday, October 25 at 1pm EST – Teacher EditionMay I Have Your Attention Please... The Following is THEIR Safety AnnouncementLights... Camera.... Students! Learn how to help your students inspire their peers and community through creating public safety announcements utilizing a variety of Web 2.0 Tools on water safety. Explore how to create your own rubrics to help students realize if their ideas will sink or float.Tuesday, November 1 at 1pm EST – Student EditionThe One that Got Away... Telling Your Fish Story- Student EditionEveryone has a story, what’s yours?!? Hear from a Ben Parker, a fishing expert, who fell ‘hook, line, and sinker’ to follow his dream and landed a bass. His story is made for the movies and so is yours. Help us create a movie together and learn how to create one your very own using PhotoStory.
CuriosityintheClassroom.com
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CuriosityintheClassroom.com is a NEW interactive science-based website, designed to spark an interest in STEM among students
Site features:Free standards-aligned lesson plans and videos for 6th – 12th grade studentsInspiring career videos and stimulating quizzes to grow interest in STEMWebinar series exploring some of life’s most captivating questionsCuriosity discussion guides for families to make the most of teachable moments at home
Teacher Resources
LESSON PLANSLESSON PLANSMS and HS CurriculumMS and HS Curriculum
Bring classroom concepts to life in areas such as Artificial Intelligence,
Communications, Computers,
Nanotechnology & Robotics
WEBINARSWEBINARS3-part Curiosity series3-part Curiosity series
Join us live to examine free resources to help spark curiosity in your
class. What unanswered questions might you be able to solve this year?
VIDEO/VIDEO/
INTERACTIVESINTERACTIVESCorrelate w/ lesson Correlate w/ lesson
topicstopics
Engage students in the fascinating questions of live with exciting videos
and interactives that correlate with lesson plan
topics
#1: Have You Ever Wondered?! Sparking Your Student’s Curiosity (for teachers) SEPT 22
If life had a K-W-L* chart, then “Curiosity” would be your curriculum. Join us for a peak at what the new program Curiosity in the Classroom offers you and your students.
#2: Will Robots Take Over: Out-think, Out-wit, Out-perform (for students and teachers) OCT 13
The challenge has been set, but which team will your students be on: human or robot? Join our team for a lesson in robotics with you and your students!
#3: Guest Speaker – Pioneer in the field of Robotics (for students and teachers) NOV 3
Hear from one famous U.S. innovator in the field of robotics who will discuss their own process of discovery and the critical role of curiosity in innovation!
Three real-time webinars for teachers and students
Thinkers of Tomorrow Webinar Series
Links.discoveryeducation.com/curiosity
CHANCE TO WIN A FREE FLIP-
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One lucky winner will PICK their One lucky winner will PICK their prize from the following prize from the following
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Space CampSpace Camp
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The DEN Account Management Team
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– Sept. 28– Nov. 2– Jan. 17– Mar. 14– May 16
Regional Webinars
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– Sept. 29– Nov. 3– Jan. 18– Mar. 15– May 17
Register for these at http://tinyurl.com/LCregional
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Leveraging Learning
October 22, 2011
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September 21, 20111pm ET
Blast off into the new year!
Live broadcast featuring hands-on experiments demonstrating chemical reactions and Newton’s Third Law of Motion.
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/SeptSCIStream
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October 17
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