June 2012 issue of DEN UP

1. ISSUE NO. 1
DEN UPDISCOVERY EDUCATOR NETWORK / SUMMER 2012
“TECH”
This Out!
Summer is here! Congratulations on
another school year. As you switch
gears for summer we thought we
would share a few helpful resources.
SUMMER ENRICHMENT PACKET FOR
STUDENTS
The “Super Stimulating, Strikingly
Spectacular Summer Skills and Stuff
for Students” is a enrichment packet
for students in grades 5-6. This
resource (created by Martha and
Lance Rougeux) leverages free
resources from Discovery Education
and provides 40 days worth of Integration Station:
activities for students. To download
the packet click here: http:// Exploring DE’s YouTube Channel
www.slideshare.net/lrougeux/de- School may be out for the summer but discoveryeducation to explore all of
summer-enrichment-packet learning is still in session! Did you these resources.
know Discovery Education has its
SITES AND STRATEGIES FOR own YouTube channel with hundreds Here are two of our favorites:
SUMMER SURFING of archived webinars? Search our
Get ready for summer fun as our DEN Brain Friendly Learning: http://
library to find out how pedagogy,
team shares some of their favorite youtu.be/zB1IcqC1tj4
resources and technology collide to
instructional resources, strategies provide excellent professional A Day in the Life of a Discovery
and ideas for you to explore. Watch development opportunities. Visit Educator: http://youtu.be/
the archived webinar here: http:// http://www.youtube.com/ Zy84JsQt0xA
youtu.be/_RZsYzRbXfM
UPCOMING DEN EVENTS STUDENT CENTER EDUCATOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH
We will be livestreaming much of DENSI Stay tuned for exciting new opportunities “I felt inspired from the beginning till end!!! I
2012 July 23-24th from 8:30-4 p.m. MT. for your students to engage with DE can definitely say I was transformed from a
Join us virtually for 2 days of jam-packed resources coming in September. For now “fatigued frog” to a “leaping lizard”!
PD here: http:// check out these FREE resources for
blog.discoveryeducation.com/live/ students that bring learning to life outside -Ms. Inman,
the classroom during those summer
Stay tuned for Back to School webinars to months. For more information visit: http:// Miami Day of Discovery
find out more about the exciting changes www.discoveryeducation.com/students/
coming to DE’s website in July!!

2. DEN STAR Discovery Ambassadors Shine at
Zuni’s Science Night
SPOTLIGHT
Name: Susan Bowdoin
District: Albuquerque
Public Schools
School: Zuni Elementary
Role: Instructional Coach
Number of years in
education: 20
Why I became a STAR:
I simply love to learn,
especially with and from HOW HAS DISCOVERY EDUCATION IMPACTED YOUR
other educators. When I STUDENTS?
discovered that DE
Zuni Elementary Magnet School is a communication and
technology magnet school. Our staff and students spent the
ABOUT
developed the DEN
specifically to help teachers
past spring learning about using Discovery Education in
grades K-5. Throughout the process I had the chance to APS
do exactly that I just had to witness wonderful sparks of learning happening, with both
teachers and students having big “AH HAH” moments. One of
get involved! Being a DEN the most memorable for me was working with our Discovery Number of schools
STAR encourages me to Ambassadors, a group of 3rd-5th grade students who were
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seek out new ways to share selected by their teachers and peers as representatives of our
school who would provide hands-on technology exploration
and grow as an educator and for parents and community members during our school’s
provides me with resources science night.
and connections outside of Number of
This small group of students met with the technology teacher,
my brick and mortar school. our DE Coach and me just a couple of times to plan how they employees
How cool is that?!? could show what they know about Discovery Education. We
Special Recognition
discussed and practiced presentation techniques, we had
them identify their favorite Discovery resources and we had
them learn some specialized techniques, such as green
11,500
Congratulations Susan on screening Discovery Education pictures. When science night
receiving the 2012 Rising came I was absolutely blown away by the leadership and Number of
STAR DENNY Award presentation skills that these students demonstrated. They students
confidently sat with anyone who walked through the door.
They were articulate in explaining and demonstrating and
they provided many people with hands-on opportunities to 90,000
learn about how Discovery was changing the work they did in
their classrooms. Each and every one of those students
walked away from the experience telling us that they really
enjoyed having the opportunity to share what they’ve
learned to an authentic audience that included peers, parents
and community members. In fact, many of them continued to
ask for other ways to share their learning and support others
throughout the rest of the school year.

3. Hangin’ Out
THE DEN SCRAPBOOK
with Gin & Jannita
DEN Directors DEN Birthday party at a Day of Discovery
••• in San Diego, CA
[As part of our monthly DEN UP
Newsletter, Gin and Jannita will host
a Google + Hangout to introduce the
issue and talk about all things DEN.
Enjoy the first of many hangouts
here: http://youtu.be/2FMtJJ-TVIU ]
Happy birthday DEN! Time sure does
fly when you are having fun. Each
year at ISTE we celebrate the
Discovery Educator Network that
has transformed teaching and
learning in thousands of classrooms
across the globe. It’s been 7 years
since we launched the DEN and it’s
been amazing to watch it evolve
Jannita celebrates the DEN’s 7th birthday with some
thanks to all of the feedback from our
cupcakes and DEN STARs
STARs. We can’t wait to see how each
of you make your mark in our
2012/04/24/introducing-the-rising- Next up on our plate: Albuquerque
community in the year ahead.
star-program/ Summer Bootcamp, where over 50
Speaking of feedback, the DEN educators are signed up to explore
Discovery Education is always instructional practices designed to
recently launched The Rising STAR
listening to educator feedback from support them with their transition to
program as a result of a survey sent
across the nation and has responded Common Core state standards.
to new STARs. This program matches
with a number of exciting new
new DEN STARs with Leadership
changes to your DE account. These We have so many exciting things
Council Mentors and guides them
changes will be highlighted in a series planned for the 2012-2013 school
through a series of 6 steps that
of back to school webinars in August year and we can’t wait to share them
highlights all of the amazing
and September. Be sure to look for with you in our next issue!
resources available through our
“Try out the new DE back to school
community. To learn more, read the
release” at the top of your Discovery
blog post: http://
Education Homepage starting in July.
blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/
THE DEN: HOW DO I JOIN THE FUN?
Share your ideas! Stay Connected!
What would you like to see in the next DEN UP The DEN strives to connect educators to their most
Newsletter? Do you have a tip or trick to share with the valuable resource.....each other! To learn more about
community? Email your suggestions to how to connect with the DEN, visit:
Ginny_Washburne@discovery.com or www.facebook.com/discoveryed
Jannita_Demian@discovery.com
www.twitter.com/discoveryed
www.pinterest.com/discoveryed
— Gin and Jannita
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