DEN "Trick or Treat" Virtual Conference

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DEN's Fall Virtual Conference takes place on October 24, from 9am - 4pm.  I've been participating for two years now and really enjoy the information I receive.  In total there are 7 one hour sessions full of information.  I encourage you to try this FREE and easy way to grow your professional development network and learn about some FREE ideas to use in your classroom. 

One of the ideas I've learned about from past DEN experiences is adding web 2.0 tools to DE Streaming, which I then came up with the idea of using these tools with Schoolfusion.  I've also learned how to change closed captioning on DE Streaming videos and how to insert DE Streaming videos into Google Earth.  The list could on. Okay...I know it's a Saturday, but take one hour and try one session.  Here's a suggestion: Try the 11 a.m. session on "Thinking Outside the Slide".  This sounds like a session on PowerPoint and I'm sure will include some tricks on how to better use PowerPoint.  It's late enough that you can sleep in and early enough before your day really starts.

I'm intrigued by the session at 1 p.m. entitled "What on Earth is a Gloggle?"  Sounds like it could be a mix of Glogster, Blogging, and Google Earth?  What do you think it could be?

Click here to register, if you're interested.

And here's the whole schedule:

9 a.m. Can I Help You With That?  The Student as Collaborator, Creator and Director with Justin Karkow

10 a.m.  Do You Have the Audacity to Podcast?

11 a.m. Thinking Outside the Slide

12 p.m. Putting the Bling in Your Builders with Steve Dembo

1 p.m. What on Earth is a Gloggle?

2 p.m. Be Nice and Share: Publishing Your Media-Infused Projects for the World to See

3 p.m. Can I Help You With That?  The Student as Collaborator, Creator and Director, encore presentation with Justin Karkow

Still not convinced?  Click here.

Classrooms Are Awesome!

Of course, they are! And the teachers who inspire students! Just announced yesterday, during the DEN Streamathon, if you are a DEN member, you can receive a free limited edition DEN sweatshirt hoodie during the Classrooms Are Awesome campaign!

To receive this wonderful gift, upload a 1-2 minute video, podcast, or other multimedia resource of how you use DE resources in your classroom to engage students. Videos, podcasts, etc. must be received by November 15th at 8pm. EST.

DEN Streamathon Tomorrow

The Discovery Educator Network (DEN) will be hosting the 4th annual DEN Streamathon tomorrow, a 12 hour day of Discovery and DE Streaming goodies! And again, it's FREE!

Most of the sessions from the day will be re-broadcast tomorrow evening after school hours for those of you who can't catch it during the day. Sessions will also be archived and available soon after.

Here are the sessions I think will ones not to miss:
A Day in the Life of DE Streaming at 5pm
Back to School Changes in DE Streaming at 6pm
and The Discovery Educator Network 2009-2010 at 8 pm

Click here if you still need to register.

There will also be one hour sessions per subject area (Math, Literacy, Science, and Social Studies) on how you can use DE Streaming. I'll check back in tomorrow night after the DEN session on how everything went and the archive location.

Free Posters!

Just saw a great blog post from Free Technology for Teachers. Values.com is currently allowing educators to download FREE PDF inspirational posters. They look really cute! Go to this page:
Values.com | Downloads
and scroll down to the bottom and you can see their collection. If you're at my school, pick out the ones you want and we can turn them into posters!

Way cool!

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