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THE DEN JUNE 2012HELLO ROMANIAN EDUCATORS! Hello Romanian Educators! We are happy that you areinterested in joining the Discovery Educator Network (DEN).The DEN Community is all about connecting educators totheir most valuable resource...each other. We love to share We have created an online group in Edmodo,ideas and teaching practices to help everyone become specifically for those involved in sharing with the DENbetter educators. We have created a Romanian DEN, members in Romania. To join the group, log in towithin our larger DEN Community, especially for you to help www.edmodo.com and create an account. Then, on theencourage the sharing of ideas and resources. We will left side of the screen, find the Groups section. Click onperiodically send out email updates, similar to this one, Join and when prompted, enter the group code – 80p2ff.informing you of upcoming opportunities for you, ways to Once you’ve done this, you’ll be in the group and will beconnect with others, and to simply share great ideas and able to both read the information shared by others as wellresources. We hope you find it helpful. as post your own information. This online group will help facilitate plenty of conversation. We will use Edmodo as a way to communicate more learning opportunities.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES Our Discovery Educator Network blog is full of great resources and teaching ideas. Members of the DEN Team as well as DEN members from across the world share their thoughts and ideas with others. We encourage you to visit the site often because several blog posts are shared daily and we don’t want you missing out on some of the great information available to educators. The Discovery Education YouTube Channel has a number of videos to enhance your teaching. Many of the presentations DEN Members have given are archived on the site. Discovery Education Webinars We offer a number of free webinars for educators. The topics vary widely, but there’s plenty to meet the needs of most educators. Also, check out our archived webinars! 1]

We have asked five special DEN Members CONNECT to help you get started with the Discovery Educator Network. As soon as you sign up for the Edmodo group, you’ll see posts from these people and will have a chance to connect to ask questions and share The DEN is all about resources. These five people are not only wonderful educators, but they connections. We feel also know what it takes to be a successful member of the DEN connected educators Community. We know they will be a great resource for you as well. are better educators Here’s a little information about each of them. and when it comes to social media, we have our bases covered. • Jeannine Shields – ny.den.leaders@gmail.com -‐ Jeannine (Neene) Connect with us via Shields is an Instruc<onal Technology Facilitator in Westchester, Twitter, Facebook, NY. Google Plus, and • Conni Mulligan – connimulligan@gmail.com -‐ Conni is an Pinterest. Simply click Instruc<onal Technology Facilitator for Buncombe County on the icons below. Schools in Asheville, North Carolina. • Renee Henderson – rhender@pgcps.org -‐ Renee is an Instruc<onal Technology Specialist for Prince Georges County Public Schools in Maryland. • Judy Uhrig – jruhrig@wsfcs.k12.nc.us -‐ Judy is the Media Coordinator for Diggs-‐Latham Elementary School for Arts and Global Studies in Winston-‐Salem, NC. She works with students in twitter.com/discoveryed pre-‐K through 5th Grade. • Cynthia Treichler – cynthia.treichler@gmail.com -‐ Cynthia is a high school Social Studies teacher from Northern Virginia. She teaches 12th grade AP Macroeconomics, 12th grade US/VA Government, and 9th grade Pre-‐AP World History I.STEM SPOTLIGHT facebook.com/discoveryedHere’s a great resource from one of our Discovery partners to supportScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education. Science of Everyday Life tiny.cc/dengplus pinterest.com/discoveryed 2]

TIPS FROM THE TEAMIn each newsletter, we’d like to share some of our favorite free sites and resources with you. Lance Rougeux - http://www.yasiv.com/ Yasiv is a visualization tool from Amazon.com that shows similar book recommendations based on ‘Customers who bought this also bought...’ data. Enter a book title and you’ll see other books users enjoyed as well. Its’ a great way for your students to find other books they might like to read. Steve Dembo- http://www.classdojo.com/ Class Dojo is a website that allows you to track student behavior, both positive and negative and provide both students and parents with real-time feedback. This is a great way to keep students on task. Porter Palmer- http://www.pinterest.com/ Porter loves to use Pinterest to keep ideas organized and to share what she’s found with others. This is one of many great social networking sites that can help connect people and their ideas. Start by checking out our DEN Pinterest page at www.pinterest.com/discoveryed Chad Lehman- http://projectsbyjen.com/GTW/ Guess the Wordle is a great activity to challenge yourself. Each day, there is a new Wordle and you have to guess what the topic is based on the clues given. Ginny Washburne- http://ed.ted.com/ Ginny likes this site because there are thought-provoking videos that make her think and reflect on teaching and learning. She also likes using the videos to facilitate discussions. You can translate this newsletter to Romanian using Google Translate at: http://translate.google.com 3]

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